MOVEMENT FOR NINE PLAYERS (1967)
by RAOUL PLESKOW
Title: Movements For Nine Players
Date of Composition: 1967
Instrumentation: chamber ensemble
Flute, Clarinet, violin, piano, celesta/piano II, percussion,
trumpet, cello and bass
Publisher: American Composers Alliance
Date of Publication: 1967
Duration: Approx 8' 30"
Recordings:
Composers Recordings Inc. #293
Mr. Pleskow writes:
Movements for Nine Players received its first performance by the
Contemporary Chamber Ensemble under its conductor, Arthur Weisberg, in
October of 1957. The work consists essentially of 31 variations set in
7 bar units with some expansions, elisions and interpolations.
The ensemble in this piece is sometimes subdivided into two groups,
sometimes set as one unit and at times regrouped into various smaller
instrumental combinations. The "moveable" way the ensemble is used is
complemented by the constantly changing textures and constant realignment
of the musical material itself. The material is built up by alternation
of symmetrical and assymetrical phrases, continuous and interrupted
activities, lean and thick textures and passive and active unfolding of
the pitch material.
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