Music in Similar Motion
(1969) 12'
Music by Philip Glass
CAST:
2.pic.2.Eh.2.Ecl.bcl.2/4.2.2.2.1/ eorg or pg/ str.
Music in Similar Motion is an open score which can be performed by
any group of instruments; it is not confined to the arrangement listed.
New orchestration for chamber orchestra written in 1981.
NOTES:
The real innovation in "Similar Motion" is its sense of drama. The earlier pieces were meditative, steady-state pieces that established a mood and stayed there. But "Similar Motion" starts with one voice, then adds another playing a fourth above the original line, and then another playing a fourth below the original line, and finally a last line kicks in to complete the sound. As each new voice enters, there is a dramatic change in the music.
PUBLISHER:
Dunvagen Music Publishers
AVAILABLE SCORES:
-
Music in Similar Motion at ChesterNovello.com
RELATED RECORDINGS:
- Music in the Shape of a Square on Stradivarius
- Two Pages / Contrary Motion / Music In Fifths / Music In Similar Motion on Nonesuch
RELATED FILMS:
- Four American Composers: Philip Glass by Peter Greenaway
- Looking Glass by Éric Darmon
CATEGORIES:
Orchestral, Chamber, PGE
