Musique de Tables

Thierry de Mey

General Info

Year: 1987
Duration: c.
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Manuscript
Cost: Score and Parts - $0.00   |   Score Only - $0.00

Instrumentation

Player I - III: 3 Amplified Table Surfaces

Program Notes

Musique de Tables (Table Music) clearly displays Belgian composer and filmmaker Thierry De Mey’s interest in merging the visual and audio aspects of music into a performance art that engages multiple senses. Musique de Tables is scored for 3 amplified “table surfaces” to be constructed by the performers and notated in a manner entirely unique to this composition. Every sound made by the performers is inseparable from a specific physical motion, and De Mey instructs the performers to create sounds/motions with such colorful names as “castanets,” “the stone,” “wind-shield wipers,” and “the fan.” This unique work of chamber music/choreography has become standard repertoire for percussion ensembles and other new music groups.

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Works for Percussion by this Composer

Musique de Tables - Percussion Trio
Unknowness - Percussion, Electronics
Water - Percussion Sextet, Cello, Electronics