Pulse Shadows
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Pulse Shadows is a major contemporary music work by British composer Harrison Birtwistle that interweaves instrumental movements with settings of poems by Paul Celan.
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
contemporary classical music work
ⓘ
musical composition ⓘ |
| basedOn | poems by Paul Celan ⓘ |
| composer | Harrison Birtwistle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composerNationality | British ⓘ |
| composerOfTextSetting | Harrison Birtwistle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| genre |
chamber music
ⓘ
song cycle ⓘ |
| hasPart |
instrumental movements
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song settings ⓘ |
| hasPoeticSource | Holocaust-related poetry ⓘ |
| instrumentation |
cello
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clarinet ⓘ piano ⓘ string quartet ⓘ |
| languageOfText | German ⓘ |
| literarySourceAuthor | Paul Celan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movementType |
instrumental interludes
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vocal settings of poems ⓘ |
| notableFor |
integration of chamber music and song cycle forms
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use of Paul Celan’s poetry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| period | late 20th century ⓘ |
| premiereStatus | major contemporary music work in Birtwistle’s output ⓘ |
| structure | interwoven instrumental and vocal movements ⓘ |
| style | modernist ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
death
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language and silence ⓘ memory and trauma ⓘ |
| textAuthorNationality |
German-language poet
ⓘ
Romanian-born ⓘ |
| textBy | Paul Celan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| vocalForces | soprano ⓘ |
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