Musical Work / Ouvrage musical Ensemble Type solo Instrumentation violin / violon Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, https://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wood That Sings Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2019 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Davids, Brent Michael Description An account of the resource American Indian citizen of the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of the Mohican Nation, Brent Michael Davids' "Wood That Sings" was composed for solo violin. <br /><br />As written on the composer's website, "Wood That Sings is composed for solo viiolin with scordatura re-tuning of its low string, evokes the rhythms and refrains of the single-stringed Apache violin. The Western violin's G string is tuned down to a low A in bass clef, creating the characteristic 'buzzy' quality that spawned the Apache violin's 'buzzer' nickname. The work contains an Apache violin-like melody and the rhythms borrow from both the duple and triple beats of indigenous songs. Western musical techniques are also incorporated, such as double, triple and quadruple stops, harmonic and tritone sonorities, and printed music notation, all of which do not occur in traditional Apache violin songs. Often twisting and leaping from one to another, the indigenous and western phrases bounce like horsehair bows would dance on either a Western or Apache stringed instrument. The work is intended to be a strong, challenging, virtuosic, shake-a-leg experience for both performer and audience." <br /><br />The work was comissiooned by Dr. Katherine McLin and edited by Michael DiBarry. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Brent Michael Davids (bio), <a href="https://www.seeadot.com/composers/brent-michael-davids">https://www.seeadot.com/composers/brent-michael-davids</a> Brent Michael Davids, Wood That Songs (score), <a href="https://www.brentmichaeldavids.com/store.html?fbclid=IwAR16g-1W6FQn5sp_5UTazLAgwFR-sL_yOxhPyRrX_T-csgknNcZrqEzl4VI#">https://www.brentmichaeldavids.com/store.html?fbclid=IwAR16g-1W6FQn5sp_5UTazLAgwFR-sL_yOxhPyRrX_T-csgknNcZrqEzl4VI#</a> Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 2000- Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 0-10 minutes 0-10 minutes 2000- Davids, Brent Michael solo violin / violon