Music Appreciation 3e Kamien
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Jonathan Harvey (b. 1939)

Ritual Melodies (Excerpt: Opening Segment)

Instrumentation: computer

CD 3, Tracks 53-57, Duration 3:00

53) Reverberating "Bells," become low, nasal "oboes," crescendo, staccato "bell" chord; 3-second pause.
:14 "Wobbly" low chord fades, becomes "flute," crescendo to

54) Higher nasal prolonged tone, decorated by glissandos (slides), joined by layers of "flutes," bells," popping sounds, in different registers.
:25 Downward nasal swoops, crescendo, new higher tone, trills, lead to

55) Loud bell chord, "wobbly" lower sounds, crescendo.
:13 Low gong, low sustained "buzzing" tone, ornamented by higher and softer trill figures.

56) Single "chime," low solo "flute" melody with long decorated tones, bells.
:23 Solo "oboe" joined by layers of low flutes and bells.

57) Loud sustained single tone bell, crescendo.
:11 Soft high tone immediately joined by a variety of repeated "sigh" figures, rapid upward "popping" glissandos. Decrescendo to silence.

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