- General information
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Composition date :
1991
- Duration : 10 mn
- Editor : Boosey & Hawkes
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Composition date :
1991
- Type
- Musique de chambre [Quatuor avec cordes pincées]
Detailed formation
- saxophone ténor, marimba, guitare, piano
Creation information
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Date :
3 November 1991
Location :Pays-Bas, Amsterdam, Théâtre Frascati
Performers :Loos.
Hout (Wood) was written for Loos at the request of Dirk Simons. Although the whole work is in principle a strict canon, the successive voices are so close together that it is more like a unison melody with ramifications.
Ramifications and branches are the same word in Dutch. This especially refers to the branches of a tree, so the use of wooden instruments - marimba and woodblocks - help explain the title of the work.
Louis Andriessen.