{"id":2114,"date":"2017-04-21T22:49:13","date_gmt":"2017-04-22T02:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/szsolomon.com\/?p=2114"},"modified":"2017-04-21T22:56:26","modified_gmt":"2017-04-22T02:56:26","slug":"david-t-little-three-sams-2006-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/szsolomon.com\/david-t-little-three-sams-2006-7\/","title":{"rendered":"David T. Little &#8211; Three Sams (2006-7)"},"content":{"rendered":"<b>David T. Little\u00a0&#8211; <i>Three Sams<\/i>\u00a0<\/b><span>(2006-7)<br \/><\/span>\u00a0 I. (&#8212;)-I-Am<br \/>\u00a0 II. Son of (&#8212;)<br \/>\u00a0 III. Wicked Uncle (&#8212;)<br \/><span><br \/>Written for <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/szsolomon.com\/project\/solomon-setup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Setup #1<br \/><br \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/213305905\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"webkitallowfullscreen\" mozallowfullscreen=\"mozallowfullscreen\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>\r\n<p><br \/>More about David at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/davidtlittle.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">davidtlittle.com<\/a><br \/>More about the piece <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boosey.com\/cr\/music\/David-T-Little-Three-Sams-etudes\/101887\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<br \/><br \/>The composer writes:<br \/><br \/><span>Each of the <\/span><i>Three Sams <\/i><span>explores a different challenge. <\/span><br \/><br \/><span>In (&#8212;)-I-Am, a perpetual motion figure in the vibraphone is redistributed among the other instruments of the set-up. Melodic pitches are replaced with their closest non-pitched equivalent\u2014i.e. the cowbell, sounding an approximate F replaces an F on the vibraphone. Similar substitutions occur in the crotales, which create a second melodic line that is derived entirely from the original perpetual motion material. By the end of the movement, the single melodic line has been re-orchestrated in to melody and accompaniment. <\/span><br \/><br \/><span>Son of (&#8212;), is about rhythm. Intentionally disjunct, a large part of the challenge of the movement\u2014aside from the inherent complexity of the rhythmic counterpoint\u2014is in maintaining a convincing musical line through its many sections. This frustration is built into the form, starting very strict, but ending with a cathartic burst of near-improvisation. <\/span><br \/><br \/><span>The third and final Sam, Wicked Uncle (&#8212;), asks the performer to navigate a complex musical field in which each mallet of a four-mallet configuration\u2014plus the feet\u2014was conceived as a relatively independent voice. It is as if the performer now has more active limbs than most mere mortals, spread almost too thin.<\/span><i> <br \/><br \/>Three Sams <\/i><span>was premiered by Samuel Z. Solomon on May 6th, 2007 at Boston Conservatory\u2019s Seully Hall. It lasts approximately 13 minutes, and it dedicated to Sam with endless respect and gratitude. <\/span><br \/><br \/><span>David T. Little <\/span><br \/><span>September 11, 2008<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David T. Little\u00a0&#8211; Three Sams\u00a0(2006-7)\u00a0 I. (&#8212;)-I-Am\u00a0 II. Son of (&#8212;)\u00a0 III. Wicked Uncle (&#8212;)Written for Setup #1 More about David at\u00a0davidtlittle.comMore about the piece here.The composer writes:Each of the Three Sams explores a different challenge. In (&#8212;)-I-Am, a perpetual motion figure in the vibraphone is redistributed among the other instruments of the set-up. Melodic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[11,17],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5qnlH-y6","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":590,"url":"http:\/\/szsolomon.com\/marcos-balter-descarga-2006\/","url_meta":{"origin":2114,"position":0},"title":"Marcos Balter &#8211; Descarga (2006)","author":"Samuel Z Solomon","date":"November 9, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Marcos Balter -\u00a0Descarga\u00a0(2006)A video about Descarga: My fascination with percussion is directly related to my Brazilian heritage. 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