Fable
Dalit Warshaw
About this work:
Swooping with the influences of Mahler, Strauss and Bartok, "Fable" was modeled as a “Passepied” in A-B-A form. In the B-section, I mimic the homophonic chant of the Jewish “Kedushah” blessing (forerunner to the “Sanctus”), presenting it in a homophony of tritones and major 7ths, depicting a bizarre image I had of a Greek chorus of “birds” surveying the plights of the “earthly.” The closing “perfect authentic cadence” is a tongue-in-cheek allusion to Haydn’s “Joke” Quartet.
Year composed: 2007
Duration: 06:00:40
Ensemble type: Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice:String Quartet
Instrumentation: 2 Violin, 1 Viola, 1 Cello