Music On Open Strings (Symphony No. 1)
Gloria Coates
About this work:
Publisher:Sonoton Verlag
Composed in 1972. Premiered at Warsaw Autumn 1978 by the Polish Chamber Orchestra under Jerzy Maksymiuk.
Based a Chinese Pentatonic Scale on open strings; this scordatura retunes to normal tuning while playing.
CDs Naxos and CPO
Version: String Orchestra
Year composed: 1972
Duration: 00:17:00
Ensemble type: Orchestra:String Orchestra
Instrumentation:
Instrumentation notes: str orch (7-2-2-1) in multiples