An Essay on the American Topography

by Stephen Webb

for harp and tape

Description

The tape part is built from two early jazz pieces dating from 1920's Chicago; a piano suite by cornettist Bix Beiderbeck and Virgina Liston's Titanic Blues. The harp reminisces a bygone era while the tape intersperses Virginia Liston’s fateful lyrics about the Titanic. Together, they coalesce to create a sonic watery shroud.

Instrumentation

hp, tape

Category

Works for Solo Instrument

Premiere

Bengi Canatan. April 17, 2018, Helsinki,

Commisioned by / dedications

Written for Bengi Canatan

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Archive number

MF34228

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