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Sir Harrison Birtwistle
Birtwistle: Earth Dances for orchestra, for orchestra
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Format: 225 x 305 mm
ISBN: 9783702428730
Pages: 128
ISMN: 979-0-008-07649-7
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Description
Dedicated to Pierre Boulez
Almost thirty years after it was
composed, Earth Dances seems quite romantic; it is one of the most
imposing works in the composer’s oeuvre and, indeed, all of postwar British
music. Enormous masses of sound move slowly and menacingly, long sustained
pitches are interrupted by lightning-like strokes – a procession, as so often
with Birtwistle, or the inexorable rotation of an object – the earth?
The sonic image is made up of
six layers, each with its own characteristic intervals. The instruments are
divided into groups according to their common registers: violins coupled with
high winds, for example. The dynamic changes constantly, as crescendi range
from pp to ff.
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Earth Dances for orchestra
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Release info: -
Type: Studienpartitur
Series: -
Languages: -
Difficulty: -
Format: 225 x 305 mm
ISBN: 9783702428730
Pages: 128
ISMN: 979-0-008-07649-7