Composer’s Note:

The first of this set of seven short works for Brass Quintet is an arrangement of a pianowork of mine, a three voice Quodlibet based on three Slovak folk themes: arkezy A jataka dzivoka Ej, pad, pad rosika. The second is based on a Czech folk song,presented firstly as a canon, then as a mirror shape. The third is based on a Lithuanianfolk melody I transcribed from field recordings released on the compact disc, “Lituanie Le pays des chansons” issued on the “Cocora, Radio France” label, in 1997. The originalrecordings were made between 1958 and 1995. The fourth is an African American folk song,and I transcribed it from a field recording found on a Smithsonian-Folkways album,although I cant remember which one (there are several versions). This was based on one ofmy works for solo guitar. The fifth is based on a melody written by Lorenzo di Liuto, aRenaissance Italian composer for lute. I also used this melody in my symphony. The sixthis a modern setting of a melody by early Renaissance composer Johannes Okheghem. Thefinal folk melody is from The Rough Guide to Scottish Music, Second Edition as performedby a folk group, Cliar, on a World Music Network compact disc. This last melody also madean appearance in my symphony.