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Sheet Music: ScoreIn gentleness and suddenness : for shakuhachi / Bruce Crossman.by Bruce Crossman (2003)
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My purpose in writing this piece was to create a work for my
colleague and friend-Jim
Franklin-that captured both stillness and explosive colour
moments. Shakuhachi sounds
emerging from my colleague's next door office suggested an
approach of a rich timbre
palette of sounds "inside" the note. What eventuates in my music
is an exploration of
timbres inside and outside the note. This takes place via
vibrato, gurgles, microtonal
builds and acciaccatura pants. These colour moments are contained
within a triptych
structure. It moves from gentle and explosive breath sounds
through to a climactic middle
section emphasizing acciaccatura pants and high tessitura sounds.
The music returns to the
opening blues scale and panting effects quietening into silence.
This form-its beginnings
and momentary climaxes-are articulated by the gentle breathing
and explosive attacks.
Published by: Wirripang [979 0 720106 34 2] — 1 score (6p. -- A4 (portrait))
Difficulty: Advanced
Duration: 5 mins
Dedicated to Jim Franklin
First performance by Jim Franklin — 21 Jul 06. Inaugural Pan- European Shakuhachi Summer School with Koto and Shamisen, Brunei Gallery Theatre, SOAS, University of London
Includes programme note, performance instructions and biographical information about the composer.
Typeset edition.
This edition produced 21 Aug 10.
ISMN: 979 0 720106 34 2
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