Malay Pantuns

subtitle:
For Alto (Mezzosoprano) and 3 Flutes
year:
1961
lenght:
7'
instrumentation:
3 fl, A (or Ms)
publisher:
PWM Kraków
premiere:

October 25, 1961 / National Philharmonic in Warsaw

 

Barbara Dzikowska – alt

details:

Text: traditional Malay poetry

 

The form of each Pantun is relatively simple. They clearly belong together as a cycle for many reasons. All the tempi are almost identical. Visually the metrical and rhythmical structures appear standardized but in fact they are varied in many different ways – broken, blurred, distorted, enriched by the introduction of different irregularities.

availability:

Order: PWM

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