Roger Reynolds (1934)

Compass (1972 -1973)

for quartet and electronics

electronic work

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1972 - 1973
    • Video, installation (detail, author): projection de diapositives 35mm.
    • Duration: 30 mn
    • Publisher: Peters
    • Commission: the Judith S. Stark Foundation
    • Libretto (details, author):

      Jorge Luis Borges.

Detailed formation
  • tenor, bass voice, cello, double bass

Premiere information

  • Date: 7 March 1974
    Location:

    États-Unis, Los Angeles, Theatre Vanguard


    Performers:

    Howard Crook : ténor, Philip Larson : basse, Peter Farrell : violoncelle, Bertram Turetzky : contrebasse.

Information on the electronics
Electronic device: sons fixés sur support (diffusion quadriphonique)