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SKU: A0.1075914
Composed by Alice B. Dearden. 20th Century,Classical,Contemporary. Individual part. 4 pages. Alice B. Dearden #680072. Published by Alice B. Dearden (A0.1075914).This piece was written in memory of my sister Sarah, who passed away in July of 2010. It consists of seven very brief movements. Each movement is one word of a sentence addressed to Sarah. To determine the rhythm, each word was translated into Morse code (which she had learned as a teenager), using (for the most part) eighth notes for dots and quarters for dashes. For example, the letter S in Morse code is “. . .”, so S in the music is represented by a pattern of three eighth notes, as in the first bar, whereas A is “. - “, represented by the eighth and quarter of the second bar. The melodic motive for each movement was based on a year that was important in her life; for instance, the first movement is based on 1945, the year of her birth. I chose C as 1, C# as 2, etc. – which means that the majority of the movements begin with C - G#/A-flat (1-9). In the case of 2010, I chose to ignore the zeroes, meaning the theme consists of only two notes, D-flat and C.
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