Score [ePDF]
Basho : [eScore] / Richard David Hames.
Work Details
Year: 1981
Instrumentation: Tenor (also antique cymbals, Tibetan rattle drum, claves), piano (also brass, bamboo and glass chimes, 3 gamelan gongs, Indian bells, celesta, prepared piano), 2 percussionists, flute (and piccolo), oboe, harp.
Contents note: I. As the temple bell fades -- II. A fragrance of orchids -- III. The water-dripping rite.
Set to haiku by Matsuo Basho.
The three sets are discrete cycles in their own right and may be performed separately, or as a complete cycle.
Amplification of the piano is required.
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