Suite from "MacBeth," by Samuel Pellman
Suite from "MacBeth"
a composition of digital sounds
in two channels
duration - 7' 54"
Suite from "MacBeth"
| I. |
Eye of newt |
|
13 second audio clip: (
mp3 File, 252K) |
| II. |
Lament for renown and grace |
|
10 second audio clip: (
WAV File, 882K) or (
mp3 File, 189K) |
|
entr'acte |
| III. |
Midnight madness |
|
53 second audio clip: (
mp3 File, 819K)
or 19 second audio clip: (
WAV File,1.5M) or (
mp3 File, 315K) |
| IV. |
Enter three murderers |
|
30 second audio clip: (
mp3 File, 504K) |
PROGRAM NOTES
This suite of incidental music for "MacBeth" was composed in 1989.
The first piece, "Eye of newt," was composed as the prelude to the famous
scene of the three witches around a boiling cauldron. The "Lament for
renown and grace," based on an equal-tempered scale with 19 tones per
octave, was composed for the conclusion of the scene in which the murder of
King Duncan is discovered.
Following a brief interlude. the third piece, "Midnight Madness,"
sets the scene for Lady MacBeth, walking and talking in her sleep and
obsessively going through the motions of washing her hands ("Out, damned
spot!"). The final piece of this suite accompanies the scene in which three
murderers hired by MacBeth assassinate his comrade, Banquo.
TECHNICAL NOTES
This piece was composed in the Studio for Contemporary Music at Hamilton College, in Clinton, New York. The equipment used for the production of this music included a Yamaha DX-7 II-FD digital sound synthesizer, a Yamaha TX802 FM tone generator, an ensoniq EPS sound sampler, a digitech dsp-128 multi-effects processor, and a Macintosh computer running the Opcode Vision sequencer program.
Biographical information about the composer can be found here.
The Suite from "MacBeth" is published by the Continental Music Press.
copyright 1989 Samuel Pellman. All Rights Reserved.
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