Salomon

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Ferrer Ferran

Ferrer Ferran


Subtitle: Leyenda Africana (African legend)


General Info

Year: 2006 / 2010
Duration: c. 15:15
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Ibermúsica, through Music Shop Europe
Cost: Score and Parts - €268.21   |   Score Only - €56.07


Instrumentation

Full Score
Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Clarinet
B-flat Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
B-flat Flugelhorn I-II
Horn in F I-II-III
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium I-II
Tuba I-II
String Bass
Piano (or Synthesizer)
Timpani
Percussion, including:

  • Bass Drum
  • Bongo
  • Cabasa
  • Claves
  • Conga
  • Crush Cymbal
  • Darbuka (or High Bongo)
  • Djembe
  • Finger Cymbal (3)
  • Glockenspiel
  • Jingles of Stone or Wood
  • Marimba
  • Rainstick
  • Shequere (or Cabasa)
  • Sizzle Cymbal
  • Sleigh Bell
  • Snare Drum
  • Suspended Cymbal
  • Tambourine
  • Tam-tam
  • Temple Blocks
  • Thundersheet
  • Tom-tom
  • Triangle
  • Tubular Bell
  • Wood Block
  • Wind Chime
  • Wind Machine
  • Whip
  • Xylophone


Errata

None discovered thus far.


Program Notes

This work was inspired in an African legend: the romance that took place between Solomon and the Queen of Saba.

Many years ago, there was a beautiful woman who reigned in the lands of the east Africa . She received word of a king who governed his subjects with a proverbial wisdom and sense of the justice: Solomon. His fame was such that the Queen of Saba decided to travel to Jerusalem to meet him. She prepared an extravagant expedition, crossed mountains and valleys, seas and deserted, until she arrived in the Middle East.

In person, the King Solomon was shown to be wise, just and intelligent as the legends had told. The latter, however, was not satisfied with Saba's emotional conquest.

They had a son. He wanted to return to Africa, which he did, taking in his caravan the Ark of the Covenant, which was deposited in the Temple of Jerusalem, containing timna Copper, jewels, gold from the Sudan and other precious metals. This was stolen by two of the members of his retinue.

When Solomon was informed of the robbery, he sent to its army after them who, even knowing that the Ark had been stolen, agreed to take it to his mother as present and ceased his pursuit.

The son of Solomon sent to build a temple in Axum, where the Ark and its treasures have rested ever since.

- Program Note by composer


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Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

  • Sonatur (Flex instrumentation) (2016)


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