The people here go mad. They blame the wind.
for bass clarinet, cello, piano & 12 music boxes
Composer: Clara Iannotta
Publisher: Peters
$79.00
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This edition consists of a score and parts.
Instrumentation:
- Bass clarinet + call bell (played with foot) + 12 music boxes*
- Cello + call bell (played with foot) + 2 metal, round paperclips ("trombone")
- Prepared piano + brass triangle + bicycle inner tube + polystyrene + violin bow + e-bow
*The Music Boxes Machine shall be requested from the composer via email.
*The Music Boxes part maybe played by either the clarinetist or by an extra musician.From the composer:
"During the years 2012–14, I have been composing pieces inspired by bells and music-box mechanisms. Today my research has shifted in another direction, but before moving on I decided to close completely this compositional cycle — which includes the pieces Clangs, D’après and Glockengießerei — with one last work.I was walking alone through Somerville (a suburb of Boston), on a sunny, quiet day. The wind blew strongly for just a moment, and when it stopped, it left in the air a clanging harmony. It took me a few seconds to understand that this sound was made by metal chimes hanging from several doors. It made me smile!
After a few months, when I was starting to compose this piece, I was reading a poem by Dorothy Molloy. She kept repeating “The people here go mad. They blame the wind.” and it made me remember that day, that sound. So I decided to write it down."
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Pages: 12
Pages (score): 23
Publisher Code: EP14244
UPC: 9790014124762
ISBN:
ISMN: 9790014124762
Length: 30.5 cm
Width: 22.6 cm
Thickness: 0.536 cm
Weight: 276 g
