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Nether : for soprano, 19 soloists, and conductor : (2019) / Rebecca Saunders.
LIBRA Folio M1613.3.S28 N4 2022
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Musical score
- Author/Creator:
- Saunders, Rebecca, 1967- composer.
- Series:
- Peters contemporary library
- Standardized Title:
- Nether
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Songs (High voice) with instrumental ensemble--Scores.
- Songs (High voice) with instrumental ensemble.
- Monologues with music (Instrumental ensemble)--Scores.
- Monologues with music (Instrumental ensemble).
- Joyce, James, 1882-1941--Musical settings.
- Joyce, James.
- Genre:
- Songs.
- Chamber music.
- Musical settings.
- Scores.
- Physical Description:
- 1 score (66 pages) : portrait ; 60 cm.
- Edition:
- Score.
- Place of Publication:
- Leipzig : Edition Peters, [2022]
- Language Note:
- English words.
- Staff notation.
- Notes:
- For soprano, bass flute, oboe, bass clarinet, bassoon, 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba, 2 pianos, 2 percussion, accordion, 2 violins, viola, cello, and double bass.
- Soprano part includes spoken and whispered passages.
- "Nether was originally module 24 of 28 modules which make up Yes (2017), a 82 minute large-scale spatialised performance work which explores parts of Molly Bloom's monologue, the final chapter of James Joyce's Ulysses. This final separate version, Nether, is significantly expanded and re-worked, and extended by 5 minutes."--Composer's website.
- Commissioned by Ensemble Musikfabrik and Kunststiftung NRW.
- "Nether was written for Juliet Fraser and Musikfabrik for the NOW! festival at the Essen Philharmonie."--Composer's website.
- Premiered on 31 October 2019 at the Essen NOW! festival by Juliet Fraser (soprano) and Ensemble Musikfabrik, conducted by Bas Wiegers.
- Duration: 31:00.
- Composer's note and performance instructions in English.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alfred Reginald Allen Memorial Fund of The Savoy Company.
- OCLC:
- 1295396905
- Publisher Number:
- M014135508 paperback
- 9790014135508 paperback
- EP 14455 Edition Peters
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