Strange Dances
For Harp and Double Bass
Strange Dances is a set of four short movements for harp and bass. Each dance is strange in its own way, ranging from the ridiculous to the sublime.
“Always Leaving Soon” is gentle and eerie, beautiful in a ‘slightly off’ kind of way, alternating with a grooving mixed-meter B section.
“Cosmic Ray Bit-Flip” opens with a lyrical waltz melody for unaccompanied bass which repeats throughout the movement, broken by an abrupt transition to a weird little interlude.
“Still Life with Fax Machine” features a melody that expands and contracts metrically throughout the movement, alternating with “Needlessly Messaienic” interludes.
“Kimchi Catastrophe” juxtaposes two musical ideas, a simple quasi-pentatonic melody in the harp, and a funky bass line. After some alternation, these two ideas eventually find a way to co-exist.
Strange Dances was commissioned by the Sylvan Waters Duo, and made possible by a grant from the American Harp Society, Inc.
for information on obtaining sheet music, please contact me at WalkerWilliamsMusic@gmail.com
For Harp and Double Bass
Strange Dances is a set of four short movements for harp and bass. Each dance is strange in its own way, ranging from the ridiculous to the sublime.
“Always Leaving Soon” is gentle and eerie, beautiful in a ‘slightly off’ kind of way, alternating with a grooving mixed-meter B section.
“Cosmic Ray Bit-Flip” opens with a lyrical waltz melody for unaccompanied bass which repeats throughout the movement, broken by an abrupt transition to a weird little interlude.
“Still Life with Fax Machine” features a melody that expands and contracts metrically throughout the movement, alternating with “Needlessly Messaienic” interludes.
“Kimchi Catastrophe” juxtaposes two musical ideas, a simple quasi-pentatonic melody in the harp, and a funky bass line. After some alternation, these two ideas eventually find a way to co-exist.
Strange Dances was commissioned by the Sylvan Waters Duo, and made possible by a grant from the American Harp Society, Inc.
for information on obtaining sheet music, please contact me at WalkerWilliamsMusic@gmail.com