OXFORD MUSIC FOR V IOL IN

MEIRA WARSHAUER

BRACHA(A Blessing)

For Violin and Piano

SCORE AND PART

MEIRA WARSHAUER

BRACHA(A Blessing)

For Violin and Piano

SCORE AND PART

OXFORD MUSIC FOR V IOL IN

Bracha* is a musical interpretation of the Jewish concept of blessing. TheHebrew word bracha is related to breicha, which means pool of water or flowingstream. In this composition it is interpreted as a stream of Divine goodnessflowing downward into the world. The opening violin gesture represents thisstream of goodness in its flowing melodic descent. As the piece progresses andthe blessing is received, other melodies emerge in response to this influx ofgoodness. Toward the end of the composition, the opening violin melody turnsupwards, as a blessing fully received on earth returns its flow (shefa) into theupper worlds (olamot).

Bracha was composed for Daniel Heifetz and is dedicated to my mother,Miriam Warshauer, a violinist, and to my father, Samuel Warshauer, for theblessing of my life.

—Meira Warshauer

Meira Warshauer was born in Wilmington, North Carolina, and graduatedfrom Harvard University (magna cum laude), New England Conservatory ofMusic (with honors), and the University of South Carolina. She studied compo-sition with Mario Davidovsky, Jacob Druckman, William Thomas McKinley,and Gordon Goodwin. Her works have been performed and recorded to criticalacclaim throughout the United States and in Israel, Europe, South America,and Asia. She has received numerous awards from ASCAP as well as theAmerican Music Center, Meet the Composer, and the South Carolina ArtsCommission. Warshauer was awarded the Artist Fellowship in Music by theSouth Carolina Arts Commission in 1994, and in 2000, received the first Artand Cultural Achievement Award from the Jewish Historical Society of SouthCarolina.

Warshauer has received commissions from the Dayton (Ohio) Philharmonic,the South Carolina Philharmonic (three orchestra works), the Zamir Choraleof Boston with the Rottenberg Chorale (New York City), Zemer Chai(Washington, DC), Gratz College (Philadelphia), Kol Dodi (New Jersey); theCantors Assembly, clarinetist Richard Nunemaker, violinist Daniel Heifetz,and f lutist Paula Robison. Her CDs include the soundtrack to the documen-tary Land of Promise: The Jews of South Carolina and Spirals of Light, cham-ber music and poetry (by Ani Tuzman) on themes of enlightenment, on theKol Meira label, and Revelation for orchestra, included on Robert BlackConducts (MMC). YES! for clarinet and orchestra, written for and recordedby Richard Stoltzman and the Warsaw Philharmonic, is scheduled for releaseby MMC in 2004.

Warshauer is on the faculty of Columbia College, Columbia, South Carolina,where she teaches an innovative cross-cultural, multidisciplinary course on theexperience of music as a source of healing. Warshauer has devoted much of herwork to Jewish themes. In spring 2002, Kol Israel National Radio broadcastan hour-long program to her music. For more information about MeiraWarshauer, visit her website at http://home.sc.rr.com/meirawarshauer/.

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For Violin and Piano Meira Warshauer

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Aecha (Lamentations)For Violin, Cello, and Piano0-19-386685-4

Bracha (A Blessing)For Violin and Piano0-19-386678-1

Shabbat with King DavidFor String OrchestraFull Score 0-19-386679-XViolin 1 0-19-386680-3Violin 2 0-19-386681-1Viola 0-19-386682-XCello 0-19-386683-8Double Bass 0-19-386684-6

The Music of Meira Warshauer Available from Oxford University Press

Samuel AdlerSonata No. 2For violin and piano (or harpsichord)0-19-385020-6

Johann Sebastian BachArr. GraceJesu, Joy of Man’s DesiringFor violin and piano0-19-355267-1

Gerald BarryTriorchic BluesFor violin solo0-19-355378-3

Kevin Beavers Sonata for Violin and Piano0-19-386480-0

Michael BerkeleyEd. NeamanFunerals and FandangosFor violin solo0-19-355497-6

Martin ButlerBluegrass VariationsFor violin solo0-19-355756-8

Alan RawsthorneSonataFor violin and piano0-19-358524-3

Hilary TannThe Cresset StoneFor violin solo0-19-385954-8

Ralph Vaughan WilliamsConcerto in D minor ‘Concerto accademico’Reduction for violin and piano 0-19-369522-7

The Lark AscendingArrangement for violin and piano0-19-369201-5

William WaltonConcerto for Violin and OrchestraReduction for violin and piano0-19-368471-3

Two PiecesFor violin and piano0-19-359465-X

Zhou LongPartitaFor violin and piano0-19-386411-8

Music for ViolinAvailable from Oxford University Press

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