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Supermarine for violoncello, double bass, and four sample keyboards
RSN:
71789
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Composition Date:
2015
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Revision Date:
N/A
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Duration:
00:12:00
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Cataloguing Information
Call Number
MI 9205 M473sup
Genre
Chamber Ensemble with Electronics / Multi-Media, Keyboard(s) / Bowed String(s)
Material Type
Print-music
Acquisition Date
2016-10-07
Library Collection Publisher / Label
Unpublished, printed by CMC / Inédit, imprimé par le CMC
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Additional Information
Commissioned by: NMC Recordings Commercial recording: Objects at an Exhibition, NMC D215, 2015
Master Location
Toronto
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Physical Description
Found 2 record(s)
Available Actions
Extent of Item
Score
6 Parts
Instrumentation
Found 3 record(s)
Available Actions
Set No.
Category
Instrument
Number
51768
Electronic
Other electronic
4
51768
Strings, bowed
Violoncello
1
51768
Strings, bowed
Double bass
1
Divided
No
Solo
No
Divided
No
Solo
No
Divided
No
Solo
No
Premiere
3 October 2015, Science Museum, London, United Kingdom Aurora Orchestra; Ben Palmer, conductor
In the Flight Gallery at the Science Museum, dwarfed by the scale of the many full-sized planes hanging from the ceiling above and the vast wall of airplane engines, a life-sized statue of a lone figure stares out of a display case. The statue, made from over 400,000 pieces of Welsh slate, carefully stacked, depicts the British aeronautical engineer R. J. Mitchell. Mitchell, a prolific designer, worked for Supermarine Aviation Works for whom he designed the Sea Eagle, the Sea King, the Walrus, the Stranraer and a series of racing aircraft including the Supermarine S.6B, winner of the Schneider Trophy in 1931 and one-time holder of the world air speed record (The Supermarine S.6B is also on display in the Science Museum’s Flight Gallery).Mitchell was most famous, however, for designing the Supermarine Spitfire, the innovative and revolutionary fighter aircraft which played such a prominent role in the Battle of Britain. Mitchell did not live to see the Spitfire play its key war-time role; Mitchell died of cancer in 1937, aged 42.The Spitfire achieved legendary status during the war, and in 1942 The First of the Few was released, a biographical film starring Leslie Howard as R. J. Mitchell. The film told the story of the Spitfire’s development and Mitchell’s illness and death and served to further mythologize both the plane and its designer in the eyes of the public.Leslie Howard was killed less than a year after the film’s release when BOAC Flight 777 from Lisbon to Bristol was shot down by eight German Junkers Ju 88 fighters. The attack on Flight 777 prompted numerous conspiracy theories surrounding Howard, most suggesting that he was a spy on a secret mission to liaise with Francisco Franco on behalf of Churchill. However, it was also suggested that, due to the film, German agents had mistaken Howard for R. J. Mitchell himself and had ordered the plan shot down to eliminate him.Supermarine is written for cello, double bass and four keyboards controlling software samplers. The samples used were created from audio recordings of airplane engines. The work is a response to the meticulous and intricate construction of the Welsh-slate statue, the mythologizing aspects of the Leslie Howard film and the conspiracy theories surrounding the attack on BOAC Flight 777.
Found 4 record(s)
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Number of Copies
Vancouver
01VA71789
Being Labeled
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1
Toronto
01TO71789
In Circulation
-
1
Calgary
01CA71789
In Circulation
-
1
Montréal
01MO71789
In Circulation
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1
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