The Degenerate Era - Wind Octet Sheet Music Full Score & Parts - LM687

COMPOSER : Matthew Brown

Instrumentation

(Transposed score)

Flute (doubling Piccolo)

Clarinet in B flat

2 Bassoons

2 Trumpets in C

2 Trombones

Programme note

In 2020, I completed The Degenerate Era, inspired by the third of the Five Ages of the Universe (Primordial Era, Stelliferous Era, Degenerate Era, Black Hole Era and Dark Era).

It is a single movement work for flute, clarinet, two bassoons, two trumpets and two trombones.

This was the instrumentation used by Stravinsky in the Octet (1923).

I sought to achieve continuity between Stravinsky’s Octet and my own by observing Stravinsky’s neo-classical style.

I also included a brief quote from the Sinfonia movement and a homage to the Finale movement in texture alone.

LM687 - ISMN : 9790570006878