Stile Antico, solo cello

3 Movements:

I Tonos
II Chromos (Mvts I and II based on ancient Greek tetrachords
III Concitato (III based on Monteverdi’s “battle music”)

Instrumentation
cello

Composer
Deon Nielsen Price

Time
6′

Composition Year
1975

Performance Information
4/6/1975 Southwestern College Recital Hall, Eugene Bondi, cello; Gregor Piatigorsky Cello Master Class at USC, shortly before he died, in 1976; 10/30/1979 Arnold Schoenberg Institute: Univ. of Southern Calif., National Association of Composers. Michael Matthews; 2/25/1981 Los Angeles Harbor College, A Composer’s View; Michael Matthews; also in Gabor Rejto Cello Master Class; Oct. 22, 23, 24, 2015 Alessandro Guaitolini, Contro Canto, Rome, Italy