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Title
Weisgarber: Thoughts
Subject
Source
https://www.musiccentre.ca/node/37339/showcase
Music Resource Item Type Metadata
Composer
Weisgarber, Elliott (1919-2001).
Gender
Male
Work
Thoughts on an Ancient Japanese Melody. Toronto: Canadian Music Centre.
Duration
3 minutes
Description
This piece was composed in 1979, and dedicated to George Zukerman. The music is pitch-centric and informed by pentatonic scales. The music is a set of moderately challenging continuous lyrical variations on a Japanese melody for bamboo flute titled “Light and Darkness,” transcribed by the composer. The range extends to C5.
Date Range of Work
1979