Minamisoma was a city in Japan that was destroyed by the earthquake and
tsunami of 3/11/2011. <br>
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I composed "The Angels of Minamisoma" back on March 15th 2011 with the
idea that suddenly the population of the city died and didn't quite
realize that they had become angels. This written for the Vox Novus
Composer's Voice series and was not selected. The call for scores gave a
choice of percussion instruments paired with flute. I chose a
vibraphone as being one that suited the picture I was trying to paint -
spooky, a bit light hearted yet sad. <br>
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As for the composition itself it is written in free tonality that is
driven by melodic
and harmonic tendencies that I heard / imagined while composing.Of
course your mileage may vary. I took this as an opportunity to explore
various 12 note tunings, specifically Blue JI, Pythagorean JI and Marvelous dwarf 1/4 kleismic tempered duodene<br>
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The score for the piece is here:<br>
<a href="http://micro.soonlabel.com/the_angels_of_minamisoma/The_Angels_of_Minamisoma.pdf">http://micro.soonlabel.com/the_angels_of_minamisoma/The_Angels_of_Minamisoma.pdf</a><br>
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The Pythagorean version of the piece is here:<br>
<a href="http://micro.soonlabel.com/the_angels_of_minamisoma/the_angels_of_minamisoma_phythagorean.mp3">http://micro.soonlabel.com/the_angels_of_minamisoma/the_angels_of_minamisoma_phythagorean.mp3</a><br>
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This file and all of the other tuning variations can be played online at <a href="http://chrisvaisvil.com/?p=806">http://chrisvaisvil.com/?p=806</a>