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Xavier Dayer
Mémoire, cercles
for oboe, violin, viola, violoncello
- Level: advanced
- Duration: 10'30
- Genre: contemporary
- Series: Swiss Composers Series
- Composed: 2011
Reference: MCX87
CHF35.00
Score and parts
Details
- Published: 2012
- Publisher: Editions Bim
Composer
Xavier Dayer (*1972)
Xavier Dayer, born in Geneva (Switzerland) in 1972, studied composition in his hometown with Eric Gaudibert, later with Tristan Murail and Brian Ferneyhough in Paris (IRCAM and Foundation Royaumont... Read moreAbout Mémoire, cercles
A cantus firmus
A melodic line, functioning in the form of a "cantus firmus" buried within the musical texture of the quartet, appears only in altered, ornamented, or otherwise modified form, with the musical sentence itself being obfuscated by the melodic and harmonic textures, reflecting the subtle manner with which human memory functions when interacting with oblivion.