Book of the Underworld
For Solo Bassoon
- Composer
- Leo Geyer
- Publisher
- Composer.Directory
- Ensemble
- Bassoon
- Pages / parts
- 7 pp. · 1 parts
- Catalog No.
- CD-W271
- Purchase orders
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Parts
1 parts- Untitled partBassoon7 pp.
Description
This piece was inspired by the Sarcophagus of Nectanebo II which is on display at the British
Museum. The Title The Book of the Underworld refers to the hieroglyphs that cover the
sarcophagus depicting several sections of the funerary text known as the Amduat, or 'Book of what
is in the Underworld'.
To create this composition, I used a selection of hieroglyphs and translated them into small musical
cells. These snippets of music are added one by one to create a large coherent structure, just as
