Stile Antico I, II, III Solo Cello, score, analysis notes by Dr. Berkeley A. Price

3 Movements:

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

The Research paper, “Deon Nielsen Price, Debtor to Stravinsky?” by Berkeley A. Price, was lost in a studio fire, but the outline notes are included here.

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