Hilda Paredes (b.1957) - photo 1

Hilda Paredes (b.1957)

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£ 200
Auction dateClassic
08.11.2023 11:00UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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ID 1053259
Lot 145 | Hilda Paredes (b.1957)
Hilda Paredes (b.1957)
Autograph manuscript, 'Permutaciones (en memoria de Juliio Cortázar)' for solo violin, [1985]
A work for solo violin incorporating 'alternative' sections, to be played at the performer's choice.

Fair copy in pencil on 9 pages, 420 x 298mm, up to 9 staves per page, a few drafts on versos, on 18-stave paper, the lettering and page numbers lettered using a stencil, blank staves concealed with pasted strips, occasional correction fluid concealing printed text at lower margins, with a computer-printed title and introductory note in Spanish and English. Blue cloth portfolio.

Provenenance:
(1) Sotheby's 1 December 2010, part of lot 111.

(2) Schøyen Collection, MS 5478/2.

According to the introductory note, 'The score is dividing [sic] into "obbligato" sections and "alternative" sections. / The "obbligato" sections should all be played. / Where the score divides into two parallel sections, the player should follow one arrow and play only one "alternative" sections [sic] ... At the end of each "alternative" section the player should follow the arrow that leads to the "obbligato" section, which should be played until the next "junction"...'.

Permutaciones is Paredes's first experiment in combining 'open' and 'closed' forms: i.e. music determined partly by the composer and partly at the choice of the performer. The technique mirrors that of the Argentinian writer Julio Cortázar, whose 'Poesia Permutante' comprise poems made up of four-line stanzas which can be read in any order. Permutaciones was first performed by Hisako Tokue at the Guildhall Contemporary Music Festival in May 1986, and was published by University of York Music Press in 1985. Although she has lived in London since the age of 21, Paredes continues to be involved in the musical life of her native Mexico as a teacher, radio producer and arranger.
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