I am an Unusual Thing (from Letters, Riddles & Writs), Michael Nyman

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Michael Nyman : I am an Unusual Thing (from Letters, Riddles & Writs)

Publisher	Chester Music Ltd
Category	Large Ensemble (7 or more players)
Year Composed	1991
Duration	5 Minutes
Solo Voice(s)	Contralto
Orchestration	2ssx(2asx).barsx:(fl:picc)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/3vn.va.2vc/ebgtr alt.: also available for C/pf
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Programme Note

A song composed for Letters, Riddles and Writs directed by Jeremy Newson in 1990/1. Devised for the Artifax/BBC 'NOT MOZART' series commemorating the bicentenary of Mozart's death, the film takes as song texts extracts from Mozart's letters and a set of riddles he wrote and distributed in Vienna during the 1787 Carnival. This song combines one such riddle with a remark Mozart made about his professional prospects shortly before his death, and is based entirely on extracts from two of his Haydn quarters.

© Michael Nyman

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