{"title":"THINKING ALOUD: THE SOLILOQUY CYCLE","authors":"Thomas Simaku","doi":"10.1017/s0040298224000032","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Beginning with <jats:italic>Soliloquy I</jats:italic> for solo violin in 1998, the author has been engaged in creating a series of highly virtuosic solo pieces for various instruments. Each piece presents a different character, yet all are framed by a single protagonist who narrates in different languages.This article focuses particularly on analyses of <jats:italic>Soliloquies II</jats:italic>, <jats:italic>VI</jats:italic>, <jats:italic>VII</jats:italic>, <jats:italic>VIII</jats:italic> and <jats:italic>IX</jats:italic>, but also offers a discussion of the genesis of and processes involved in the whole cycle, which now embraces instruments from every section of the orchestra; the most recent, <jats:italic>Soliloquy IX</jats:italic>, for solo trumpet, was written in 2022. The suitability of the title <jats:italic>Soliloquy</jats:italic> is also considered; this article in turn could itself be considered a soliloquy.","PeriodicalId":22355,"journal":{"name":"Tempo","volume":"3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5000,"publicationDate":"2024-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Tempo","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s0040298224000032","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"艺术学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"0","JCRName":"MUSIC","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Beginning with Soliloquy I for solo violin in 1998, the author has been engaged in creating a series of highly virtuosic solo pieces for various instruments. Each piece presents a different character, yet all are framed by a single protagonist who narrates in different languages.This article focuses particularly on analyses of Soliloquies II, VI, VII, VIII and IX, but also offers a discussion of the genesis of and processes involved in the whole cycle, which now embraces instruments from every section of the orchestra; the most recent, Soliloquy IX, for solo trumpet, was written in 2022. The suitability of the title Soliloquy is also considered; this article in turn could itself be considered a soliloquy.
期刊介绍:
Tempo is the premier English-language journal devoted to twentieth-century and contemporary concert music. Literate and scholarly articles, often illustrated with music examples, explore many aspects of the work of composers throughout the world. Written in an accessible style, approaches range from the narrative to the strictly analytical. Tempo frequently ventures outside the acknowledged canon to reflect the diversity of the modern music scene. Issues feature interviews with leading composers, a tabulated news section, and lively and wide-ranging reviews of recent recordings, books and first performances around the world. Selected issues also contain specially-commissioned music supplements.