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| Selected Melodies | |
| Date Completed: | June 28, 1997 |
| Duration: | about 11 minutes |
| Instrumentation: | 'cello and piano |
| First Performance: | David Russell, 'cello and Robert Frankenberry, piano on August 6, 1998 in Akron, Ohio. |
| Comments: | written for, dedicated to and commissioned by Tamar Diesendruck |
| Program Notes: | Selected Melodies was commissioned by, written for, and dedicated to composer Tamar Diesendruck, who requested something with which to get back into playing the cello. As usual with me, once I got started with the actual composing, the music got a little more involved than I had initially planned. The work is divided into two "groups" of melodies and includes part of a song from my opera "Hegemony" in which a character sings about a drug-induced trip she once took. This hallucinatory aspect casts a long shadow over the entire work. David Russell gave the first performance on August 6, 1998 in Akron, Ohio. |
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