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Mote of Dust Suspended in a Sunbeam [piano solo]
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SKU: A0.596488
Composed by Juan María Solare. 20th Century,Contemporary,Standards. Score. 6 pages. Juan Maria Solare #3088073. Published by Juan Maria Solare (A0.596488).Mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam was composed in Bremen (Germany) on 30th January 2017, shortly after knowing about the death of Uwe Kolkmeyer, musician and caricaturist to whom it is dedicated in memoriam.
The title refers to a thought by Carl Sagan: planet earth is a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam. An old idea that, of course, was not expressed by him for the first and only time. In Sufism exists an allegory (attributed to Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi) according to which the essences of the possible beings do exist in the darkness before being manifested by the divine light, as the motes of dust suspended in the air in a darken room don't become visible until they are lit by a light ray.
A certain optimistic atmosphere in this work may surprise, the opposite of what is usually associated with death. In my works the tonality of A major often expresses consolation.
Audio & more information: https://www.juanmariasolare.com/mote_of_dust_suspended_in_a_sunbeam.html
Selma Hande Gade (a Turkish pianist that lives in Denmark), with whom we had discussed possible titles for this work, recorded a home video in March 2017: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtzhHqB_Nb4
The composer made a commercial recording for the label Janus Music & Sound (JMS-999), which is available on iTunes, Spotify (and similar platforms): https://open.spotify.com/album/33jodfrCQxijofxmf3UpYK
International Standard Musical Work Code (ISWC): T-803.806.687-5
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