cComposed Improvisations



Category: Musical composition
Dated: 1987-1990 (Snare drum alone); 1990 (others)
Instrumentation: Any solo or combination of snaredrum, Steinberger Bass-guitar and one-sided drums with or without jangles.
Duration: 8'
Premiere and performer(s):
Dedicated to: for Robert Black (Steinberg Bass-guitar); for Stuart Smith (Snare drum); For Glen Velez (One sided drum with or without jangles)
Choreography:
Published: Edition Peters 67318a (Steinberger Bass-guitar), b (Snare drum alone) and c (One sided drum with or without jangles) © 1990 by Henmar Press
Manuscript: Sketches for snare drum version (holograph in ink - 1 p. Folder 759); Sketches for snare drum version, dated June 26, 1987 (Holograph, signed, in red and black ink and typescript with holograph annotations - 15 p. Folder 760); Score (typescript used for publication - 2 p. Folder 761); Sketches for Steinberger Bass-guitar version (holograph in red and black ink - 1 p. Folder 762); Draft for Steinberger Bass-guitar version (holograph in red and black ink - 2 lvs. Folder 763); Score for Steinberger Bass-guitar version (galley proof with holographic annotations - 1+2 p. Folder 764); Score for One sided drum version (Typescript and holograph in ink - 7 p. Folder 793); Score for One sided drum version (Typescript - 2 p. Folder 794), all in New York Public Library.


2 pages of text (for each version) with performance instructions. This is a work with 3 time brackets, 1 variable, surrounded by 2 fixed. Every time bracket contains 1-8 events and 1-64 icti. The performer should perform chance operations in order to decide on the amount of events and icti to be played, as well as on certain specifics concerning the use of the instruments and the durations of the time brackets.

Sources: Paul van Emmerik: Thema's en Variaties; New York Public Library online catalog; Various authors: liner notes for CD: The International Music Company 60104-215