| ID | 7c4e32c6-9e3c-11f0-a418-0022482c9682 |
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| Titlecode | X110029 |
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| Title Name | Shemshal (Reality Music No. 3) for Singing Flute Player and Video Projection/Electronics |
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| Marketing Copy | SHEMSHÂL (REALITY MUSIC No. 3) draws inspiration from Kurdish music and introduces the instrument Shemshâl, a metal Ney (Persian vertical flute). The performance, skillfully executed by the esteemed Shemshâl master Ghaleh Mareh, is presented through both audio and video projections. The flute soloist, accompanying this audio/video rendition of the Shemshâl performance, mimics the instrument's sound using an extended technique that involves simultaneous singing and playing. This technique alters the flute's overtone spectrum, allowing the harmonics to resonate alongside the fundamental note, thus producing a sound closely resembling that of the traditional Kurdish Shemshâl. Throughout the piece, the flute player recites poems by Hafez (1325-1390), while singing and playing the piece. Each poem is associated with the Persian Dastgaah (loosely translated “mode”) of Nava. Singing of the poetry is a traditional pedagogy tool to teach the melodic contours of the mode using the words so the students of Dastgaah music can remember the weekly lessons. In addition to the use of extended techniques, Vali uses microtones throughout the range of the instrument to get even closer to accurately recreate different scales (area) of Nava. |
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| Instrumentation | Singing Flute Player and Video Projection/Electronics |
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| Commission | (not set) |
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| Dedication | (not set) |
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| Program Notes | add |
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| Title Brand | 2 |
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| Year Composed | 2023 |
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| Copyright Number | (not set) |
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| Copyright Year | (not set) |
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| Duration | 6 |
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| Ensemble Size | 1 |
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| Date Created | 2024-10-13 20:31:46.000000 |
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| Date Updated | 2025-09-30 20:31:46 |
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| Inhouse Note | (not set) |
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| Bsc Code | (not set) |
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| Text Author | Poems by Hafez |
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| Premier Performance Memo | -World Premiere. 1/25/2024 - Mehrdad Gholami, solo flute |
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| Recording Credits | (not set) |
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| Title Category | 13 |
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| Title Movements | (not set) |
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| Set Series ID | (not set) |
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| Title Instrument Category Text | Flute |
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| Title Sub Category Text | (not set) |
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| Title Sub Category | 101 |
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| Title Instrument Header | 82 |
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| Title Grade Text | (not set) |
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| Clean Url | shemshalfor-singing-flute-player-and-video-projectionelectronics-x110029 |
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