A Simple Caprice: Variants on a Theme of Langston Hughes

A Simple Caprice: Variants on a Theme of Langston Hughes

Black composer Adolphus Cunningham Hailstork III's compositional style blends musical ideas from both the African American and European traditions.

The publisher's website shares the following notes about "A Simple Caprise: Variants on a Theme of Langston Hughes" for clarinet and piano: "Hailstork's A Simple Caprice is his musical characterization of the Langston Hughes creation "Semple," through a set of variations. Along the way, he points out a quote from a Gregorian chant, an old American popular tune, and certain contemporary effects (teeth on reed, multiphonics, etc.). For advanced performers."

Duration: 13 minutes

Hailstork, Adolphus (b. 1941)

Adolphus Hailstork (personal website), https://www.adolphushailstork.com/

Adolphus Hailstork (Wikipedia), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolphus_Hailstork

Adolphus Hailstork, A Simple Caprise: Variants on a Theme of Langston Hughes (score), https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/a-simple-caprice-sheet-music/5131850

F. Gerard Errante, "A Simple Caprise" (YouTube), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7o0qM4aEyw&ab_channel=F.GerardErrante-Topic

Theodore Presser Company

1985

10-20 minutes

1950-1999

clarinet / clarinette

piano

duo