Three Salon Pieces for Piano Quintet
Composer: Jon Laukvik / arr. Thomas Schäfer
Instrument: Piano Quintet
Level: Intermediate/Advanced
Published: 2023
Price: €60.00
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In the 1980s the pianist Lisbeth Ehn-Moseby suggested to me to compose pieces for a classical Viennese waltz ensemble – in the original version with flute and clarinet which is separately available.
Dommayer-Polka was written in 1985 for the women's salon orchestra "Wiener Walzermädchen", founded in 1984, in which Lisbeth played the piano. The orchestra performed the piece regularly for many years on the first Saturday of every month in Café Dommayer (since 2006 Alt-Wiener Kaffeehaus Oberlaa) in Hietzing in the 13th district of Vienna.
The other two pieces were also composed in 1985 and initially performed by the "Wiener Walzermädchen". They were later performed by the bösze salonorchester founded by Cordula Bösze, which performed in a similar instrumental constellation as the "Wiener Walzermädchen". The bösze salonorchester also played contemporary music – with Lisbeth at the piano.While Dommayer-Polka is composed in the traditional polka style (“polka française”), Polka avec and „… nur du allein“ are affectionate comments on the great tradition of Viennese dance music. They should be performed accordingly – with humor and great rhythmic freedom.
My special thanks go to Thomas Schäfer, who worked lovingly on the music notation and had the splendid idea of making this version for piano quintet.
Jon Laukvik
Stuttgart, May 2023
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After getting to know the charming Salon Pieces in 2002, I made an arrangement for piano quintet for a concert in 2016 and I am happy that this cheerful and humorous music is becoming accessible to a larger audience in this way.
For ensembles that have a double bass at their disposal, there is an optional contrabass part notated on the cello staff. Its joining and pausing are indicated by +Cb. or Vc. This can be dealt with freely and pragmatically.
A performance with string orchestra and piano is also conceivable.
Thomas M. J. Schäfer Schwäbisch
Gmünd, May 2023
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Instrumentation +
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Piano Quintet
Violin I
Violin II
Viola
Violoncello (Contrabass ad lib.)
Piano
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About the composer +
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Jon Laukvik was born in 1952 and received his earliest music training as organist and pianist in his native town Oslo. He went on to study organ at the University of Music in Cologne with Michael Schneider and harpsichord with Hugo Ruf. He also studied organ privately with Marie-Claire Alain in Paris.
From 1980 till 2016, he was professor at the University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart. Since 2001 he is also professor at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo. He is also a visiting professor at the Royal Academy of Music, London.
Jon Laukvik has toured throughout Europe, Canada, Japan, Korea, Israel and the United States. He is frequently in demand to serve on competition juries and to teach seminars and masterclasses.
He is author of a highly successful organ tutor Historical Performance Practice in Organ Playing in three volumes, published by Carus-Verlag.
He has edited the Handel Organ Concerti Op. 7 for Carus-Verlag (together with Werner Jacob). A complete edition of the organ works of Louis Vierne in 13 volumes (edited together with David Sanger) was published by Carus-Verlag in 2008.
His compositions include works for solo organ, organ with other instruments (i.e. piano, percussion, trumpet, trombone, cello, horn) as well as vocal and instrumental works.
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Front Cover graphics: Nicola Lee
Engraving: Thomas M. J. Schäfer
Printed in Copenhagen, Denmark
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