Suite ecossaise
Composition
Inglis, B. 2022. Suite ecossaise. Composers Edition.
Title of work | Suite ecossaise |
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Creators | Inglis, B. |
Description | The dances in this suite (completed 2022) are a way of connecting with my Scottish heritage. Rather than using actual folk melodies, they imaginatively recreate my childhood experiences of Burns suppers and Hogmanay celebrations (typically soundtracked by Jimmy Shand’s Scottish dance records, with their characteristic framing tonic chords). Rhythmic and other characteristics of Scottish traditional music (Scotch snaps, bagpipe references, modality, jigs) are deployed but slightly displaced by the occasional irruption of certain elements characteristic of early modernism (‘wrong’ notes, non-functional harmonic sonorities, non-periodic phrasing). I also set myself specific compositional challenges: to create melody from scale fragments (Strathspey, Jig) and from arpeggios (Reel, Valse). |
Output media | Music score |
Sustainable Development Goals | 3 Good health and well-being |
Middlesex University Theme | Creativity, Culture & Enterprise |
Research Group | Music group |
Publisher or commissioning body | Composers Edition |
First publicly available date | |
Nov 2022 | |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 02 May 2023 |
Output status | Published |
Web address (URL) | https://composersedition.com/brian-inglis-suite-ecossaise/ |
Language | English |
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