{"id":727,"date":"2013-05-02T19:33:30","date_gmt":"2013-05-02T19:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=727"},"modified":"2026-02-03T09:48:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T14:48:35","slug":"musicbox","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=727","title":{"rendered":"Karim Al-Zand: Music: Music Box Prelude"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"columns-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"two-columns\">\n<h2>Music Box Prelude<\/h2>\n<h5>for ensemble<\/h5>\n<p><span class=\"drop-caps\">M<\/span>usic Box Prelude is a short \u2018opener\u2019 written for a full concert program featuring a \u2018Pierrot\u2019 type instrumentation. <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"right alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/musicbox.jpg\" alt=\"image\" \/>The piece calls for each instrumentalist in turn to enter from the wings and add their part to a short repeating pattern. The music then gradually slows down until the music box stops. [No program note needed.]<\/br><\/br><\/p>\n<div class=\"pricing-box three-columns\">\r\n          <h4><span>purchase score &amp; parts<\/span><\/h4><span class=\"price\"> <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=4372\" class=\"button\"><span>Learn More<\/span><\/a> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"two-columns nomargin\">\n<p>DATE<br \/>\n2004<\/br><\/br><\/p>\n<p>DURATION<br \/>\n3 minutes<\/br><\/br><\/p>\n<p>INSTRUMENTATION<br \/>\npiccolo, clarinet, violin, cello, piano (or version with harp), percussion<\/br><\/br><\/p>\n<p>PREMI\u00c8RE<br \/>\nMay 1, 2004, Rothko Chapel, Houston TX<br \/>\nAlison Jewett, piccolo | Michael Webster, clarinet | Andrej Grabiec, violin | Norman Fischer, cello | Jean Kierman Fischer, piano | Andrea Moore, percussion | Kevin Noe, conductor<\/br><\/br><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>AUDIO<br \/>\n<div class=\"compact_audio_player_wrapper\"><div class=\"sc_player_container1\"><input type=\"button\" id=\"btnplay_69f26824e62369.00418123\" class=\"myButton_play\" onClick=\"play_mp3('play','69f26824e62369.00418123','http:\/\/alzand.com\/music_box.mp3','80','false');show_hide('play','69f26824e62369.00418123');\" \/><input type=\"button\"  id=\"btnstop_69f26824e62369.00418123\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"myButton_stop\" onClick=\"play_mp3('stop','69f26824e62369.00418123','','80','false');show_hide('stop','69f26824e62369.00418123');\" \/><div id=\"sm2-container\"><!-- flash movie ends up here --><\/div><\/div><\/div> MP3<\/br><\/br><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>SCORE<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/scores\/Music_Box_Prelude_(pno)_SCORE.pdf\">PDF (version with piano)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/scores\/Music_Box_Prelude_(harp)_SCORE.pdf\">PDF (version with harp)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Music Box Prelude for ensemble Music Box Prelude is a short \u2018opener\u2019 written for a full concert program featuring a \u2018Pierrot\u2019 type instrumentation. The piece calls for each instrumentalist in turn to enter from the wings and add their part to a short repeating pattern. The music then gradually slows down until the music box [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-727","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alzand.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alzand.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alzand.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alzand.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alzand.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=727"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/alzand.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/727\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3066,"href":"https:\/\/alzand.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/727\/revisions\/3066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alzand.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}