Adam Scott Neal
(2004)
page last updated Thu, 10 Sep 2009, 1:27pm PDT
Description
solo flute - modern and fast-paced
Keywords: flute, modern, contemporary, atonal, notated
Duration: 6 minutes
# of Performers: 1
Materials / Instrumentation / Performers
flute
Files
nympholepsy.pdf
Score / Notes
In mythology, Nympholepsy meant a state of frenzy afflicting any man who looked at a nymph, but now it has come to mean a state of frenzy afflicting anyone who holds a desire for an unattainable ideal. In this piece, the solo flute represents both the nymph (or ideal) and the frenzy (or pursuit of the ideal). The musical gestures sweep up, only to be grounded again, and the ideal comes so close we can almost grasp it, only to fly away before we can.
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