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a leaf falls
erik griswold
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a leaf falls (2011)For cello and percussion quartet
Dedication
a leaf fallswas commissioned by Soundstream Collective with generous funding from
the Australia Council for the Arts. The composer wishes to thank cellist JohnAddison for his invaluable creative input.
A leaf falls was premiered by John Addison and Soundstream Collective on 30September 2011 in Elder Hall, University of Adelaide.
Program noteThe title a leaf falls is taken from the e.e. cummings poem with the first line l(a. I
once set that poem to music in a piece for mens choir. It reads l (a leaf falls)oneliness. Though Ive never really lived in a place with an autumn, I neverthelessfeel a sense of nostalgia for the coming of autumn, the leaves turning bright oranges
and reds, and is it a sense of emptiness when the leaves fall? Eugene Carchesiocaptured something like this sense beautifully in his Dead leaves of Tokyo series. I
enjoy raking the leaves in my backyard, its a kind of meditation. And who doesntlove jumping into a pile of leaves? Erik Griswold 31 August 2011
StagingPlayer 2 Player 3
Player 1 Cello Player 4
(audience)
Instrumentation
Player 1 Vibraphone, 3 suspended cymbals (high, medium and low), snare drum.
Player 2 Glockenspiel, snare drum, med tom tom, small bass drum, medium andlarge triangles, medium wood block.
Player 3 Glockenspiel, tenor drum, low tom tom, medium bass drum,!cup ofrice, low wood block.
Player 4 5-Octave Marimba, talking drum, 3 suspended cymbals (high, medium
and low), tenor drum.
Cover image
2000 Eugene Carchesio, from the work from nothing (series I). Used with
generous permission from the artist.
www.erikgriswold.org
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