Inuksuit : ("--to act in the capacity of the human--") : for nine to ninety-nine percussionists / John Luther Adams.

Format:

Musical score

Author/Creator:

Adams, John Luther, 1953-

Standardized Title:

Inuksuit

Language:

English

No linguistic content

Subjects (All):

Percussion ensembles--Parts.

Percussion ensembles.

Aleatory music.

Instrumental ensembles--Parts.

Instrumental ensembles.

Inukshuks--Songs and music.

Inukshuks.

Birds--Songs and music.

Birds.

Genre:

Songs and music.

Parts (Music)

Songs.

Physical Description:

10 parts : color illustrations ; 31 x 39 cm

Place of Publication:

[Fairbanks, Alaska] : Taiga Press, [2009]

Contents:

Event map: Breathing

Wind

Calls

Inuksuit (rising)

Waves

Clangs

Inuksuit (falling)

Birdsongs.

Notes:

For three groups of musicians in multiples of three.

"The work may be performed in an open space of any size, in almost any outdoor location...not intended for performance indoors"--Performance notes.

Duration: 70:00 or more.

Parts issued in groups 1-3, arranged by event within groups; group 1 instruments: megaphone, conch shell trumpet, handbell, siren, triangle; group 2 instruments: tom-toms (bass drum), sizzle cymbal; group 3 instruments: orchestra bells; suspended cymbals (tam-tam); includes optional Birdsongs part for piccolos (92 total parts).

Includes performance instructions.

OCLC:

608359360