related works
Hommage à Haydn : for piano / Ross James Carey
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Piano
Scoring:
pf
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Harp
Scoring:
hp
Sonata : per due arpe, 1967 / Andries de Braal
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Harp
Scoring:
2hp
Transparency : for harp and tape, 1984 / Takayuki Rai
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Harp; Electronics with different instruments
Scoring:
hp tape
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.