{"product_id":"whatever-was-lost-never-thenceforth-mattered-by-daniel-aaron-webbon","title":"whatever was lost never thenceforth mattered by Daniel Aaron Webbon","description":"\u003ch5 class=\"page\" title=\"Page 2\"\u003eSpecial pre-sale pricing for the physical version available through Sunday, August 30. Pre-sale physical orders will ship the week of August 31!\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"page\" title=\"Page 2\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ewhatever was lost never thenceforth mattered\u003c\/em\u003e is a percussion quartet written by Daniel Aaron Webbon for mixed instrumentation including drums, tuned metal pipes, glass bottles, wood slats, and assorted cymbals (complete instrumentation listed below).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"page\" title=\"Page 2\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eProgram notes from the composer about the work:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"page\" title=\"Page 2\"\u003eI wrote this piece at the 2016 Sō Percussion Summer Institute, where I was inspired, in part, by a short story by David Foster Wallace, \"Incarnations of Burned Children\". The line that connects the two parts of the story—the action and the prologue—is \"and whatever was lost never thenceforth mattered.\" While the story's content is horrific and moving, it was the formal design that captured my attention. This notion of a traumatic event that ripples forward in time with all these implications seemed to me a powerful way to structure a piece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"page\" title=\"Page 2\"\u003eThe local level is built, almost obsessively, on a single motif. A five-note repeating gesture undergoes the standard techniques found in an imitative, contrapuntal texture: inversion, stretto, augmentation, layering, and so on. But this academic approach to development, along with a standard fast-slow-fast arch form, is under constant assault from the initial explosive gesture. And so, the piece isn't about trauma, violence, or similar themes per se, but rather its form—how a dramatic, catalyzing moment can keep reasserting its influence throughout one's life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"page\" title=\"Page 2\"\u003eMany thanks to Sō and to the members of the Portland Percussion Group, the University of Washington Percussion Ensemble, and the Baylor Percussion Group for their subsequent performances and assistance in revising the piece to its current form — Daniel Aaron Webbon\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"page\" title=\"Page 2\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTotal duration is ca. 6 minutes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page\" title=\"Page 2\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInstrumentation (4 players):\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e4 glass bottles, 2 tuned metal pipes, medium cymbal, 3 drums, kick drum w pedal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e4 wood blocks, \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e2 tuned metal pipes, medium cymbal, 3 drums, \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003ekick drum w pedal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e4 tin cans, \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e2 tuned metal pipes, medium cymbal, 3 drums, hi-hat\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e4 wood slats, \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e2 tuned metal pipes, medium cymbal, 3 drums, hi-hat\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"column\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eSpecs: 1 score, 4 parts,  11h x 8.5w, Advanced level.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Composer:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"C9DxTc\"\u003eDaniel Webbon \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"C9DxTc\"\u003eis a composer and multi-instrumentalist from Texas. He works in all kinds of genres, from modern classical and film to jazz, rock, and country. His music has been performed by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"C9DxTc\"\u003eS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"C9DxTc\"\u003eō\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"C9DxTc\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"C9DxTc\"\u003ePercussion, Cecilia Duarte, The Portland Percussions Group, and the Budapest Scoring Orchestra, and he has recorded and performed with a number of bands throughout the US. He teaches at Sam Houston State University and holds a DMA in composition from the University of Washington where he studied with Huck Hodge. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Liquidrum","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45352440037491,"sku":null,"price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1862\/7451\/files\/Webbon_Cover_603a0601-a0cf-4286-86b5-d0aa41935ec1.jpg?v=1786646165","url":"https:\/\/liquidrum.com\/products\/whatever-was-lost-never-thenceforth-mattered-by-daniel-aaron-webbon","provider":"Liquidrum","version":"1.0","type":"link"}