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del Aguila, M :: Submerged

Sale price$32.00
Composer
del Aguila, Miguel
Instrumentation
Flute & 2 Strings
Publisher
Miguel del Aguila
Orchestration
fl, va, hp
Classification
Undefined
Genre
Not Applicable

Publisher: Miguel del Aguila

Miguel del Aguila presents 'Submerged' for flute, viola, and harp. 

The composer writes about this piece: Written in 2013 was commissioned by Hat Trick and Brigham Young University. It is based on Alfonsina Storni’s romantic, surrealist poem 'Yo en el fondo del mar' On the surface, both the poem and music seem innocent and light-hearted, but one feels differently when the author’s fascination with the sea, and her later suicide by drowning in it, are taken into consideration.

In my interpretation of Storni’s poem this underwater world is that special place of isolation where many artists withdraw to create, a place and mood that can easily turn into depression. A place that ultimately Alfonsina chose to remain and which became her death. In my Submerged, I continued the events of the poem and made the listener return to the real world above water. This return is triggered by the memories of her childhood played by the harp and viola as a music box Ländler which turns into a Vidalita, both music which Alfonsina would have heard in her childhood.'

del Aguila, M :: Submerged
del Aguila, M :: Submerged Sale price$32.00