MY VERY FIRST SOLO (1974)
Alto saxophone and electric piano (12:30)
Commissioned by Miller Sigmon, United States Marine Band
Published by Meadow Music
QUINTET FOR OBOE AND STRINGS (1958)
Three movements for oboe and string quartet (18:00)
Commissioned by Ed Williams
Published by Meadow Music
SKIZZEN (1967)
Nine movements for woodwind quintet (flute, oboe, A clarinet, horn, bassoon) after drawings by Heinrich Kley, slides of which to be
projected during the work's performance (22:30)
Published by Galaxy-Highgate Music
They are witty, picturesque, openly pictorial.
Elliott S. Hurwitt, Fanfare
Treading the notoriously perilous ground of musical humor with unfailing delicacy, Bach has matched the Kley originals with delicious wit.
Bernard Jacobson, Chicago Daily News
The titles of the movements often give away the tongue-in-cheek nature of the music, as in the "Ladies Marching Band: with occasional quotes from Sousa and the "Love March" with quotes from Wagner's and Mendelssohn's wedding marches, etc. These combined with the neo-tonal compositional style of Jan Bach give the entire work a Charles Ives-like character of fun and "quasi-serious" frivolity. Right through to the Dixieland "Dance Craze" finale, it's a romp and great fun.
Unnamed reviewer, The Double Reed
And Jan Bach's 1967 "Skizzen" added irreverent, camp parodies to slides by Heinrich Kley to make some of the funniest audio-visual jokes I have encountered.
Thomas Willis, Chicago Tribune
It is a genuinely witty score, a rarity in any age, and combines impressive compositional craft with the considerable stylistic sophistication necessary to parody musical fashions of several eras, including our own.
James Backas, Washington D.C. Star
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Alto saxophone and electric piano (12:30)
Commissioned by Miller Sigmon, United States Marine Band
Published by Meadow Music
QUINTET FOR OBOE AND STRINGS (1958)
Three movements for oboe and string quartet (18:00)
Commissioned by Ed Williams
Published by Meadow Music
SKIZZEN (1967)
Nine movements for woodwind quintet (flute, oboe, A clarinet, horn, bassoon) after drawings by Heinrich Kley, slides of which to be
projected during the work's performance (22:30)
Published by Galaxy-
They are witty, picturesque, openly pictorial.
Elliott S. Hurwitt, Fanfare
Treading the notoriously perilous ground of musical humor with unfailing delicacy, Bach has matched the Kley originals with delicious wit.
Bernard Jacobson, Chicago Daily News
The titles of the movements often give away the tongue-
Unnamed reviewer, The Double Reed
And Jan Bach's 1967 "Skizzen" added irreverent, camp parodies to slides by Heinrich Kley to make some of the funniest audio-
Thomas Willis, Chicago Tribune
It is a genuinely witty score, a rarity in any age, and combines impressive compositional craft with the considerable stylistic sophistication necessary to parody musical fashions of several eras, including our own.
James Backas, Washington D.C. Star
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