John Harbison
Rubies
After Thelonious Monk's 'Ruby, My Dear' (G. Schirmer Autograph Edition)
John Harbison
Rubies
After Thelonious Monk's 'Ruby, My Dear' (G. Schirmer Autograph Edition)
- Instrumentation Concert Band
- Composer John Harbison
- Series Schirmer Concert Band
- Editor Peter Martin
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Difficulty Level
- Edition Score
- Publisher G. Schirmer
- Order no. 50600223
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Description:
Composer John Harbison writes: Rubies is a version of Thelonious Monk's Ruby, My Dear, which he composed while still in his teens. When I was invited by the Seattle Symphony to make a short piece reflecting my first musical passions, my thoughts were of Bach and Monk. Since I had recently made some Bach-like chorale preludes, I chose to make a version of Monk's tune, first in a chamber-musical, contrapuntal manner, then in the grand orchestral style I had always heard lurking there.