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Catalogue des Errances Bibliques : Symphony in No Need of an Orchestra, for mixed keyboards, percussion and narrator [eScore] / Michael Kieran Harvey.
by Michael Kieran Harvey (2019)
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- Instrumentation: Spoken voice, keyboards (min 8 players: 2 Grand Pianos; at least 4 full-keyboard synthesizers/electric pianos; Theremin, harpsichord and celeste or similar electronic sounds) ; percussion (min 4 players: 2x Timpani, snare drum, tenor drum, bass drum, cymbals, drum set, electronic/latin drum set, tubular bells, glockenspiel, marimba, vibraphone (with bow), 5x log drums (or tom-toms), anvil, 5x temple blocks, high and low gongs, tam-tam, swanee whistle or sim, crotales (D, F, F#, A), ratchet, large frame drum/dumbeck (amplified), strings (optional): electric bass, amplified cello (both can be substituted with keyboards if necessary).
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From the CD Catalogue des Errances Bibliques
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"You can't run a country
By a book of religion
Not by a heap
Or a lump or a smidgeon
Of foolish rules
Of ancient date
Designed to make
You all feel great
While you fold, spindle
And mutilate
Those unbelievers
From a neighbouring state"
Frank Zappa, "Dumb All Over" (1981)
It came as a delicious and furtive surprise to me as an
8-year-old altar boy to discover that Christ's blood tasted,
apparently, the same as the Woodley's Cream Sherry I found in the
sacristy. This set me wondering about the veracity of the
contents of the Bible, something that Catholics are instructed to
believe is the infallible word of God. It takes a certain type of
dogged personality to be willing to sift through such a text for
either fallibilities or infallibilities - most Christians simply
accept what clerics tell them is in the bible and get on with
their busy lives.
Happily, C. Dennis McKinsey devoted much of his life and his
energies as a broadcaster to the task of uncovering "biblical
errancy", and his forensic book The Encyclopedia of Biblical
Errancy (Prometheus Books, 1995) is the result. In the
spirit of the musical The Book of Mormon
(Parker/Lopez/Stone, 2011) and with an affectionate nod to
Messiaen's Catalogue d'Oiseaux (1958), Catalogue des
Errances Bibliques whimsically reinterprets each of the 25
chapters of The Encyclopedia of Biblical Errancy as a
homage to its punctilious author. In keeping with McKinsey's
low-budget resourcefulness, Catalogue des Errances
Bibliques is scored not for symphony orchestra, but for two
nondescript keyboards.
There is also a re-interpretation of the work for nondescript keyboards and percussion. The text Bible Stories was composed specifically for this version by Dr Arjun von Caemmerer. (MKH).
Published by: Australian Music Centre — 1 digital (PDF) facsimile score (189p. -- B4 (portrait))
Difficulty: Advanced — Virtuosic writing, high ensemble synchronisation and improvising skill required
Duration: 65 min.
Dedicated to Arjun Von Caemmerer
First performance 25 May 19. Australian National Academy of Music, Melbourne
Includes programme notes, performance directions, and copy of texts.
The composer notes the following styles, genres, influences, etc associated with this work:
Jazz-rock, "avant-pop", alternative rock genres: Spike Jones, Frank Zappa, John Zorn, Eastern European rock.
Typeset edition.
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