{"id":1572,"date":"2009-05-10T16:48:02","date_gmt":"2009-05-10T14:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.maurograziani.org\/wordpress\/?p=1572"},"modified":"2025-08-22T18:13:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T16:13:00","slug":"echoes-of-time-and-the-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maurograziani.org\/wordpress\/archives\/1572","title":{"rendered":"Echoes of Time and the River"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nel 1970, mentre l’Europa era in pieno strutturalismo e in America impazzavano minimalismo e grafismi vari, George Crumb scriveva questo Echoes of Time and the River (Echoes II)<\/em>, per orchestra, un brano fortemente emozionale in quattro parti. Il titolo reca l’indicazione Echoes II<\/em> perch\u00e9 precedentemente Crumb aveva composto Echoes of Autumn<\/em> (1965).<\/p>\n

Qui vi presentiamo il primo movimento Frozen Time<\/em> che<\/p>\n

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features a collage of mysterious and muted textures in overlapping 7\/8 metric patterns. After a time, three percussionists make their way ritualistically across the stage intoning the motto of the state of West Virginia: “Montani semper liberi?”<\/em> (Mountaineers are always free); the “ironic” question mark has been added by the composer. The music swells to an intense fff<\/em> in the middle section with glissandos in all the string parts. As if in answer, the mandolinist exits playing and whispering the same motto darkly as he disappears off stage
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Il brano \u00e8 stato recuperato da un vecchio vinile molto rovinato. L’ho pulito per quanto possibile, senza intaccare l’incisione, ma la provenienza si sente.<\/p>\n

George Crumb – from Echoes of Time and the River, Frozen Time<\/a><\/p>\n

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