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STUDY OF TWO PEARS (2003) is inspired by the mobiles of Alexander Calder, and is based on the poem STUDY OF TWO PEARS by Wallace Stevens:

 

Each section of music can be viewed as a suspended object--the 'objects' remain unchange except in regard to their respective locations in time. Each section of the piece is likewise not fixed, but animated by the following method of performance.

 

The score for STUDY OF TWO PEARS is intended for two or more pianos, consists of six sections labeled 1-6 (correlating to the six sections of Stevens' poem), and is notated as if for one piano. Each player will perform from these identical scores, but neither of the two pianists can know the order in which the other is playing the sections. Each performer will play the six sections either in an order determined prior to the performance or in an improvised order. The sections must be played exactly as written without regard for the other's tempi or dynamic. Each section must also be played twice but preferably not in immediate succession. (e. g., the order [3,6,2,4,1,5...], would be preferable to [3,3,6,6,2,2...].)

 

*Note: Printing to card stock, and removing the music stand from the piano is suggested for this piece. The score is oriented to 11X18 (A3).

A Study of Two Pears (2003) for two or more pianos

$12.00Price

    © 2017 Bill Whitley

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