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Work

Shadow's dance, op.22 : trio

by Andrew Schultz (1985)

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Performance by Andrew Schultz, Bernard Lanskey, D Hart from the CD Selected Works by AMC Represented Artists, vol. 83.

Selected Works by AMC Represented Artists, vol. 83.

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Selected Works by AMC Represented Artists, vol. 83.

Library shelf no. CD 2853 [Available for loan]

Shadow's dance

Non-Commercial

This item is not commercially available from the Australian Music Centre. We regret that we cannot offer it for sale.

Score

Shadow's dance / Andrew Schultz.

Library shelf no. Q 785.2413/SCH 2 [Not for loan]

Work Overview

Shadow's Dance was written in London in November, 1985 for performance by the composer and friends. The piece draws its title from the Balinese shadow puppet dance but also calls to mind the shadowy world of back-street North London sleaze, especially in its use of microtones in the clarinet part. Whilst the work is based on the structure of a fairy tale (Goldilocks and the Three Bears) the piece is in no sense programmatic. As Levi-Strauss has shown, seminal stories and myths may have consistent structures (sequences of events) that could be called ritual forms. Interestingly, some of these story-telling shapes are like conventional musical forms; of those, this piece is most like a ritornello or rondo form but with many small, mosaic-like bits that keeping coming back but in new adventures (like Goldilocks).

The alternation of lyricism with sudden rhythmic excitement, slow quiet violin glissandos, the sense of tempo which is fast and slow at the same time and the muffled, distant quality of the violin part are typical features of the piece. The use of echoes and sudden outbursts suggest the following analogy: the music is played and danced on one hilltop whilst it is seen and heard from another. The effects of wind and cloud make the music sometimes clear and sharp, sometimes tranquil and distant.

Work Details

Withdrawn: the composer has withdrawn this work and it is no longer available for sale or public performance. Materials held in the Australian Music Centre's collection are for reference and research purposes only.

Year: 1985

Instrumentation: Clarinet in Bb, violin, piano.

Duration: 9 min.

Difficulty: Advanced — Moderate/difficult.

First performance: by Andrew Schultz, Bernard Lanskey, D Hart — 1 Mar 86. King's College, University of London, UK

Performances of this work

1 Mar 86: King's College, University of London, UK. Featuring Andrew Schultz, Bernard Lanskey, D Hart.

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