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The Sackners also hold the manuscripy of this score. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This article describes R. Murray Schafer's 12 music-theater works performed in a forest in Canada. The piece is called Patria and a signed copy of the score is held in the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This issue contains the first version of "Dicamus et Labyrinthes, a Philologist's Notebook." A subsequent version was published by Arcana Editions in 1984. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents Internet Joseph Stevenson: The Crown of Ariadne was written for Canadian harpist Judy Loman, who premiered it on March 3, 1979 in Toronto. It was intended as part of Patria 5, which retells the myths of Theseus, Ariadne, and the Minotaur. Ariadne was the daughter of the King of Crete. Periodically the city of Athens was required to send a shipload of youths and maidens to be herded into the labyrinth (a maze so complex it could not be solved) as sacrifice for the Minotaur. By unwinding thread behind her, she was able to lead the group headed by Theseus (with whom she had fallen in love) out after they slew the Minotaur. She eloped with him, but he abandoned her on the Island of Naxos, where she found true love with the god Bacchus.In this piece the harp represents Ariadne. However, the harpist also plays small percussion instruments such as ankle bells, crotales, cymbals, and wood blocks. She must also sing into the harp through a tube, slide the tuning key up and down the strings,...

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This is the 4th printing of this book first published in 1977 with the title "Tuning of the World." A signed hard cover copy of the 1977 publication is held by the Sackner Archive. Schafer contends that we suffer from an overabundance of acoustic information and explores ways to restore our ability to hear the nuances of sounds around us. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.