David T. Little "Musik Fur Den Schultheiss"

Musik für den Schultheiß is a rather sweet and formally mysterious work, composed in response to the Terpsichore by Michael Praetorius. Praetorius's real last name was Schultheiß, which, in old German, meant something close to “mayor of a small municipality.” This accounts for the German title, which I carried one step further by
adding the gently sarcastic subtitle.

The music of American composer David T. Little has been described as “dramatically wild…rustling, raunchy and eclectic,” showing “real imagination” by New York Times critic Anthony Tommasini, and his work “completely gripped” New Yorker critic Alex Ross: “every bad-ass new- music ensemble in the city will want to play him.” Fusing classical
and popular idioms to dramatic effect, Little’s music is widely performed—including at the Tanglewood, Aspen, and Cabrillo Festivals, and by eighth blackbird, So Percussion, the London Sinfonietta and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra under Marin Alsop. Currently completing a PhD at Princeton University, Little teaches music through Carnegie Hall’s Musical Connections program, and serves as the inaugural Digital Composer-in-Residence for the UK-based DilettanteMusic.com. Upcoming projects include the opera Dog Days (Robert Woodruff, director; Royce Vavrek, librettist), and new works for Nadia Sirota, Kathleen Supové, Third Coast Percussion, and the New World Symphony. An active drummer, Little can be heard performing with the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), and with his ensemble