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Official edition of "Negative Magic" by Tonia Ko, published by Composers Edition (ce-tk1nm1), scored for Snare Drum. Edition includes 1 part, 20 pages.
- Composer
- Tonia Ko
- Publisher
- Composers Edition
- Catalog No.
- ce-tk1nm1
- Instrumentation
- Snare Drum
- Instruments
- Specifications
- 1 parts · 20 pages (Single Score)
- Purchase Orders
- cdiyao@gmail.com (Email to Purchase)
Parts & Score Materials
| Part Name | Instrument | Pages |
|---|---|---|
| Snare Drum | Percussion | 20 pages |
Work & Edition Details
Commissioned by Michael Compitello for the “Unsnared Drum” Project
Negative Magic is a piece that discovers richness and complexity by relinquishing control. Rather than acting upon my initial impulse to augment and add to the snare drum, I set about exploring its many components. This resulted in a reconceptualizing of the entire project— I was not to compose “just” for snare drum, but was curating a combined state of all the separate parts: the drum head, rim, and snares. My piece maximizes the resonance and beating of the drum by tuning it irregularly: both the drumhead and snares are almost completely loosened. As snare drums are wonderfully diverse, this set-up creates a sound world unique to every instrument. Yet the commonality I imagine is the atmosphere of a powerful ritual taking place between performer and instrument— perhaps not unlike a wizard stirring a magic cauldron, conjuring various potions and spells in a mysterious language.
