composer
Will Eisma was born on May 13, 1929 at Sungailiat (Indonesia).
In 1946 Eisma came to The Netherlands. From 1948 to 1953 he studied violin with Jewsey Wulf and Oscar Back ...
related works
Pages from Albion moonlight : Will Eisma / text: Kenneth Patchen
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Mixed choir and orchestra
Instruments:
2sopr-m bar GK4 2132 sax-a 2211 5perc hp org str(4.4.4.4.2.)
Oerania : voor alt en harp, 1950 / op tekst van P.C. Boutens, Henri Zagwijn
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and instrument(s)
Instruments:
alt hp
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and instrument(s)
Instruments:
sopr cymb 2vl vla vc
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and instrument(s)
Instruments:
ten(perc) pf 2vla vc
composition
Le cheval mort : mezzo-soprano, bass clarinet, piano, percussion: marimba + tamtam, 2 synthesizers, 4 channel tape / text: Aloysius Bertrand, Will Eisma
Other authors:
Bertrand, Aloysius
(librettist)
Description:
Program note (English): The compositions Le Gibet and Le Cheval Mort were set to surrealistic poems by Aloysius Bertrand from his collection: Gaspard de la nuit, septième livre, Pièces détachées. The wonderful ambience derived from the poems inspired me to set some of these to music. The text of the poems expresses the dramatic environment of a battlefield and a graveyard. This lends itself easily to natural nocturnal sounds, bloodcurdling whistling and cracking noises. This is, however, something I wanted to avoid. I have tried to create an unreal atmosphere in my music. In Le Cheval Mort the electronics are prominent, especially in the second half of the work. It was written for the music festival in Witten, Germany and received its première there in 1976. - WILL EISMA