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| Title | Velvet Rooms |
| Contributors |
John Maxwell Geddes (composer) |
| Composition date | 2003 |
| Duration (mins) | 0 |
| Category | instrumental solo |
| Instrumentation | Tpt |
| Commissioned by | Mark O'Keefe with the financial assistance of the SAC and Hope Scott Trust |
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| First performed | 03 2004 Mark O'Keefe Glasgow |
| Notes | |
| Programme Note | The Velvet Rooms, 1897-1898 (formerly a piano warehouse, then a disco, now a club) are situated at 520 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow. Above the rear entrance, 341 Renfrew St, there is a colossal bust of Beethoven, overgrown with moss and weeds, looking down on a century of human activity. One wet morning, rain formed rivulets on his Romantic brow and dripped from his great red sandstone nose... |
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