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Epitaph for moonlight (1968)

... To Joel S. ...

Schafer, Raymond Murray (1933-2021) [ Canada ]

Edition
Published by Berandol Music Ltd [Canada] , 1969
Ref. : BER 1094  (11 p.)
Editor or author of the restitution: Coles, Graham
Type of material: Full score
Copyright : BMI Canada Limited, 1969; assigned to Berandol Music Limited, 1969.
 
Description
Text in: invented language
Epoque: 20th century  (1950-1999)
Genre-Style-Form: Contemporary ; Secular
Mood of the piece: brilliant
Type of Choir: 4S-4A-4T-4B  (16 mixed voices )
Instrumentation: Optional bells and percussion
Instruments: Bells (ad libitum) ; Triangle (ad lib) ; Metalophone (ad lib) ; Vibraphon (ad lib) ; Glockenspiel (ad lib)
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5): 3
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E): D
Tonality: aleatoric ; clusters
Duration: 3.5 min.
Musicological Sources: "Moonlight is a study-piece for youth choir. It is an ear-training exercise, for the singers must learn to pitch their notes by interval from any note given."
Source of text: From an assignment given to one of Shafer's grade 7 classes in which "new words in a private language were to be invented that expressed in sound the concept of moonlight."
 

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