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Format	Title	Version	AMC Library	Price
Score	Carobne : for symphony orchestra / Andrián Pertout. 1 facsimile score (71p. -- A3 (portrait)) Published by Australian Music Centre — 2019 Library shelf no. 784.2/PER 9	Full orchestra	Available for loan	$111.82	Add to cart
Score	Carobne : for tamburica orchestra / Andrián Pertout. 1 facsimile score (57p. -- A4 (landscape)) Published by Australian Music Centre — 2019 Library shelf no. 785.7819/PER 1	Large chamber ensembles	Available for loan	$70.91	Add to cart
Parts	Carobne : for 9 string players / Andrián Pertout. 1 set of 9 performance parts (46p. -- A4 (portrait)) Published by Australian Music Centre — 2019	Nonets: 4 Violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos, double bass	Not for loan	$63.64	Add to cart
Score	Carobne : for 9 string players / Andrián Pertout. 1 facsimile score (55p. -- A4 (landscape)) Published by Australian Music Centre — 2019 Library shelf no. 785.719/PER 1	Nonets: 4 Violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos, double bass	Available for loan	$68.18	Add to cart
Score	Carobne : for string orchestra / Andrián Pertout. 1 facsimile score (54p. -- A4 (portrait)) Published by Australian Music Centre — 2023 Library shelf no. 785.714/PER 5	String orchestra	Available for loan	$62.73	Add to cart
Parts	Carobne : for string orchestra / Andrián Pertout. 1 set of 5 performance parts (37p. -- A4 (portrait)) Published by Australian Music Centre — 2023	String orchestra	Not for loan	Hire Only

Work Overview

The pitch material of Carobne or 'Magical' (a chord progression consisting of 12 simultaneous sonorities) has been directly derived from Elliott Carter's catalogue of all-interval 'symmetrical inverted' 12-note chords (documented in The Harmony Book), while nine of the simple 7-limit frequency ratios associated with the chromatic scale form the basis for rhythmic development. The ABA arch form structure of the work is framed at the centre with the appearance of a quotation of Lijepa Nasa Domovino (Our Beautiful Homeland), or the Croatian national anthem. The melodic materials of Lijepa Nasa Domovino are presented as tempo canons (or diminution canons, expressed as polyrhythmic ratios: 4/5/6, or the major triad; in conjunction with 10/12/15, or the minor triad; and 4/6/9, or the superimposition of two perfect fifths. The complete canonic structure of the nine-part inverted canon is represented by the ratio 24/27/30/32/36/40/42/64/96. The work also serves as an exploration of the musical properties of American mathematician and author Paul C. Pasles' Square Deal II (2006) 'Franklin' 4x4 magic square (1+5+16+12, 4+8+13+9, 14+10+3+7 and 15+11+2+6), which characteristically has a magic constant of 34 although features bent rows and columns, or more specifically, bent-diagonal sums equal to 34, as opposed to a magic constant represented by the two straight diagonals.

Work Details

Year: 2010

Duration: 10 min.

The composer cites the following influences, styles, genres etc associated with this work:
Elliott Carter’s The Harmony Book; Lijepa Nasa Domovino (Our Beautiful Homeland), or the Croatian national anthem; Tempo Canons; Paul C. Pasles’ Square Deal II (2006); ‘Franklin’ 4x4 magic square Benjamin Franklin (1705-1790).