four staves by david toub
four staves (2024) is a work for any instrument or instruments that can perform all four staves of the score (a piano reduction is provided if performed by a solo keyboardist). It opens with a section that is, with rare exception, monophonic, in that it only involves a single voice at one time. There are two sections that involve 12-tone rows, one of which becomes more extensively serially manipulated. Nonetheless, most of the work was improvised and then fashioned into a composition, with the serial elements added in.
This album includes two realizations of the score:
One for two clarinets and two bass clarinets
One for solo piano
Tracklist
| 1. | four staves (version for two clarinets + two bass clarinets) | 46:50 |
| 2. | four staves (version for solo piano) | 46:50 |
Credits
License
CC BY-NC-ND 3.0. See the Creative Commons website for details.
I'm a Philadelphia-area composer who writes minimalist music, with a few works ranging from 2 hours to more than 4 hours. Several of my works have been commercially recorded, including two CDs by the Belgian pianist Stephane Ginsburgh for both the World Edition and Sub Rosa labels. Performances have taken place in several countries, including the US, France, Belgium, Ukraine and Japan.