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Robert Morris - Birds Soaring over Mountain Paths

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Birds Soaring over Mountain Paths
The title Birds Soaring over Mountain Paths is meant to suggest the serenity of outdoor settings. The composition’s form is based on my experience hiking in the national parks and elsewhere. Of its 13 basic sections, there are three kinds of music. The first kind is chordal music for the whole ensemble, as found at the beginning and end of the piece; these sections represent the (usually) paved trails leading to and from various sites and vistas on which everyone can traverse. The second kind is music led by one of the six instruments with various textures of a contrapuntal character; these sections are like the network of marked but unpaved trails in the woods and/or over hills. The third kind of section is like that of bushwhacking with no trail to follow; these sections are complexes of harmonic unfoldings with the instruments interacting equally.

Each instrument has its own melodic and harmonic material, which is composed to interact with the others in a congruous and amiable manner. Moreover, in the sections led by each instrument, the music reflects that instrument’s character: cello, espressivo; horn, cantabile; violin, con brio; clarinet, agitato; viola, marcato; flute, leggiero.

Robert Morris
Robert Morris is Professor of Composition at the Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester, where he has taught for the last thirty-six years. In addition to concert music, Morris has written electronic/computer and improvisational music, and pieces to be played out of doors. He is also known as a writer on topics in music theory, aesthetics, and Indian music. ecmc.rochester.edu/rdm/morris.bio.html

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