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Ku (shakuhachi with pre-recorded sound)

by Richard David Hames (1979)

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Ku : version for shakuhachi, flute or alto flute, or oboe / Richard David Hames.

Library shelf no. Q 788.3/HAM 1 [Available for loan]

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Work Details

Year: 1979

Instrumentation: Shakuhachi or flute or alto flute or oboe, tape-delay system, dancer. (Amplification of the solo instrument is required.)

Duration: 18 min.

Difficulty: Advanced — Professional.

Dedication note: "Ku is dedicated to John Hopkins OBE with friendship and esteem"

Commission note: Commissioned by the Faculty of Music of the University of Melbourne under the terms of the Albert H. Maggs Award for Musical Composition

First performance: by Baldrick Deerenberg — 8 Sep 80. Steielijk Museum, Amsterdam, as part of the International Gaudeamus Festival

Original choreography utilised highly stylised movements adapted from Noh dram, T'ai Chi, Bharata Natyah and Bugaku.

Performances of this work

Unknown date: Performed by Anthony Gray at University of Melbourne

8 Sep 80: Steielijk Museum, Amsterdam, as part of the International Gaudeamus Festival. Featuring Baldrick Deerenberg.

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