Music Resource Item Type Metadata
Composer
Lamb, Marvin (b. 1946).
Gender
Male
Work
Vision of Basque. Bellingham, WA: Medici Music Press.
Duration
7 minutes
Description
This piece was composed in 1982 for Kat Huffman. Based on Guernica, the famous painting by Pablo Picasso depicting the horrors of the Spanish Civil war, the music takes a simple peasant song, the Canto del Cavallero by Antonio de Cabezon (1510-1566), and through atonal “sonorous distortion” attempts to depict the trauma of modern warfare inflicted on a civilian populace. The music is moderately challenging and the range extends only to C5. It requires some extended techniques (multiphonics, tremolos, glissandi, and tongue-slaps). Instructions are clear, and the composer requests that, if possible, a picture of the painting be projected on a screen behind the performer.
Date Range of Work
1982