related works
Elegy : for string quartet / Ross James Carey
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
String quartet (2 violins, viola, cello)
Scoring:
2vln vla vc
Arabesque : pour harpe à pédales / Willem de Vries Robbé
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Harp
Scoring:
hp
Her voice : for harp / Calliope Tsoupaki
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Harp
Scoring:
hp
Eglogue : for harp or piano, 1986 / Jos van Amelsvoort
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Harp; Piano
Scoring:
hp / pf
composition
...valse oubliée... : for three-octave wire-strung harp or harp / Ross James Carey
Other authors:
Carey, Ross James
(Composer)
Description:
...valse oubliée... refers in its title to the series of Liszt’s four piano pieces with the same name. In translation ‘forgotten waltz’ ...valse oubliée... explores memory and the way music can jog both individual and collective memories. In this case, the waltz-like fragments heard in the work create a mood of wistful longing. Given that the wire-strung harp is unable to be re-tuned during performance, the piece is written in an unequally spaced scale (G-Ab-BC#-D-Eb-F) that in its unique construction enables various tonalities to be explored in the course of the work.