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Terauchi, Daisuke : "Stratum" for piano

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Music ID : 62133
Composition Year:2014 
Instrumentation:Piano Solo 
Genre:Various works
Copyright:Under Copyright Protection

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Author : Terauchi, Daisuke

Last Updated: May 14, 2019
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Note: This article is automatically translated from the original Japanese text. The author of the original work did not supervise this translation.

The starting point for the creation of this piece was the intention to create music in which various stylistic elements coexist. Important composers who have created works based on such intentions include C. Ives and A. Schnittke. Since the 1980s, there has been an increasing number of attempts to create music using existing music from the past as resources, by utilizing recording media such as tapes, turntables, and samplers as instruments. In 1984, John Zorn's Cobra was also premiered, a work that establishes music by taking the musical idioms inherently possessed by improvising musicians as resources (materials) and combining them in a game-like manner. This piece was composed with an awareness of the work of these predecessors.

In this piece, a method is adopted where the performer selects resources from fragments of multiple pieces they have previously performed (or are proficient in), aiming for the following three effects:

  • First, by using existing works from the past as resources, the stylistic character of each resource becomes clear.
  • Second, by employing fragments of multiple pieces in various styles, the differences in stylistic character among the resources are emphasized.
  • Third, by using pieces the performer is proficient in as resources, the performer's "characteristic performance" can be fully expressed.

The premiere was given by Mr. Hiroaki Ooi, but due to the nature of this piece, it can be performed not only by first-class performers like Mr. Ooi but also by beginners who have just started playing the piano, provided they have a repertoire of a few pieces. I myself hope that it will be performed by many different people.

In the score, various modifications are instructed for each resource, such as tempo, register, and the notes used. This adds new nuances to the inherent stylistic character of each resource. Furthermore, these resources are presented by rapidly and instantaneously switching from one to another. This aspect resembles frequently (and restlessly) changing channels with a TV remote control. One of the characteristics of this piece is the coexistence of a seemingly mechanical structure and human expression. Moreover, the perception will likely differ significantly depending on whether one focuses on individual parts (moment by moment) of the piece or on the piece as a whole.

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