B26B4EC7-59E2-4837-AFE5-A786DB66ED7A
| ID | B26B4EC7-59E2-4837-AFE5-A786DB66ED7A |
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| Titlecode | MP800004 |
| Title Name | Falling Man for Baritone and Piano |
| Marketing Copy | FALLING MAN for baritone and orchestra are based on Don DeLillo's 2007 novel about the events, aftermath, and changed lives of 9/11, a book which enthralled Kenneth Fuchs. DeLillo's unflinching description of raw terror and absolute chaos provided a standpoint from which Fuchs could begin to come to terms as a composer with the shocking and world-changing events of that fateful morning. The work is cast in the form of a dramatic scena for baritone voice and orchestra, and the principal melodic and harmonic elements are organized around a falling twelve-tone theme. Recorded by JoAnn Falletta and the London Symphony Orchestra with baritone Roderick Williams at Abbey Road Studio, Naxos CD “Falling Man” 8.559753. "This is a wonderfully recorded disc that should continue to gain Fuchs the notoriety he so deserves." --Steven Bergman, Edge A chamber version for baritone and mixed octet, arranged by David Krane, is also available from the publisher. |
| Instrumentation | Baritone Voice and Piano |
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| Dedication | For those who fell on September 11, 2001. |
| Program Notes | Falling Man, Don DeLillo’s 2007 novel about the events, aftermath, and changed lives of 9/11, enthralled me. I was riveted in particular by the dramatic opening prologue, in which the novel’s protagonist stumbles out of the falling rubble of the World Trade Center. DeLillo’s unflinching description of raw terror and absolute chaos provided a standpoint from which I could begin to come to terms as a composer with the shocking and world-changing events of that fateful morning. Falling Man is cast in the form of a dramatic scena for baritone voice and orchestra. The work’s principal melodic and harmonic elements are organized around a falling twelve-tone theme, fragments of which emerge at the outset, first in the orchestra and then with the setting of the first line of text, “This was the world now, a time and space of falling ash and near night.” The compositional manipulation of the theme’s twelve individual pitches does not strictly adhere to classic dodecaphonic procedures. The pitches and their permutations are taken up in various melodic and harmonic combinations and provide the basis for musical development and transformation over the course of throughcomposed vocal arias interspersed with orchestral interludes. Falling Man was composed from August 2008 through June 2010 in Mansfield Center, Connecticut. I am grateful to Don DeLillo for granting permission for the use of his text and to J. D. McClatchy for his eloquent adaptation for musical setting. |
| Title Brand | 0 |
| Year Composed | 2011 |
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| Duration | 19 |
| Ensemble Size | 13 |
| Date Created | 2020-01-10 00:00:00.000000 |
| Date Updated | 2023-06-25 05:12:00 |
| Inhouse Note | Subito study score - #80602030; Vocal score - #80600320 |
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| Text Author | Text by Don Delillo, Adapted by J.D. McClatchy |
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| Recording Credits | Recorded by JoAnn Falletta and the London Symphony Orchestra with baritone Roderick Williams at Abbey Road Studio, Naxos CD “Falling Man” 8.559753. |
| Review | (not set) |
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| Title Category | 12 |
| Title Movements | (not set) |
| Title Grade | (not set) |
| Set Series ID | (not set) |
| Title Instrument Category Text | Low Voice |
| Title Sub Category Text | (not set) |
| Title Sub Category | 99 |
| Title Instrument Header | 74 |
| Title Grade Text | (not set) |
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