Composed by Sadie Harrison. This edition: pdf. 21st Century. 12 pages. UYMP #1283533. Published by UYMP (A0.1720352).
Scathach, warrior woman and prophetess, patroness of martial arts, of prophecy, blacksmiths and magic, is known by many names – the Lady of Shadows, the Lady of the Shadowy Isle and She Who Strikes Fear. Native to the Isle of Skye, Scathach was thought to have set up a martial arts school there, becoming the instructor of the great warrior prince Cuchulainn.
This short piece celebrates Scathach with canonic music that suggests the repetition of martial arts moves demonstrated by master then precisely copied by student. The opening is marked ‘a sound like granite – hard, implacable, shot through with steel and diamond ’ and refers to the character of Scathach and to the extraordinary landscape that she inhabited.
The work contains fragments of pipe laments, calls and ’chorales’ woven together in the traditional theme and variation form of the piobaireachd where material is repeated in increasingly complex versions. As Scathach was reputed to have been the finest warrior of her day, the MacCrimmon and MacArthur families, also living on the Isle of Skye were thought to be the masters of Piobaireachd.
The work received its first performance in 2005 as part of the collaborative project Songs of the Earth, performed by the Scottish Clarinet Quartet and set against the backdrop of Terry William’s stunning photographs of the Isle of Skye.
Scathach is dedicated to the Quartet and to my daughter Freya, a martial arts specialist in Tae Kwon Do. c Sadie Harrison 2005.
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Composed by Sadie Harrison. This edition: pdf. 21st Century. 12 pages. UYMP #1283533. Published by UYMP (A0.1720352).
Scathach, warrior woman and prophetess, patroness of martial arts, of prophecy, blacksmiths and magic, is known by many names – the Lady of Shadows, the Lady of the Shadowy Isle and She Who Strikes Fear. Native to the Isle of Skye, Scathach was thought to have set up a martial arts school there, becoming the instructor of the great warrior prince Cuchulainn.
This short piece celebrates Scathach with canonic music that suggests the repetition of martial arts moves demonstrated by master then precisely copied by student. The opening is marked ‘a sound like granite – hard, implacable, shot through with steel and diamond ’ and refers to the character of Scathach and to the extraordinary landscape that she inhabited.
The work contains fragments of pipe laments, calls and ’chorales’ woven together in the traditional theme and variation form of the piobaireachd where material is repeated in increasingly complex versions. As Scathach was reputed to have been the finest warrior of her day, the MacCrimmon and MacArthur families, also living on the Isle of Skye were thought to be the masters of Piobaireachd.
The work received its first performance in 2005 as part of the collaborative project Songs of the Earth, performed by the Scottish Clarinet Quartet and set against the backdrop of Terry William’s stunning photographs of the Isle of Skye.
Scathach is dedicated to the Quartet and to my daughter Freya, a martial arts specialist in Tae Kwon Do. c Sadie Harrison 2005.
This product was created by a member of ArrangeMe, Hal Leonard's global
self-publishing community of independent composers, arrangers, and songwriters.
ArrangeMe allows for the publication of unique arrangements of both popular
titles and original compositions from a wide variety of voices and backgrounds.
About Digital Downloads
Digital Downloads are downloadable sheet music files that can be viewed directly on
your computer, tablet or mobile device. Once you download your digital sheet music,
you can view and print it at home, school, or anywhere you want to make music, and
you don't have to be connected to the internet. Just purchase, download and play!
PLEASE NOTE: Your Digital Download will have a watermark at the bottom of each page
that will include your name, purchase date and number of copies purchased. You are
only authorized to print the number of copies that you have purchased. You may not
digitally distribute or print more copies than purchased for use (i.e., you may not
print or digitally distribute individual copies to friends or students).
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