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Sternengucker
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The term “Sternengucker” (“stargazer”) is used to describe babies that were born in the so-called “occipito-posterior presentation”. Most children are born face down. “Sternengucker” however, look upwards, and therefore they have their eyes directed towards the stars.
The Austrian composer Thomas Asanger captures this phenomenon in a musical way and makes it the theme of his polka that goes by the same name. The first part of the piece is full of humour and lightness. The playful main theme creates the image of a small child that is ingeniously playing before the mind’s eye. The Trio, on the other hand, presents a dreamy cantilena that captures the wonder of nature, a slowly growing baby in the mother’s womb, in a particularly imaginative way.
This polka is dedicated to Clara-Sophie, the composer’s niece. She is one of the children who saw the light of day as a stargazer.
Grade Level GB: 4-5
Grade Level USA: 3 (Intermediate)
Composer: Asanger, Thomas
Genre: Concert Polka, Polka
Performance time: 3,40
Publisher: Rundel
Size: DIN A4
Info: Full Score + Condensed Score + Parts
Rundel Order Number: MVSR3241
Release Date: 2020
https://www.rundel.de/en/
Konzertpolka
The term “Sternengucker” (“stargazer”) is used to describe babies that were born in the so-called “occipito-posterior presentation”. Most children are born face down. “Sternengucker” however, look upwards, and therefore they have their eyes directed towards the stars.
The Austrian composer Thomas Asanger captures this phenomenon in a musical way and makes it the theme of his polka that goes by the same name. The first part of the piece is full of humour and lightness. The playful main theme creates the image of a small child that is ingeniously playing before the mind’s eye. The Trio, on the other hand, presents a dreamy cantilena that captures the wonder of nature, a slowly growing baby in the mother’s womb, in a particularly imaginative way.
This polka is dedicated to Clara-Sophie, the composer’s niece. She is one of the children who saw the light of day as a stargazer.
Grade Level GB: 4-5
Grade Level USA: 3 (Intermediate)
Composer: Asanger, Thomas
Genre: Concert Polka, Polka
Performance time: 3,40
Publisher: Rundel
Size: DIN A4
Info: Full Score + Condensed Score + Parts
Rundel Order Number: MVSR3241
Release Date: 2020
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Thomas Asanger (* 1988 in Linz) studied German philology at the University of Vienna, bassoon, music pedagogy with a major in choral management (Magister artium with distinction) and vocal pedagogy at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna as well as wind orchestra management at the Anton Bruckner Private University in Linz.
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