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Work


Aeolian Harp

for viola

Year:  1999   ·  Duration:  4m

Year:  1999
Duration:  4m

Jack Body
Composer

Composer:   Jack Body

Films, Audio & Samples

Jack Body: Aeolian Harp; video

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About

This piece was inspired by the beguiling sounds of the aeolian harp to which I was first introduced by Chris Cree Brown. Said to have been first ‘discovered’ by the ancient Greeks, aeolian harps are intended to be played not by human hands, but by the wind. The strings vibrates through a range of harmonics creating an eerie effect difficult to describe.

– Jack Body


Commissioned note

Commissioned by Victoria University of Wellington School of Music


Performance history

14 Aug 2009: The Austrian connection: 1

28 Jun 2015: Performed by Alex MacDonald (viola) at Marama Hall, University of Otago, Dunedin.