Scottish Music Centre

Catalogue Item

w17060

TitleMischievous Boy, The
Contributors Derek Ball (composer)
Maurice Harmon (author)
Composition date2007
Duration (mins)27
Categoryaccompanied vocal
InstrumentationSpkr 2 Tpt Hn Trb Tu
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Notes
Programme NoteThis piece is not a song, but neither is it a poetry recitation with accompanying music. It's somewhere in between the two. The words and music hardly ever overlap, but they are always intimately related, echoing each other from line to line. This is one of a series of collaborations between the poet Maurice Harmon and the composer Derek Ball, exploring ways in which words and music can interact without obscuring one another.
This work is associated with the following collection items:

  • score [cb31178] [unpublished] ref library More details
  • score [cb39672] [unpublished] archive collection [Stored offsite. Box 583] More details