Inclinations for Two Kotos
(二面の箏のための偏り)
Title | Inclinations for Two Kotos (二面の箏のための偏り) |
Year | 2008 |
Composer | Takashi Koto (arranged from a harp piece) |
Instrument/s | 2 kotos |
Commission | Written for: Afternoon of Shakuhachi and Koto Music #10 |
First Performance (date, performers, venue) | September 7, 2008, Afternoon of Shakuhachi and Koto Music #10, Ryuko Mizutani and Juliet Gravowski, Public Library of Brookline, Brookline, Massachusetts |
Contact for Sheets | the composer |
Contact Info | https://www.facebook.com/takashi.koto.10/ |
Notes |
Inclinations for Two Kotos (二面の箏のための偏り): What interests me most now is music structure. I have been trying to find ways of creating new music structure. In “Inclinations” for two harps, there are no conventional melodic or rhythmic motifs, only dispersed notes. Without any manipulation, the music would be chaos. But it is not. Once having been scattered at random, the notes are vertically and horizontally distorted. As a result, the density and the pitches are changed by the hands of the composer, creating a kind of coherence throughout the piece. I believe a sort of new structure was created in this piece. |