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Soprano, Bass Clarinet, Vibraphone, and Fixed Media Electronics
Alternate Title
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Year Authored (or revised)
Duration (min)
5
Movements
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Files & Media
Audio
twilight_excerpt.mp3
Audio file
Video
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Sample Pages
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Description
Composer's Note:
Twilight is the final work in The Cosmic Engine, a multimedia opera created in collaboration with video-artist Rosemary Williams and clarinetist Pat O'Keefe and premiered at The Southern Theater on May 30 - 31, 2008 in Minneapolis. I revised the composition in 2013, creating a new electroacoustic part and rewriting it for its present instrumentation. The text is by Walt Whitman, written late in his life.
The soft voluptuous opiate shades,
The sun just gone, the eager light dispell'd—(I too will soon be
gone, dispell'd,)
A haze—nirwana—rest and night—oblivion.
from Leaves of Grass, by Walt Whitman
First Perfomance
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Recording
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Text Language - Non English
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Text Source/Author
Walt Whitman
Title Number
Ensemble Type
solo voice(s)+2 to 6 instruments
duo or ensemble+audio playback
Genre/Theme
opera dramatic
Instrument
Soprano
,
bass clarinet
,
vibraphone
,
tape (audio) fixed media
Purchase Options
PDF License & Download
PDF Price
Print & Ship
Print Price
$9.00 performance score
Score includes link to electronics download.
Electronics can be played back either from WAV file or Max Runtime patch.