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I took my lyre and said: for guitar duo
RSN:
70717
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Composition Date:
2014
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Revision Date:
N/A
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Duration:
00:07:00
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Cataloguing Information
Call Number
MI 4112 S5925to
Genre
Strings (plectral), Solo, Guitar / Lute, Duet
Material Type
Print-music
Acquisition Date
2016-02-04
Library Collection Publisher / Label
Unpublished, printed by CMC / Inédit, imprimé par le CMC
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Additional Information
Text by Sappho; translated to English
Master Location
Toronto
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Physical Description
Found 1 record(s)
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Extent of Item
1 score (10 p. ) ;
Instrumentation
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Set No.
Category
Instrument
Number
50579
Strings, plucked
Guitar
2
Divided
No
Solo
No
Premiere
27 June 2014, Norfolk, CT, USA Solomon Silber; guitar, Ray Zhou; guitar
See Also
70953, I took my lyre and said: for two guitars, AR3261, Bekah Simms, 00:07:01
I took my lyre and said:
is inspired by the poem fragment of the same name by the great Greek poet Sappho. Most of Sappho’s work is now lost, with only one poem surviving in full. Her modern literary existence is preserved only by poem fragments, but her reputation endures. The lyre, often shown in artistic representations of Sappho, is not only a stringed instrument from Greek classical antiquity, but the word is also sometimes used to refer to the work or skill of a poet. Being highly influenced by text fragments and poetry, I as composer took my lyre – in this case, the work of Sappho – and made the call for the performers to become speaking instruments. Continuing in the vein of the interaction of the performer’s voice and acoustic instruments,
I took my lyre and said:
includes speaking and sounding combined with the guitar duo. The pitch collection, which appears as the opening harmonics figure, can be seen as a subset of an A# double harmonic collection. However, it is mostly treated motivically, with all main figures being derived from it. The common quintuplet figure is from the rhythm of the line: “speaking instrument.” The harmonic chord flourishes are inspired by the lyre itself. I took my lyre and said: Come now, my heavenly tortoise shell: become a speaking instrument --Text by Sappho ~610-570 BCE (public domain)
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Vancouver
01VA70717
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1
Calgary
01CA70717
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1
Montréal
01MO70717
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1
Toronto
01TO70717
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1
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