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Sheet Music: Performance PartsOnce upon a time : An ironic melodrama about a nuclear family / Richard Vella.by Richard Vella (1986)
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Once upon a time... is a series of short instrumental works. Each work is introduced by a speaker. The work is an ironic melodrama parodying the children's story book genre such as the John and Betty series in which the image augments the text. The original version included Fairlight computer playback. However, this was later removed with the Fairlight playback part arranged for the other chamber instruments.
Its music vocabulary relies on standard clichés and patterns found in the silent movie melodrama form and simple tonal music progressions.
These vocabularies are: diminished seventh chord tremoli; the cycle of fifths; V-I Cadences; arpeggios; 19th century piano parlour music and forms in the style of Franz Schubert; gestures such as glissandi, snare drum rolls; emulating amateur performances through the use of written out mistakes, rhythmically incorrect passages, tempo shifts, etc.
Published by: Australian Music Centre — 1 set of 5 performance parts (126p. -- A4 (portrait))
Difficulty: Advanced — Many movements are relalively easy. Only a few are more advanced.
Duration: 21 mins
The composer notes the following in relation to this work: An ironic music theatre work for concert performance with a postmodern aesthetic.
Typeset edition.
This edition produced Dec 21.
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