Zones of Influence

David Rosenboom

General Info

Year: 1983
Duration: c. 60:00
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Manuscript
Cost: Score and Parts - $0.00   |   Score Only - $0.00

Movements

I. The Winding of a Spring
II. Closed Attracting Trajectories
III. Given the Senses the Real Pre-geometry
IV. Epigenesis, Ontogenesis, Phylogenesis, Parthenogenesis
V. The Buckling of a Spring

Instrumentation

multi-percussion: snare drums(3), marimba, xylophone, metalophones, a "Tarong" of 8 tuned hand drums (tablas, Chinese tom-toms, etc.), timpani, spring coil, log drum; with 1 keyboard/computer music symstem; auxiliary keyboard; melody instrument capable of continous glissando

Program Notes

written for: William Winant; premiere: 1984, San Francisco, California, W. Winant, soloist, composer on electronics

Zones of Influence is in five parts: I. The Winding of a Spring, II. Closed Attracting Trajectories, III. Given the Senses the Real Pre-geometry, IV. Epigenesis, Ontogenesis, Phylogenesis, Parthenogenesis, and V. The Buckling of a Spring. The compositional processes are inspired by models of morphogenesis, parametric shape mutation, catastrophe theory, and morphological evolution, realized with real–time composition and performance algorithms. The complete, fully-realized version is available on a double-CD with accompanying booklet containing an article about the work and its history from Pogus Productions, P21074-2, Chester, NY, (2014). A concert recording of Part I was released on a cassette anthology, Roundup: A Live Electro–acoustic Retrospective (1968–1984), Slowscan Editions, Vol. 7, 's–Hertogenbosch, Holland, (1987). This was re-released on a double-CD from the Art Into Life label in Japan, called Roundup Two—Music with Electro-acoustic Landscapes 1968-1984 (2012). Zones of Influence was composed originally for percussion virtuoso, William "Willie" Winant. ——PHOTO—— William "Willie" Winant (left) and David Rosenboom (right) at Mills College in Oakland, CA in the mid-1980s.

Recent Performances

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Works for Percussion by this Composer

"mississippippississim" - Percussion Ensemble (32 Players) - 32 Pairs of Claves, plus speaking parts
A Precipice in Time - Percussion Duo
Continental Divide - Percussion Duo
She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not,... - Percussion Duo, Theater, with Tape
To that Predestined Dancing Place - Percussion Quartet
Zones of Influence - Multiple Percussion, Computer