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Title of the work

The Skinscrapers Testimony

Composer
Zelenka István
Original / Hungarian title
The Skinscrapers Testimony
Foreign language / English title
The Skinscrapers Testimony
Subtitle
Performance for 1 interpreter with a frame drum
Year of composition
1995
Type
Other
Number of players
1
Instrumentation
frame drum
Publisher / Source
MS
Remarks, other info
Non-percussionists can perform this composition without difficulty.
This composition is one of those under the pieces known as (self) listening; it can be interpreted:
a) in an intimate/private room, without an audience, or in the presence of several loved ones
b) at a public open location/place in the city or countryside with no especially invited audience
c) integrated into a concert programme or spectacle, simultaneous to other spatially separated productions
d) potentially within the framework of a somewhat "special" concert programme
Duration: 32´00"-64´00" (variable)