Progeny of Memory

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Duration

42 minutes

Recording

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Program Note

"The eleven movements of this work expand the idea of a memorial into the world of memory--which the ancient Greeks called Mnemosyne. The nine daughters of Mnemosyne were the Muses, bringers of all powers of the mind, bringers of both the arts and the sciences--goddesses from a more civilized tradition which did not fear and hate the mind as did the inventors of Prometheus. After nine variations on the opening theme, the theme returns in mirror image."

--Matthew H. Fields

Instrumentation

violoncello
harp

Year of Composition

2006.

Program

Progeny of Memory violoncello and harp
I.	Mnemosyne (pavane)	3:00
II.	Melpomene (romance)	4:02
III.	Thalia (Neapolitan)	2:26
IV.	Calliope (masala)	5:39
V.	Clio (gymnopedie)	4:19
VI.	Urania (misterioso)	4:31
VII.	Euterpe (waltz)	4:21
VIII.	Terpsichore (zmira)	2:44
IX.	Erato (banjo)	1:42
X.	Polyhymnia (largo)	5:25
XI.	Mnemosyne (mirror image)	3:22
41:57

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