Ulf-Diether Soyka
Anor, No. 19 from Alien Microetudes for 1 (any) melody instrument and piano
Duration: 1'
Instrumentation details:
clarinet in A
horn in F
trumpet in Bb
alto saxophone in Eb
violin (+vla, bsn)
Anor, No. 19 from Alien Microetudes for 1 (any) melody instrument and piano
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Ulf-Diether Soyka
Altsaxophon in Es (Anor, Nr. 19 aus Alien-Mikroetüden für 1 Melodieinstrument und Klavier)
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Ulf-Diether Soyka
Anor, Nr. 19 aus Alien-Mikroetüden für 1 Melodieinstrument und Klavier
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Type: Dirigierpartitur
Ulf-Diether Soyka
Horn in F (Anor, Nr. 19 aus Alien-Mikroetüden für 1 Melodieinstrument und Klavier)
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Ulf-Diether Soyka
Klarinette in A (Anor, Nr. 19 aus Alien-Mikroetüden für 1 Melodieinstrument und Klavier)
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Ulf-Diether Soyka
Trompete in B (Anor, Nr. 19 aus Alien-Mikroetüden für 1 Melodieinstrument und Klavier)
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Ulf-Diether Soyka
Violine (Anor, Nr. 19 aus Alien-Mikroetüden für 1 Melodieinstrument und Klavier)
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Work introduction
"All my Aliens" are 21 microinterval etudes (partly of intercultural character) and a prelude for any melody instrument and piano (some of them are also intonation etudes). The occasion for these pieces was the microintervallic 3rd symphony ("The Unplayable") - for which European pupils, among others, can train the necessary pitch sensitivity using the standard notation (according to H.P.Hesse, M.Vogel). The pieces are each about 1 - 3 minutes long, appear partly traditionalist (as intonation etudes with special accidentals for syntonic and Pythagorean comma etc.), partly as an intercultural introduction to world music (maqam, slendro etc.), partly jazzy (blue notes, alphorn fa), partly avant-garde (e.g. notation of rap language melody).
Anor seems like weird alpine yodelling music, because it combines alphorn-fa and blue-notes with Alban Berg's twelve-tone cadence in just-intonation. The very simple tonal piano movement supports the "foreign" melody-tones at all times, so that it will not pose any great problems to intonate these "false" frequencies completely accurately. In a sense, this is a short musical fun.
What is necessary to perform this work?
The piece can be performed by piano together with any (single) melody instrument or vocally if the appropriate range can be mastered, and the distinction between the microintervals is possible. Melody part material in C, F, Bb, Eb or A.