{"product_id":"halffter-c-debla","title":"Halffter, C :: Debla","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NameInDesc\"\u003eDebla\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ComposerInDesc\"\u003eHalffter, C\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstyle type=\"text\/css\"\u003e\np.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana; min-height: 15.0px}\n\u003c\/style\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the express wish of my friend Hans Werner Henze, I wrote this work in the spring of 1980 for the Montepulciano Festival of  that year. It was first performed at the Festival by my daughter Maria.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Debla' denotes one of the forms of the so-called 'Canto grande'. This latter is in the itself the purest manifestation of the Andalusian folk melody, a complex form of song which is closest to the mysterious origins of the folklore of Southern Spain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIts salient characteristics are:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea) It is sung completely unaccompanied;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eb) It consists of extremely slow, static sections followed by highly rhythmic and intense sections:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ec) At the 'climax' the singer beats out the rhythm by clapping, this serving as a contrast to the vocal line;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ed) The music makes use of quarter-tone intervals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI have included all of these features in the present work, although it was not my intention to imitate of reproduce the 'Debla'. Rather, I have based my composition on certain aspects and characteristics of this form of Andalusian folksong while creating a work which exists in its own right and is conceived exclusively for the flute.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Universal Edition","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46965244428582,"sku":"9783702411817","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0827\/3559\/5814\/products\/D009783702411817.jpg?v=1697456071","url":"https:\/\/www.flute4u.com\/products\/halffter-c-debla","provider":"Carolyn Nussbaum Music Company","version":"1.0","type":"link"}