Transit
John Fitz Rogers
About this work:
Commissioned by the American Composers Forum and the Jerome Foundation for guitarist Michael Nicolella.
Trans-it (tran’sit, -zit), n., v., -it-ed, -it-ing. -n. 1. Act or fact of passing across or through; passage from one place to another. 2. Conveyance or transportation from one to another, as of persons or goods. 3. A transition or change. 4. Astron. The passage of a heavenly body across the meridian of a given location. -v.t. 5. To pass across or through. 6. To pass over or through something; make a transit.
(excerpted from The Random House Dictionary of the English Language, 1966)
Living art draws its life from the surrounding environment . . . we must breathe in the tangible miracles of contemporary life—the iron network of speedy communication which envelops the earth . . . the spasmodic struggle to conquer the unknown.
(Manifesto of the Futurist Painters, 1910)
Speed and synthesis are characteristics of our epoch.
(Edgard Varese, 1922)
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Year composed: 2001
Duration: 00:43:50
Ensemble type: Electronic Instruments and Sound Sources:Prerecorded Sound and Live Instrument(s)
Instrumentation: 1 Drum Set, 1 Electric/Electronic Keyboard, 1 Electric Guitar, 1 Prerecorded Sound (Tape/CD/Other)
Instrumentation notes: For electric guitar and pre-recorded computer generated sounds. Three different performance versions: 1) guitar and computer, 2) guitar, keyboards, and computer, 3) guitar, keyboards, drums, and computer.