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Satellite mapping : complete solo piano works (1989-2014) / Stuart Greenbaum ; Amir Farid, piano.

Library shelf no. CD 2748 [Available for loan]

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Firestarters 1 : 14 piano miniatures.

Library shelf no. 786.2/FIR 5 [Available for loan]

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CD	Satellite mapping : complete solo piano works (1989-2014) / Stuart Greenbaum ; Amir Farid, piano. 2 CDs (125 min.) Published by Move Records — March, 2016 [MD3402] Library shelf no. CD 2748	Available for loan	$22.73	Add to cart
CD	Firestarters 1 : 14 piano miniatures. 1 CD (28 min.) Published by Promethean Editions [PE068/CD] Library shelf no. CD 939	Available for loan	$POA
Score	Firestarters 1 : 14 piano miniatures. 1 score (34p. -- Non-standard page size) Published by Promethean Editions — 2002 [PE068] Library shelf no. 786.2/FIR 5	Available for loan	$POA

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Work Overview

These pieces present rhythmic puzzles which 'allude' to corresponding visual 'illusions'. Solar Eclipse explores the ratio 3:4. The syncopation within this ratio seems to generate a vortex of rhythmic gravity within a harmonic structure that moves toward and then away from a perfect eclipse of the sun.

In Time-Lapse Photograph, a simple rising motive in the left hand repeats over and over - each time a little longer. Independently, the right hand develops a more syncopated, 'blurred' melodic line. Once the photograph is 'coloured in' it fades away (in similar fashion to Solar Eclipse).

A Möbius Strip (as drawn by M.C. Escher) is a length of paper looped and joined at the ends but with one end turned around 180 degrees. This creates an object with only one plane, since the front merges into the back and vice versa. This musical 'allusion' is based around the opening 5-note cell, which loops seamlessly upon itself, expanding and contracting like a möbius strip. Toward the end it modulates pivotally through the flat cycle of keys, launching upwards into infinity.

Work Details

Year: 2001, this version: 2000

Instrumentation: Piano.

Duration: 7 min.

Difficulty: Medium — AMEB Grade 7-8

Contents note: Solar Eclipse -- Time-lapse photograph -- Möbius strip.

First performance: 5 May 02. Mark Kruger Chapel, Freemasons

First movement ('Solar eclipse') was previously titled 'Experience' and was part of the work 'Innocence and experience'.