Kaplan: Blow

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Title

Kaplan: Blow

Subject

Source

http://www.societyofcomposers.org/members/AmeliaS.Kaplan/

Music Resource Item Type Metadata

Composer

Kaplan, Amelia S. (b. 1963).

Gender

Female

Work

Blow. Tallevast, FL: TrevCo.

Duration

9 minutes

Description

This piece was composed for Benjamin Coelho in 1999. It includes numerous extended techniques: tongue slaps, multiphonics, flutter-tonguing, timbral trills, pitch-bending, and glissandi, and spans the full range to E5. The music sounds atonal, with emphasis on small cells, but in reality the music does gravitate to certain central pitches. The music flows between angularity and linear lyricism, and is both challenging and engaging for both the performer and the listener. Performance instructions are provided, as are fingerings for the multiphonics.

Discography

Albany TROY 608 (CD)      Benjamin Coelho

Reference

The Double Reed 27/2, 28/1

Date Range of Work

1999