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title |
Acadia |
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composer |
Elizabeth BROWN |
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country |
USA |
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date composed |
1999 |
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duration |
08:30 |
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number of instruments |
2 |
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instrumentation |
shakuhachi, flute |
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commissioning party |
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premiere date |
20th May 2000 |
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premiere location |
Harwood Museum, Taos, NM USA |
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premiere musicians |
Elizabeth Brown: shakuhachi, Nancy Laupheimer: flute |
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publisher |
Quetzal Music |
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score |
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recordings |
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comments |
Acadia, for flute and shakuhachi, was composed when Elizabeth Brown was Artist-in-Residence at Acadia National Park on Maine’s Mount Desert Island in September, 1999. It is modeled after Shika no Tone (“the Distant Call of the Deer”), a famous shakuhachi duo from the traditional repertoire, in which the two musicians call to each other from across a distance initially, moving together for the piece’s conclusion. Like Shika no Tone, Acadia can be performed outdoors in any setting. The flute’s extended microtonal inflections and progressions draw on tradional shakuhachi technique and the microtonal inflections of birdsong.
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