Scoring
2.2.2.2 - 4.2.0.0 - perc(2).tmp - str
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Publisher
Boosey & Hawkes
Territory
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for the world.
Composer's Notes
Chant has three parts: slow-fast-slow. The inspiration comes from the Balkan folklore: one melody played by a Serbian gypsy scored by Bartók. We can hear the characteristic irregular rhythms and the sonorities of a violin playing in a highest position of a lowest string, evoking the special timber of a gypsy violin.