Objets retrouvés (1996), 5m20s
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in memoriam Pierre Schaeffer
Both a lamento and a funeral march, this paraphrase of Pierre Schaeffer’s Étude aux objets is not without connection to ornate, figured choral style. Three voices (in the contrapuntal sense of the term), developed from elements drawn from the first movement of the Étude, embroider and animate the long values of the original subjects that make up the “choral,” which constitutes the fourth voice of this polyphonic composition. The choice of a classical form, so important in Bach, was a conscious one that was designed to honor the memory of Schaeffer. I like to think that he would have enjoyed the allusion.
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Rien à voir (5) Saturday, February 20, 1999 Francis Dhomont: rétrospective 1 |
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Rien à voir (5) Sunday, February 21, 1999 Francis Dhomont: rétrospective 1 |
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