"Horns of Elfland" Sheet Music by Markus Zahnhausen

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Scored For: Tenor Recorder
Composers: Markus Zahnhausen
Pages: 12
This product does NOT support transposition or digital playback
SKU: 482698
Publisher: Schott Music
Grade Level: Advanced What's this?
Series: Edition Schott
Publisher ID: Q15830

Markus Zahnhausen, b. 1965, is one of the leading recorder players of our time. In his works for recorder he combines traditional and modern sounds. The central theme of his works is a love of Nature. “The Horns of Elfland” (1999) is based upon a poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809-1892). The composer writes: “I have taken Tennyson’s picture of the clear and tender notes of the horns of the imaginary, magical world of Elfland and attempted to translate it into music. The very essence of this work is its quietness. The central focus of the composition is the echo in its multiple aspects. This echo is often not an exact reproduction of the notes but a deliberate variation, analysis or reinterpretation of their original form.”