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Schafer
Quartet 10 "Winter Birds" (2vl,vla,vc)(score)
Price: 80,00
€
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A Note by the Composer (R.Murray Schafer):
The gamelan music of Bali and Java uses an unusual pentatonic scale (C D F G Bb) which is different from that employed in the pentatonic music of the Chinese (C D E G A). The Balance call these five tones dong, deng, dung, dang, ding. The words have an onomatopoeic suggestiveness, for the initial "d" reminds us of something struck while the "ng" recalls the ringing of a gong or idiophone. The changing colours of the vowels from dark to light suggest the rising notes of the scale.
I have set this little piece for four voices: these could be SATB, SASA, TBTB or some other mixed combination. The work could be sung by chorus or soloists. The short staccato notes should be sung with a dry, wooden quality and in the long sustained notes the nasal quality of the "ng" should be emphasized. It would be a good idea for the singers to practice the scale until the words have become fixed to the notes since Gamelan requires a quick momentum for its effectiveness in performance.
The gamelan music of Bali and Java uses an unusual pentatonic scale (C D F G Bb) which is different from that employed in the pentatonic music of the Chinese (C D E G A). The Balance call these five tones dong, deng, dung, dang, ding. The words have an onomatopoeic suggestiveness, for the initial "d" reminds us of something struck while the "ng" recalls the ringing of a gong or idiophone. The changing colours of the vowels from dark to light suggest the rising notes of the scale.
I have set this little piece for four voices: these could be SATB, SASA, TBTB or some other mixed combination. The work could be sung by chorus or soloists. The short staccato notes should be sung with a dry, wooden quality and in the long sustained notes the nasal quality of the "ng" should be emphasized. It would be a good idea for the singers to practice the scale until the words have become fixed to the notes since Gamelan requires a quick momentum for its effectiveness in performance.