(Ballet scene from TVbeat, a ballet by Uwe Warneke and Margriet Verbeek)
"The ballet TVbeat is based on a modern fairy tale about the Real World and
the Media World.
Would it be possible to mix both worlds? The sparkling love story between
Leon and Fleur seems to prove that the Real World and the Media World are
getting along wonderfully, but on the end we find Fleur, standing on the
beach. Left alone, weeping, and realizing she lost everything.
This work for guitar solo expresses how Fleur deeply regrets her wrong
decisions, how she still loves Leon, and how much this love hurts her, for
she knows she lost him forever.
The style of composing I used for 'Fleur' is tonal, and very guitaristic.
This means it looks difficult on first sight, but studying it, the notes
will easy be found and remembered.
Some places are not really difficult, but unusual, here the fingering
numbers will help.
Since this is ballet music, the music is very expressive and easy on the
ear, as well the guitarist as the audience will be able to recognize
Fleur's emotional thoughts about the past and her fear for the future."
Margriet Verbeek
Maasland - the Netherlands
9/20/05
Margriet Verbeek was born in 1957 in Leiderdorp (The Netherlands) and soon after that moved with her family to Eindhoven where she spent her childhood years. Margriet started playing the guitar when she was twelve years old and was tutored by Mr.Franken until she was eighteen. She then went to the USA (Cedar Falls, Iowa) where she went to High School and studied guitar under the American guitarist and painter Frje Echeverria.
On her return to Eindhoven she followed classes at the music school of Jan-Anton van Hoek for a short period and then went on to study under the Uruguayan guitarist Baltazar Benitez at the Brabant Conservatory. In 1985 she finished her studies but she continued to study composition under Jan van Dijk (in Tilburg), while at the same time teaching classical guitar in Maasland. (The Netherlands, near Rotterdam)
Margriet has, up to now, published eighteen books of compositions and two books with adaptations. Naturally the guitar plays a major role in Margriet's music, although she also has composed a great deal for other instruments
Besides composing Margriet teaches guitar to advanced guitarists in her Interpretation Courses Guitar.
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Fleur is the first-place winner of the Eighth International Composition Competition for solo guitar works that is held biannually in Corfu, Greece.
This event and others like it help to propel the guitar into the twenty-first century by eliciting a high level of interest in music for guitar and, at the same time making this unique instrument more accessible to performers, composers and audiences everywhere.
Clear Note is honored to be able to offer this exceptional piece by its very gifted composer to guitarists everywhere.
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