Sevetee Mile Drive by Leie Niehaus (BMI) Comlete Strig Orchestra Istrumetatio 10 - Violi I 10 - Violi II 8 - Viola (ot. 3rd Violi) 8 - Cello 6 - Double Bass 2 - Percussio (ot.) agle, Sare Drum, Bass Drum 1 - (ot.) TRN Music Publisher, Ic. P.O. Box 197 Alto, NM 88312 SA www.trmusic.com
About the Music - - - This comositio is writte i a large A-B-A sog orm. Ater a brie itroductio, a sirited tue begis i m. 5 where the irst violis lay the melody. All bowigs ad dyamics are careully marked (as they are throughout) ad should be careully observed. I m. 23 the lower strigs are eatured i two measure hrases ollowed by two measure hrases stated by the uer strigs. I m. 31 through m. 43 the material rom m. 1 through m. 22 is reiterated. This irst sectio is i the key o G, ad begiig at m. 61, the B sectio begis i the key o C, slower with exressio. A oigat melody is layed startig at m. 61 by the etire strig sectio. At m. 73 the melody moves to the secod violis ad back to the irst violis i A mior, at which oit it should sig out with eelig although the dyamic stays sot. The melody rom m. 61 is heard agai at m. 83 but a little louder ad with still more exressio. A modulatio takes us back to the key o G where the irst sectio is heard oce agai. M. 149 is like a coda ad should be layed i a more sirited ad deliberate maer. Otioal arts are sulied or Violi III (same as Viola), Percussio ad. About the Comoser - - - Alto saxohoist Leie Niehaus was bor ito a musical amily i St. Louis, Missouri, but moved to Los Ageles whe he was 7 years old. He grew u listeig to his ather layig the violi ad his sister layig iao. At a early age he started layig the violi ad later became iterested i layig the oboe, the bassoo ad ially the alto sax. Playig with various azz bads as a teeager, he wrote arragemets ad comositios or them. He graduated cum laude rom Cal State Los Ageles where he maored i theory ad comositio. I 1951, he auditioed or Sta Keto ad was asked to oi the bad. Ater layig with Sta or three moths, at which time he received his drat otice to go ito the Army. There he was able to get ito the cocert bad, where he layed the oboe. He made use o his o time by ormig various azz grous, such as quartets, quitets ad a octet. While he was i the Army, he met Clit Eastwood, who was a azz a. o his discharge he was rehired by Sta Keto to relace saxohoist Lee Koitz, oe o Leie s early ilueces, the other beig Charlie Parker. Durig his teure with Sta, he wrote may arragemets ad comositios umberig betwee 150 ad 200, may o which were recorded. I 1955, at the New York azz club Birdlad, Leie was reseted the Alto Sax New Star azz Critic s Award. Ater ive years with Sta (1954-59), Leie decided to retur to Los Ageles ad cocetrate o his writig. While layig with Keto, he had siged a exclusive recordig cotract with Les Koeig o Cotemorary Records. He did may albums with various istrumetatios o which comosig ad arragig all the material. I additio, with the grous he recorded i dieret veues. Leie started writig or TV, ad orchestratig or erry ieldig, who was writig or ilm. He also became iterested i writig or ublishers ad also oud a eed or material to teach youg saxohoe layers how to lay with a azz cocetio. This idea became a series o seve books ragig rom easy to more advaced that are still sellig today. His relatioshi with erry ieldig, who was writig several movies or Clit Eastwood, reewed his riedshi with Clit. With ieldig s utimely death, Clit called Leie ad asked him to comose a movie that had ust iished etitled Tightroe. This collaboratio evolved ito may other movies, such as Bird (or which he was omiated or Best Score by the British ilm Istitute), orgive, The Bridges o Madiso Couty, Sace Cowboys, ad may others. Ideedet o Eastwood, he wrote a azz score called Lush Lie, or which he received ad Emmy or best comositio, wrote the music or the aimated movie Pochahotas II, ad comosed music or may other movies or televisio ad cable. Leie was commissioed to write a azz suite or a cocert which was a tribute to Clit Eastwood. It was erormed by the Caregie Hall azz Orchestra ad coducted by him. I 2003, he had the hoor o coductig the Bosto Symhoy Orchestra, erormig the music o Mystic River. The ollowig year he was asked by the BBC to lay i, ad coduct, their azz orchestra i Lodo. Ater returig home rom Eglad, he recorded with his octet Live at the Lighthouse at Hermosa Beach.
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