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Title
Ayers: Other Waters
Subject
Source
http://www.lydiaayers.com/biography/index.html
Music Resource Item Type Metadata
Composer
Ayres, Lydia
Gender
Female
Work
Other Waters. Unpublished.
1. lake
2. white water
1. lake
2. white water
Duration
10 minutes
Description
This atonal piece was composed in 1987, specifically for the French basson, although it could be adapted for a Heckel system instrument. It employs circular breathing, microtones, pitch bending, timbre changes, flutter tonguing, and multiphonics. The piece does not exploit the instruments famous upper register, ascending only to Bb4. Fingerings are provided, taken from Actuellement le Basson by Alexandre Ouzonoff (Paris: Salabert, 1986). This piece is very challenging because of the density of extended techniques.
Date Range of Work
1987