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composition
Symphony Nº 2 : for synthesizer and orchestra / JacobTV - Jacob Ter Veldhuis
Other authors:
Veldhuis, Jacob ter
(Composer)
Contains:
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Plain chant
Pantomime
Description:
In 1986, the composer wrote: I composed my Second Symphony between August 1985 and February 1986 . A t e r 1 5 y e a r s of dealing with the subject, my fascination about the development and possibilities of the modern electronic keyboard, the synthesizer made me decide to this risky enterprise. A risk,yes, as todays musical literature shows no comparable examples, so writing music for the combination of electronic and acoustic instruments demands a high degree of imagination. Nowadays synthesizers contain an enormous variety of sound, pitch and new expression-capacities. The only shortcoming is their literal synthetic sound-source as well as the fact that the acoustic transformation needs the use of loudspeakers. Electronic keyboards demand a complete new approach in technique. I am convinced that within the development of contemporary orchestral- and chamber-music synthesizers will play an important role, far more than the age of electronic experiment during the 50s and 60s did. Time will tell ...