Corner: s p r o u t i n g

Corner: s p r o u t i n g

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Corner, Philip (b. 1933). 

Male

s p r o u t i n g. New York: Peters. 

This work, originally titled Punishment Piece, was composed for Du Young Chung. Although first performed on a bamboo flute, it may be performed on any instrument capable of glissandi, and it is very effective on the bassoon. The notation is entirely graphic, and consists of transparencies with design lines and shapes, which are to be placed over manuscript paper. The resulting figures are to be translated as faithfully as possible, but always in an improvisatory manner. There will be much indeterminacy, resulting from random page orders or layering of pages, (There are five transparent sheets.), choice of clef, size of staves on the paper, etc. The original title grew out of a joke about new music—that the pages could be places sideways or upside-down, or in any order, and no one would be the wiser. This composition “inflicts” this reasoning on the performer and listener.