Music Resource Item Type Metadata
Composer
Richter de Vroe, Nicolaus (b. 1955).
Gender
Male
Work
Neun Zeilen (Nine Lines). Leipzig: Deutscher Verlag für Musik.
Duration
14 minutes
Description
Composed in 1977 for Wolfgang Liebscher, and included in Zeitgenössische Musik für Fagott solo edited by Dieter Hänschen, this piece is a veritable compendium of extended techniques. Quarter-tones, timbral alterations, vibrato manipulations, harmonics, glissandi, multiphonics, flutter tonguing, and tongue-slaps are called for in this music. The very challenging music is atonal and predominantly angular, with asymmetrical and even erratic lines over the full range up to D#5. Suggested fingerings for many of the extended techniques and are provided, taken from Bruno Bartolozzi's seminal book, New Sounds for Woodwind (London: Oxford University Press, 1967) and/or Sergio Penazzi's Metodo per Fagotto (Milan: Ricordi. 1972), but these are not always reliable. Be prepared to experiment.
Date Range of Work
1977