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Email to PurchaseA Short Book of Harmonies
Official edition of "A Short Book of Harmonies" by Michael Zev Gordon, published by Composers Edition (ce-mzg1sbh1), scored for （全）总谱. Edition includes 1 part, 28 pages.
- Composer
- Michael Zev Gordon
- Publisher
- Composers Edition
- Catalog No.
- ce-mzg1sbh1
- Instrumentation
- （全）总谱
- Specifications
- 1 parts · 28 pages (Single Score)
- Purchase Orders
- cdiyao@gmail.com (Email to Purchase)
Parts & Score Materials
| Part Name | Instrument | Pages |
|---|---|---|
| （全）总谱 | FullScore | 28 pages |
Work & Edition Details
Most pieces of Western music are, one way or another, collections of harmonies. But my piece is particularly focused on that aspect, and a nod too in the direction of John Adams' Harmonielehre, itself a provocative response to Schoenberg's eponymous work of harmonic theory. If Adams' 1980s piece was to do with pinning a very defined set of tonally-oriented harmonic colours to the mast, mine is about how many different kinds of harmonies can be included in the same piece. A narrative of harmonic fragments and types unfolds. Some are also tonal-leaning but others suspended, some gentle, others fierce, some bright, still others becoming very dark. By the end, I hope to have taken the listener on a kind of journey - one as expressive as purely musical.
