Score
Ficta : for six voices a cappella (SSATBrB) / text: Prosdocimo de'Beldomandi, Richard Wagner, Ern Malley ; music: Elliott Gyger.
Library shelf no. Q 783.165542/GYG 1 [Available for loan]
Work Overview
This work was conceived and planned in the course of my residency with the Song Company in the second half of 1993, and written especially for the group's 10th anniversary concert. Ficta is a Latin word meaning "false" or "feigned", as in the medieval music theory term musica ficta, which refers to the sharpening or flattening in performance of the written notes in a piece, according to various rules (and the dictates of individual taste). In the context of this work the "falseness" referred to encompasses considerations of musical style and technique, as well as, appropriately, the art (or artifice) of singing itself.
Work Details
Year: 1994
Instrumentation: 2 sopranos, alto, tenor, baritone, bass.
Duration: 16 min.
Difficulty: Advanced
Written for: The Song Company
Commission note: Written for the tenth anniversary of The Song Company
First performance: by The Song Company, Elliott Gyger — 21 Aug 94. St James Church, Sydney
Text by Prosdocimo de'Beldomandi, Richard Wagner, and Ern Malley.
Analysis
Program note: Elliott Gyger's "Ficta"
program note by the composer
Performances of this work
21 Aug 94: St James Church, Sydney. Featuring The Song Company, Elliott Gyger.
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