• The Diamond by Vijay Iyer Violin Solo - Sheet Music

The Diamond for Violin and Piano by Vijay Iyer Violin Solo - Sheet Music

By Vijay Iyer

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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Summary
Instrument:
Piano Accompaniment Violin Solo
Composers:
Vijay Iyer
Publishers:
Schott Music
Series:
Composers and Arrangers of Color Music of Asian Composers and Artists
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
Violin and piano - advanced

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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