Meredith Monk: first Piano Album published
(March 2008)
Boosey & Hawkes’s publishing relationship with Meredith Monk takes a further step forward with the release of the first piano album of her music (9790-051-24631-1 £12.99). Developed in close collaboration with the composer, the edition captures the definitive form of a number of pieces for solo piano or two pianos that have evolved through performance, including variant versions as options.
Inspiration for the keyboard works ranges from the composer’s Eastern European roots in St. Petersburg Waltz, Gottschalk’s travel diary in Railroad, an Edgar Allan Poe death-dance in Phantom Waltz, and silent movie depictions of the French capital in Paris.
The composer writes: “I studied piano throughout my childhood. I was always drawn to 20th century music, particularly Mompou, Satie and Bartók. In my own piano music, I have tried for directness, asymmetry, and above all transparency which allows for implied space and silence to underline the composition. The music is seemingly simple but the intricacy of detail and the combination of expressivity and restraint create a challenge for the performer; every gesture is exposed and clear. Since the heart of my work is composing music for the voice, melodic invention, variety of timbre and spontaneity within a rigorous form are aspects that I attempt to bring to my piano music.”
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