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grapes

by eliot burk

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1.
grape 1 02:58
2.
grape 2 01:03
3.
grape 3 01:02
4.
grape 4 02:18
5.
grape 5 02:07

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composed in the Dashain (now Delores) living room one piece per night for a week
www.sbcoop.org/housing.html#dolores

The grapes vary from rigid formal processes to more freely composed: 3 is a strict canon which very quickly folds in upon itself until the content of each voice is not distinguishable; 5 is modeled after the ricercar, an early baroque contrapuntal form exploring a very short motif; 2 attempts to treat the diatonic set atonally; 4 is a 'song without words' (after Mendelssohn) in which the 'vocal' line strays away from the harmonic implications of the accompaniment, and is mirrored by a 'shadow' line in the bass which pushes even further against the static harmonic world of the inner voices; 1 was freely composed.

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released January 22, 2009

performed by Jeremy Haladyna
www.mayancycle.com

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Eliot Burk Santa Cruz, California

The pool is edged with the blade-like leaves of irises.
If I throw a stone into the placid water,
it suddenly stiffens
into rings and rings
of sharp gold wire.
Amy Lowell
erburk@gmail.com

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