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Work Title cComposed Improvisation (for snare drum alone) |
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Alt. Title cComposed Improvisation No. 2 |
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Date Begun in 1987, returned to and completed in 1990. |
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Ensemble Type Solo |
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Work Length 8 minutes |
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Instrumentation For solo percussion (snare drum). |
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Comments This work -- in versions for Steinberger Bass Guitar, One-Sided Drums With or Without Jangles, and Snare Drum Alone -- comprises 2 pages of text with performance instructions. Each has 3 time brackets, 1 of which is variable, surrounded by 2 that are fixed. Each time bracket contains 1-8 events and 1-64 icti. The performer performs chance operations to decide the number of events and icti to be played, as well as specifics concerning the use of instruments as well as durations of sounds. |
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Dedicatee(s) for Stuart Smith (Snare drum) |
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Publication Peters Edition EP 67318b |
