Twosome...

MU2505/MU2511 - Music Composition
Part 1: Composing for the Voice.

This is the poem and notes I used to create a piece of music for male voice, female voice and violin. It was slightly odd. But that was the whole point of the task. To think outside of the staves/box! It was to be performed so had to have some sort of theatrical, almost, element. I positioned my performers specifically.

I used this poem as my template.

Twosome

The violin

kept its notes
to itself

like birds
in a cage...

The man
kept his heart
to himself
like a hound
on a leash...

Then
one day

the man
left the room
where he slept

and walked
into the room

where the violin
rested...

He picked up
the bow
lifted the violin
cradled it in
the hollow of
a shoulder
and played...

The notes
were freed.

So was his
heart.

Chayym Zeldis