Music Resource Item Type Metadata
Composer
Weait, Christopher (b. 1939).
Gender
Male
Work
Variations. Dublin, OH: Weait Music.
Duration
6.5 minutes
Description
This piece was composed in 1972 for Norman Tobias. The music is atonal, consisting of variations on a tone row, and is designed to demonstrate extended techniques, which include “addle-addle” tonguing (flipping the tongue rapidly across the tip of the reed), flutter-tonguing, pitch-bending (even down to A1), tremolos, glissandi, and harmonics. The full range is used up to D4. This is a fun, moderately challenging, and very approachable piece.
Discography
Innova 520 (CD) Christopher Weait
Lyrichord LLST 7277 (LP) Christopher Weait
Lyrichord LLST 7277 (LP) Christopher Weait
Date Range of Work
1972