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Caught by the wind : for orchestra

Title
Caught by the wind : for orchestra / Jessie Montgomery.
Author
Montgomery, Jessie
Publication
  • [New York] : Jessie Montgomery Music Publishing, [2016]
  • ©2016

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Notated musicUse in library JMG 24-404Performing Arts Research Collections - Music

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Description
1 score (39 pages); 36 cm
Summary
"Caught by the Wind has two main sources of inspiration: first, by my brother's environmental activist bicycle band tour, The Pleasant Revolution, where he and his disciples traveled thousands of miles promoting awareness of environmental issues, self powering their shows with bicycle generators ... The journey of pedaling from country to country by bicycle was a powerful and transcending experience for all band members and crew who dedicated months, even years to the tour. Midway through composing the piece, things took a slightly different turn: while on retreat in upstate NY, I was on a much needed head-clearing walk through the woods and found a branch that had been mangled and torn by the wind. I was fascinated by how the intricate system of stems tangled together revealing a full life cycle in its now disfigured form. The piece, in the end, is one about cycles--whether bicycles or life cycles, or wind cycles--it spins, journeys and winds, gets caught and ultimately comes to its end. (The Pleasant Revolution bike tour, incidentally, is still going in 2016.) "--Composer's website, accessed 3/10/2020.
Uniform Title
Caught by the wind
Alternative Title
Caught by the wind
Subject
  • Orchestral music > Scores
  • Winds > Songs and music
  • Winds
Genre/Form
  • Program music.
  • Art music.
  • Scores.
  • Songs and music.
  • Orchestral music.
Note
  • In one movement.
  • Duration: 10 min.
Call Number
JMG 24-404
OCLC
1139946254
Author
Montgomery, Jessie, composer.
Title
Caught by the wind : for orchestra / Jessie Montgomery.
Publisher
[New York] : Jessie Montgomery Music Publishing, [2016]
Copyright Date
©2016
Edition
Score.
Playing Time
001000
Type of Content
notated music
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Language
Staff notation.
Research Call Number
JMG 24-404
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