Du: Tattooed in Snow
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- Composer: Yun Du (1977-)
- Format: Score & Set of Parts
- Instrumentation: String Quartet (Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Cello)
- Work: Tattooed in Snow (2015)
- Size: 11.0 x 16.9 inches
Description
Composer note
Tattooed in Snow explores the temporary and fragile crystallization in nature and in space. The four players of the quartet form the four pillars of a musical space, and as a chant begins to move among theme, it layers, repeats and takes shape in the manner of a sculpture in sand or snow. Inspired by these delicate art forms as well as by chant and poetry, and building on my work with both visual artists and spoken-word artists, this piece provides a nuanced multilayered narrative trajectory.
Our final days sunk from the sky to the salty main. That moment will never return which once has been
— Du Yun