J. Baixas (1996) is a composer based in Barcelona.
"[A]ny text is constructed as a mosaic of quotations; any text is the absorption and transformation of another."
Julia Kristeva
J. Baixas (1996) is a composer based in Barcelona.
"[A]ny text is constructed as a mosaic of quotations; any text is the absorption and transformation of another."
For the transmutation of metals, names of trobairitz have been invoked. Drawing a connection to the past akin to Ezra Pound’s, the soggetto cavato technique——as described by Zarlino in his treatise Le Istitutioni Harmoniche——is used to derive the pitches of these women’s names.
The piece contains modified quotations of George Benjamin, Beat Furrer, Oliver Knussen and Erik Oña.
Claustra: C — La — Ut
Aelis: A — E
Azalais: As — A — Ais
Raimona: —
Tibors: Ti — Do
Berangèrë: B — E — A — G — Re
Mirals: Mi — Re — La
Cembelins: C — E — B — E
Audiarda: A — Ut — Si — A
Elain: E — La
Tireis: Ti — Re
Alcmena: A — C
Agradiva: A — G — A — D
Anhes (of Rocacoart): A — H — Es
Ardenca: A — D — E
Briseis: B — Dis — Eis
Lianor: Si — A — Do
Loica: Do
Aemelis: A — E — Mi
Ioanna: Si
Vanna: La — A
Mandetta: —
Viera: —
Alodetta: A
Picarda: C — A — Re — D — A
Manuela: E — La
Ysaut: Si — A — Ut
Ydone: Si — Do
Vierna: Re
Jocelynn: —
Selvaggia: A - G — G — A
Guiscarda: Gis — C — A
Alcyon: La — Si
Phætona: Fa — Do
Bibliography:
Benjamin, G. (2018). Lessons in love and violence: Opera in two parts. Faber Music.
Furrer, B. (2006). lotófagos. Bärenreiter.
Knussen, O. (1989). Four late poems and an epigram of Rainer Maria Rilke. Faber Music.
Oña, E. (2003). Fünf Lieder. Thürmchen Verlag.
Pound, E. (2013). Personæ: Los poemas breves. Hiperión.
Zarlino, G. (1562). Le Istitutioni harmoniche del reverendo M. Gioseffo Zarlino da Chioggia: nelle quali; oltra le materie appartenenti alla musica; si trouano dichiarati molti luoghi di poeti, d'historici, & di filosofi; si come nel leggerle si potrà chiaramente vedere. In Venetia: Appresso Francesco Senese, al segno della pace.