Music Resource Item Type Metadata
Composer
Reinhard, Johnny (b. 1956).
Gender
Male
Work
Work: Zanzibar. Unpublished.
Duration
9 minutes
Description
Just as with Reinhard’s other compositions, this atonal and extraordinarily avant-garde piece features numerous extended techniques, including microtones, multiphonics, glissandi, pitch bends, timbre modifications (including the use of a ping pong ball), vocal sounds, singing while playing, wind sounds, harmonics, playing on multiple reeds, and key clicks. The performer is also called on to produce sounds on the various joints of the instrument and also to play the bassoon in the traditional manner but without the long joint or bell. The range is not excessive, ascending only to C5, and is only moderately challenging, once the new techniques are mastered.
Discography
Pitch P-200214 Johnny Reinhard
Reference
The Double Reed 19/1, 34/1