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1.0.1.0.-1.1.0.0-perc(3)cheng-cheng/sm. and lg. balinese gongs(shared with perc. 2 and 3);glsp/vib/gongs;mar/gongs-harp-strings(1.1.1.1.1)

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Boosey & Hawkes (Hendon Music)

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This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes for the world.

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Composer's Notes

Pulau Dewata, whose title means “Island of the Gods” in Indonesian, is a tribute piece to the wonderful Balinese people.

The whole piece is merely a melody whose rhythmic language is sometimes drawn from the Balinese rhythmic line. A tribute with memories of this island. The ending of the piece is in fact an exact quotation of the “panjit prana,” the offering dance of the Legong.

I wanted a simple piece: monochrome, a short piece above all full of joy, alternating single melodies—“intervalized”—and complementary melodies in the Balinese style. It is a child’s music…

— Claude Vivier

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