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- Joan Tower
Stepping Stones (1993)
- Associated Music Publishers Inc (World)
Commissioned for Milwaukee Ballet with funding from Meet-the-Composer's Composer/Choreographer Project.
- 2(pic).2.2.2/4.2.2.0/2perc/hp.pf(cel)/str
- 2pf
- 25 min
Programme Note
Joan Tower’s ballet Stepping Stones was commissioned by the Milwaukee Ballet in 1991.
Composer Note:
As a composer, I’ve always thought of myself as a closet choreographer. Texture, space, speed, direction, all the words that apply to dance also apply to music.
—Joan Tower
Note:
A recorded version for two-pianos and synthetic percussion exists.
Composer Note:
As a composer, I’ve always thought of myself as a closet choreographer. Texture, space, speed, direction, all the words that apply to dance also apply to music.
—Joan Tower
Note:
A recorded version for two-pianos and synthetic percussion exists.
Media
Two pianos
Scores
Features
- Music for Dance by Joan Tower, ‘Closet Choreographer’
- From pulsating percussion to shimmering strings, the music of Joan Tower compels the human body. Through textural and rhythmic vitality, she conjures awesome images and delicate interiority alike.