Epigraphs in the time of AIDS : for Deep Listening Band and Long String Instrument / Pauline Oliveros.

Format:

Musical score

Author/Creator:

Oliveros, Pauline, 1932-2016, composer.

Contributor:

Deep Listening Band, dedicatee.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sextets (Accordion, flute, trombone, stringed instruments (3))--Scores.

Sextets (Accordion, flute, trombone, stringed instruments (3)).

Open form music.

Aleatory music.

Electronic music.

AIDS (Disease)--Songs and music.

AIDS (Disease).

Genre:

Electronic music.

Songs and music.

Open form music.

Scores.

Songs.

Music.

Physical Description:

1 score (5 unnumbered leaves) ; 28 cm

Place of Publication:

[Kingston, N.Y.] : Deep Listening Publications, [1994]

Notes:

For Deep Listening Band (just intonation accordion, trombone, voice, overtone flutes, expanded instrument system electronics coordination, and auxiliary instruments) and long string instrument (85 feet long with 176 strings stretched longitudinally; tuned in just intonation matching the just intonation of the accordion according to enclosed tuning chart); Deep Listening Band plus one Long String Player comprise the Quartet; three Long String Players comprise the trio.

Epigraphs in the time of AIDS was created in two week-long workshops. The score is a mnemonic for the orally transmitted instructions. The players improvise according to guidelines. The Long String players create the atmosphere of the piece.

Score consists of performance instructions.

OCLC:

456775579