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SKU: A0.1818389
Composed by Toby Griffiths. This edition: pdf. 21st Century, Contemporary. Individual part. 2 pages. Eonta Press #1378496. Published by Eonta Press (A0.1818389).This piece was inspired by the Old English word ‘Slæpwerigne‘, a hapex legomenon (a word that appears only once) from the tenth-century Exeter Book. It translates to ‘sleep-weary’, although it is unclear whether that means “weary with sleep” or “weary for sleep”. This links to the second inspiration, which is the composer’s experience with chronic insomnia, and how that could relate to all possible interpretations of that word.
Advanced but accessible difficulty. This work utilises a wide range (B1-C4) but no extreme highs or lows. It also includes some simple extended techniques such as half-valving, glissandi (lip and valve), and notational devices such as feathered beams (accel. and decel.).
Performance note: The final bar (‘fragile‘) is to be performed with a marked vibrato, and is to diminuendo as much as possible, even to the point where the note is unstable and breaking.
Duration – ~4 minutes.
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