Henry's work has an unusual source: third century Roman portraits painted on wooden boards and bound into mummies for burial. Henry made a computer slide show with aleatoric music and later transcribed this work for flute, tuba and percussion as a kind of “Pictures at an Exhibition”, based on the vivid character and personalities of paintings such as the “Melancholy Lady” and the “Man With a Wart”. The music is wistful and sardonic, as if the characters were speaking of their lives and fortunes sometimes with sorrow, sometimes with humor. The aleatoric and minimalistic origin of the music can be heard in its colorful scraps of melodies and cadences, unpredictably tonal, yet logical. This is an excellent, colorful and interesting recital or concert piece with an unusual combination of instruments and programmatic associations.
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| Composer |
Otto Henry |
| Set |
coil bound score and set of parts |
| Instrumentation |
flute, tuba, and percussion |
| Price: |
$17.50 (€ 15.22)
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