Saturday, July 2, 2022

"Freight Riding Seduces Me Into Denying Whenever I Can". For Solo Tuba. World Premiere: Bill Pritchard




"Freight Riding Seduces Me Into Denying Whenever I Can"

For Solo Tuba 

World Premiere: Bill Pritchard

Bil Smith Composer

Published by LNM Editions

Partial notes to Bil Pritchard on performance of this work:

As far as the interpretation of the performance notes... I obviously have a vision...and yes, it is intended to be a bit provocative and well...interpret it as you choose. The inclusion of actual notation in the performance notes is meant to "set the table" for the composition. It's more of an directive device as to what's about to come. Not necessarily does it need a literal interpretation.

The actual piece begins on page 4. If you notice there is a certain typographical treatment used in this work which is fairly consistent. The tablature (notational system) is intended to steer your initial decisions to treat certain symbology with a specific musical treatment (rendering). The key is that once you commit to interpreting a specific symbology, you commit to interpreting a specific symbology, you attempt to maintain that treatment when it appears later in the work. Of course, there are variants throughout the work, but the original interpretation should reflect the spirit of your previous interpretation. 

Bill Pritchard
 









No comments:

Post a Comment