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L.ETHE.R
RSN:
63652
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Composition Date:
1990
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Revision Date:
2008
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Duration:
00:20:00
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Cataloguing Information
Call Number
MI 8617 A161Le
Genre
Mixed Chamber Ensembles (1 to 9 Performers), Sextets, Woodwind(s), Keyboard(s) / Plectral String(s) / Bowed String(s)
Material Type
Print-music
Acquisition Date
2010-11-02
Library Collection Publisher / Label
Unpublished, printed by CMC / Inédit, imprimé par le CMC
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Additional Information
Piano Bass Clarinet Electric Guitar Violin Cello Synthesizer
Master Location
Toronto
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Physical Description
Found 2 record(s)
Available Actions
Extent of Item
1 score (19 p.) ;
5 parts ((14) p.) ;
Instrumentation
Found 6 record(s)
Available Actions
Set No.
Category
Instrument
Number
34847
Keyboard
Piano
1
34847
Woodwinds
Bass clarinet
1
34847
Strings, plucked
Guitar
1
34847
Strings, bowed
Violin
1
34847
Strings, bowed
Violoncello
1
34847
Electronic
Synthesizer
1
Divided
No
Solo
No
Divided
No
Solo
No
Divided
No
Solo
No
Divided
No
Solo
No
Divided
No
Solo
No
Divided
No
Solo
No
Premiere
24/10/2008 Chapelle du Bon-Pasteur Montréal Ensemble Kore w. Marc Couroux, piano
L.ETHE.R was composed in 1990 for the Drystone Orchestra. The title is a portmanteau word from LETHE and ETHER and rhymes with ether. I was interested in making a piece about forgetting. This was triggered partly by a fanciful speculation I encountered as a boy, namely that all living things are equally capable and intelligent, and that they are distinguished only by how much they can remember. The reason, for instance, that trees do not care to move is simply that they do not know they have been in the same spot for very long. Also I was interested in the Victorian scientists’ notion of the ether, a palpable substance found everywhere in the universe, through which planets and even light moved, according to some theories; others postulated that everything in existence was actually made of ether in different forms. Attempts were made to calculate the weight of it, and to use it to explain the force of gravity. Lethe is, of course, the river of forgetting of Classical Hades, through which souls pass before being reborn into the world, stripped of memories of former lives. There are three sections in the piece - the first and second are for piano alone, with only a few contributions from the other instruments. The last section introduces a sustained melody, and borrows from my anti-opera Aeneid Music.
Found 4 record(s)
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Number of Copies
Vancouver
01VA63652
Being Labeled
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1
Toronto
01TO63652
In Circulation
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1
Calgary
01CA63652
In Circulation
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1
Montréal
01MO63652
In Circulation
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1
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