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Eight Gravitational Miniatures (2020) bass clarinet and drum set duo
SM-000602207
| Composer | Gary Nash |
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| Publisher | Gary Nash |
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| Genre |
Classical / Instrumental
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| Instrumentation |
Bass Clarinet, Drum set |
| Scored for | Duo |
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| Type of score | Score for two performers, Parts |
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| Key |
B flat minor |
| Movement(s) |
1 to 8 from 8 |
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| Duration |
12'0" |
| Difficulty |
Advanced |
| Year of composition |
2020 |
| Description |
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EIGHT GRAVITATIONAL MINIATURES (2020) bass clarinet and drum set began with Movement 6, BOUNCE, composed in 2014. BOUNCE was originally conceived for a Vox Novus Composers Voice 15 Minutes of Fame call for scores for a one minute bass clarinet and drum set duo composition. Gary Powell Nash’s BOUNCE alludes to the lively, bluesy and dance-like nature of the piece. The principal motive, as well as the composition as a whole, is based on and inspired by West African folk music.
In an attempt to make BOUNCE more marketable, Nash decided to compose 7 additional miniatures around it. The 7 complementary miniatures are all approximately 1 to 2 minutes in length, alternating fast tempo and slow tempo movements and all have titles related to gravity. Movement 1, “The Ascent” is a medium-fast tempo movement in septuple meter (alternating measures of 4/4 and 3/4 time signatures). Movement 2,”Sunken Place” is a slow movement, focusing on the lowest register of the bass clarinet. This transitions to Movement 3, “Crab Barrel Mentality”, a bass clarinet solo movement also at a slow tempo. Movement 4, “Centripetal Movement” is fast, marked “Spirito” and in triple meter with a compound time feel. Movement 5 is “Going Deep”, a slow tempo movement. Following “Bounce”, Movement 6 is “Ricochet”, Movement 7, a drum set solo. Movement 8, “Centrifugal Force” is medium-fast tempo, also in septuple meter (alternating measures of 4/4 and 3/4 time signatures) with highly syncopated jazz and pop-like melodies and rhythms. |
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