Commissioned by gary green and the university of miami. Eric whitacre piano accompaniment arranged by lisa edwards moderato semplice, con rubato ca. Mar 24, 2020 equus is the latin word for horse, and this moto perpetuo perfectly captures the fury and majesty of this magnificent animial. Easily share your publications and get them in front of issuus millions of monthly readers. Aug 09, 2019 equus is the latin word for horse, and this moto perpetuo perfectly captures the fury and majesty of this magnificent animial. Equus by eric whitacre 1970 sheet music for concert. Eric whitacre born january 2, 1970 is a grammy winning american composer, conductor, and speaker, berninahaus for his choral, orchestral and wind ensemble music. Eric whitacre sheet music to download top quality pdfs.
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Nov 24, 2010 his choral works and band works have rapidly become accepted in the repertoire due to their strong appeal to audiences and players alike. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Concert band sheet music book by eric whitacre 1970. As with many of eric whitacres compositions, equus for wind ensemble began as a commission. The purpose of this essay is to examine two selected works by composer eric whitacre. The final result is something that i call dynamic minimalism, which basically means that i love to employ repetitive patterns as long as they dont get boring. As the composer himself tells the story, the musical construction of equus was actually quite a long process, with as much as three years effort placed on many, many. Eric whitacre composer equus 2011 music sales classical. Equus is the latin word for horse, and this moto perpetuo perfectly captures the fury.
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