Judith Weir (b. 1954)

What Sound Will Chase Elephants Away?

double bass

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Details
For
double bass
Product Type
Music score
Author / Composer
Judith Weir
Product number
935069
Release Year
2007
Extent
6 Pages
Description

Written for two double basses. This work is warmly dedicated to Peter Buckoke and Judith Kleinman, who gave the first performance at the Purcell Room, London, on 29th March 2006. Q. What sound man can create will chase Elephantsaway? Hill van Schalkwyk, Republic of South Africa. A. Elephants can create an extremely low pitch rumble sound that humans can't hear but that indicates danger to other elephants. Reproducing that sound would chase elephantsaway. But it is not easy to record such a sou...