Encounters VII
Blessed Are The Peacemakers: for They Shall Be Called The Children Of God
by William Kraft
Chamber Music - Sheet Music

Chamber Music Percussion 1, Percussion 2

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Blessed Are The Peacemakers: for They Shall Be Called The Children Of God. Composed by William Kraft. The Jewish Conscript by Florence Kiper Frank, The Arsenal at Springfield by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Suffering of This World by Issa, These poems are contained in Poems of War Resistance edited by Scott Bates published by Grossman Publishers (. Encounters. Contemporary. Set of performance scores. With Standard notation. Composed 1977. 19 pages. Duration 12 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #114-40972. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.114409720).

UPC: 680160014538. The Jewish Conscript by Florence Kiper Frank, "Suffering of This World" by Issa, These poems are contained in "Poems of War Resistance" edited by Scott Bates published by Grossman Publishers (New York, 1969), "The Arsenal at Springfield" by Henry Wadswort.

Two of the earlier "Encounters" (III and IV) were, with some humerous intent, structurally derived from certain tenets of war: Strategy, Truce of God (a medieval practice), and Tatics. In "Encounters VII" the approach is more personal, being based on various anti-war poems. Each section of the work, except for the opening, begins by quoting in Morse code the first words of a specific poem, and then goes on to a musical setting. The Morse code is woven into the musical fabric as a paramater. 1st Code: "Blessed are the Peacemakers" - Matthew 5:9 2nd Code: "Ah, What a Sound Wiil Rise" and 3rd Code: "Is it, O Man, with such Discordant Noises..." - from "The Arsenal at Springfield by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 4th Code: "Suffering of this World" - Issa 5th Code: "The Jewish Conscript: For a Jew that they hung on the Bloody Cross (He aksi died in vain)" - from "The Jewish Conscript (1916) by Florence Kiper Frank.
Encounters VII was commissioned by Steve Grimo and Pat Hollenbeck for a series of performances in the Boston area.  Two of the earlier Encounters (III and IV) were, with some humorous intent, structurally derived from certain tenets of war: Strategy, Truce of God (a medieval practice), and Tactics.  In Encounters VII the approach is more personal, being based on various anti-war poems.  Each section of the work, except for the opening, begins by quoting in Morse code the first words of a specific poem, and then goes on to a musical setting.  The Morse code is woven into the musical fabric as a parameter.1st code: “Blessed are the Peacemakers” – Matthew 5:92nd code: “Ah, What a Sound Will Rise” and3rd code: “Is it, O Man, with such Discordant Noises…” – from “The Arsenal of Springfield” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow4th code: “Suffering of this World” – Issa5th code: “The Jewish Conscript: For a Jew that they hung on the Bloody Cross (He also died in vain)” – from “The Jewish Conscript” (1916) by Florence Kiper Frank—William Kraft.