The Diamond for Violin and Piano by Vijay Iyer Violin Solo - Sheet Music
By Vijay IyerIn The Diamond Sutra, an early Buddhist text also known as The Diamond that Cuts Through Illusion, the Buddha leads his interlocutor, the Elder Subhuti, through a series of questions and provocations. The Buddha then concludes the session by offering this teaching to those assembled:All composed things are like a dream,a phantom, a drop of dew, a flash of lightning.That is how to meditate on them;that is how to observe them.This duo piece is in four sections, corresponding roughly to these four disparate visions of impermanence: four distinct moments of interplay between form and emptiness, four corners of a diamond. This series of images is itself a 'composed thing,' gathering dissimilar elements into a unified system. It suggests that the things we make are similar to things that exist beyond intention. The Buddha's utterance helps us hear so-called 'composition' and 'improvisation' - or the encompassing category, 'music' - as part of an even larger aggregate: that which forms and recedes.- Vijay Iyer
Details
Summary
- Instrument:
- Piano Accompaniment Violin Solo
- Composers:
- Vijay Iyer
- Publishers:
- Schott Music
- UPC:
- 888680790998
- ISBN:
- 9781540034960
- Format:
- Collection / Songbook
- Item types:
- Physical
- Level:
- Advanced
- Artist:
- Vijay Iyer
- Usages:
- School and Community
- Size:
- 9.0x12.0x0.142 inches
- Number of Pages:
- 44
- Shipping Weight:
- 0.49 pounds
Detailed Description
SKU: HL.49045998
For Violin and Piano. Composed by Vijay Iyer. This edition: Saddle stitching. Sheet music. String. Softcover. Composed 2018. 44 pages. Duration 13'. Schott Music #ED 30262. Published by Schott Music (HL.49045998).ISBN 9781540034960. UPC: 888680790998. 9.0x12.0x0.142 inches.
In The Diamond Sutra, an early Buddhist text also known as The Diamond that Cuts Through Illusion, the Buddha leads his interlocutor, the Elder Subhuti, through a series of questions and provocations. The Buddha then concludes the session by offering this teaching to those assembled:All composed things are like a dream,a phantom, a drop of dew, a flash of lightning.That is how to meditate on them;that is how to observe them.This duo piece is in four sections, corresponding roughly to these four disparate visions of impermanence: four distinct moments of interplay between form and emptiness, four corners of a diamond. This series of images is itself a 'composed thing,' gathering dissimilar elements into a unified system. It suggests that the things we make are similar to things that exist beyond intention. The Buddha's utterance helps us hear so-called 'composition' and 'improvisation' - or the encompassing category, 'music' - as part of an even larger aggregate: that which forms and recedes.- Vijay Iyer.
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