Within The Curtain Of Color And Time
Greg A. Steinke
About this work:
Based upon:
from Song V †
Then...within the curtain
Of color and time,
Music sounded—
Profoundly beautiful
Music . . .
Music drawn by man
Began filling the minute
Cubic chambers of space and time,
Vibrating to voices joined
In Harmonic perfection,
Rising
Falling
To climatic crescendoes
Beyond limits
Of tone and melody,
Forming into a concave
Vortex of sound hammered
Into sparkling beauty—
Of sliding dew on vibrant strings,
Or horns echoing in the sounds
Of dawn spreading through
Mountain, valley, and meadow.
K'os Naahaabii
(Don Jordan)
†from Songs of the Fire Circles
©1977, Blue Oak Press
Auburn, CA
Reprinted and used by permission
This piece is another in a whole series of pieces identified by the composer as “Image Music,” which explore Native American cultural ideas and relationships and are based on a poetic image (here excerpted from Songs of the Fire Circles by K’os Naahaabii). The formal plan of the music is loosely tied to the poetic material and is approached somewhat impressionistically and freely by the composer.
Version: Image Music XXIV
Year composed: 2004
Duration: 00:12:30
Ensemble type: Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice:Guitar Ensembles
Instrumentation: 4 Guitar (Classical/Acoustic)
Instrumentation notes: requires 1 terz guitar in E-flat, 2 normal six string guitars and 1 eight string guitar