Jay Schwartz
Music for 12 Cellos
Duration: 20'
Instrumentation details:
1st violoncello
2nd violoncello
3rd violoncello
4th violoncello
5th violoncello
6th violoncello
7th violoncello
8th violoncello
9th violoncello
10th violoncello
11th violoncello
12th violoncello
Schwartz - Music for 12 Cellos for 12 violoncellos
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Jay Schwartz
Schwartz: Music for 12 CellosOrchestration: for 12 violoncellos
Type: Studienpartitur
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This composition expounds on the spatial
aspects of an ensemble of 12 cellists seated in a wide circle. A performance of
this piece requires a spatial situation in which the cellists can be positioned
in 12 equidistant positions around the audience. A three-dimensional sound experience
and the illusion of travelling sound is achieved by this ensemble
constellation, a sound metamorphosis which unfolds concretely around the
audience.