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    EP68731

    Chou: Eternal Pine arranged for Gayageum and Changgu

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    • Composer: Wen-chung Chou
    • Format: Performance Score
    • Instrumentation (this edition): Changgu, Gayageum
    • Originally for: Changgu, Daegeum, Gayageum, Piri, Shaengwhang
    • Work: Eternal Pine (2008)
    • ISMN: 9790300761923

    Description

    Commissioned by the Contemporary Music Ensemble Korea (CMEK) for gayageum player Yi Jiyoung, Eternal Pine (2008) is dedicated to Dr. Lee Hye-ku, who taught Chou about Korean music, in honor of the scholar's 100th birthday. The pine of the title is a symbol of longevity and the eternity of nature.

    The work comprises in five parts, totaling twenty minutes: "Prelude—Exploring the modes", "Meditation on Eternity", "Lofty Peaks", "Profound Gorges", and finally a brief "Codetta". Composed using Western notation, the score includes a full English glossary of the symbols used to indicate various playing techniques. Originally composed for 18-string gayageum accompanied by a quartet of Korean instruments, Eternal Pine is here presented in a version for solo gayageum accompanied on changgu, first premiered in 2010.