Ballade for 13-string koto
| Title | Ballade for 13-string koto |
| Year | 2011 |
| Composer | Martin Schreiner |
| Instrument/s | koto |
| Duration | 5’45” |
| First Performance (date, performers, venue) | Premiered by Yuki Yasuda at “Soundings on Ancient Strings” concert in Pierce Hall, New England Conservatory of Music on October 27, 2011 |
| Contact for Sheets | https://www.jwpepper.com/Ballade/10388983.item#.YgYW-C_vLfY |
| CD, Digital Audio | https://mmschreiner.instantencore.com/web/music_details.aspx?ItemId=726602 |
| Notes | Ballade for 13-string koto Ballade presents an ABA shape with a coda and a predominant 5/4 meter. I had in mind the piano Ballades of Brahms and Chopin when I composed this work. I took advantage of the pitch bending techniques of the koto. At particular moments I brought out the more percussive nature of the koto’s own technical possibilities. [Martin Schreiner] |