Commissioned by the Ensemble Klang with support from the NFPK+

Aushtentatic for prepared ensemble and computer narrator on tape

Hugo Morales Murguía

Aushtentatic for prepared ensemble and computer narrator on tape

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This piece was commissioned by the “Ensemble Klang” with support from the “Nederlans Fonds voor Podiumkunsten” (NFPK+).

Instrumentation2 Alto Saxophones + plastic or cardboard glasses containing a number of small light metal objects (coins, screws, etc)Trombone + glass (similar to the saxophones)Snare Drum + small speaker and low voltage amplifierElectric Guitar + E-bowBass Voice + Dynamic microphoneGrand Piano + E-bow and light coinTape

Instrumental Preparations- SaxophonesBoth saxophones use a medium size plastic or cardboard glass placed inside the bell, containing some small light metal objects. The number of objects, and the kind, shouldbe decided based on the amount of vibration acquired. A low Db (concert pitch) is played throughout the piece. However, with the glass placed inside the bell the pitch rises upto a G.

- TromboneOnly the bell section of the instrument is to be used (no slides). The instrument should be played sitting down and blowing directly into the slide’s receiver. The preparation ofthe instrument is the same as in the case of the saxophones. The note to be produced is a low C, with the glass would rise up to a G.

- Snare drum and loudspeakerThe percussionist should use a snare drum and a speaker that is connected, through an amplifier, to the singer’s microphone. In this way the snare drum is used as a voiceresonator which is controlled by the percussionist, scrubbing the skin of the instrument, following certain rhythms by slightly touching the skin with the speaker or placing onthe skin small light metal objects (screws, coins, etc) that would shiver as a result of the speaker’s cone movements.

- Electric GuitarPlayed sitting down, with an E-bow and preferably with a volume pedal.

- VoiceA dynamic microphone (which signal goes to the percussionist’s speaker via a small amplifier) picks up the voice signal. Both hands of the singer should cover the spacebetween the microphone and the mouth.

- PianoPlayed with an E-bow and a coin placed on the string right after it, which is supposed to shimmer whit the vibration of the string. The pianist is to control the vibration with thepiano pedal, pressing it gently, according to the notated rhythm, and without stopping the string’s vibration completely.

- Tape (Narrator: Fred)The piece is originally created to be performed along with the tape part. However, it is also intended to function without it. The decision is to be made based on the conditionsof the venue and the preference of the ensemble.

-General indicationsIdeally the piece is to be performed with the aid of amplification (subjected to the conditions and characteristics of the venue)The text is inspired in the poem Sigaret komt van zuig eruit by the Dutch writer Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer

Duration: 4’55’’

Hugo Morales Murguía 2009www.hugomorales.org

mail@hugomorales.org

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