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Sheet Music: ScoreSnapdragon : baritone saxophone and percussion / Miriama Young.by Miriama Young (2003)
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Snapdragon was written for and premiered by the Yesaroun' Duo, with their fearsome exuberance and technical virtuosity in mind. The piece was composed during a time of media frenzy over America's initial attack on Iraq. Snow was falling in Princeton, physically trapping me in a tall apartment, while my connection with the outside world at the time - the TV - projected sensational stories and graphic images of far away places in turmoil. Gradually, I had this sense of becoming numb, as weather and war preyed on a creeping awareness of my incapacity to act in any tangible way. So, the music that emerged has a certain physicality, borne of frustration and a sense of disenfranchisement: it is music rooted in the body, and composed for the body -dance-like, of heartbeat, breath, and sigh - a way to "voice" when I couldn't speak
Published by: Australian Music Centre — 1 facsimile score (19p. -- A4 (portrait))
Difficulty: Advanced
Duration: 8 mins, 30 sec.
Dedicated to Yesaroun’ Duo
First performance by Yesaroun’ Duo — 1 Mar 03. Taplin Auditorium, Princeton University, NJ, USA
Includes program note.
The composer notes the following styles, genres, influences, etc associated with this work:
Rhythmic, driving, energetic, pulsing, jazz-influenced harmonies, drum kit + tuned percussion, baritone saxophone virtuosity. Closest influences: Louis Andriessen, Jack Body, Bach, Steve Reich, jazz.
Typeset edition.
ISMN: 979-0-67316-973-9
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