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Thomas Simaku (b. 1958)

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£ 400
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08.11.2023 11:00UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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Lot 147 | Thomas Simaku (b. 1958)
Thomas Simaku (b. 1958)
Autograph manuscript signed ('T. Simaku'), fair copy and drafts of 'Soliloquy II' for solo cello, York, 11 November 2000
Fair copy and drafts for this contemporary work for solo cello.

In pencil, the fair copy 15 pages, 365 x 257mm, six-stave paper (four leaves sized up with additional strips taped at head or foot), with computer-printed title and composer's name, the drafts on 17 leaves, 365 x 257mm, mostly on 10-stave paper. Blue cloth portfolio.

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

(2) Schøyen Collection, MS 5478/3.

This solo work for cello explores manty contemporary string techniques, including playing with the wood of the bow ('col legno battuto') or 'half hair-half wood', bowing on the fingerboard ('sul tasto') or the bridge, glissandos, playing at the extrimities of the available pitches, and bowing between the bridge and the tailpiece.

One of a series of works by Simaku bearing the title 'Soliloquy', this was first performed by Peter Polzer at a Simaku concert in Innsbruck on 30 November 2003, and was published by University of York Music Press in the same year.
Artist:Thomas Simaku (1958)
Place of origin:United Kingdom
Auction house category:Letters, documents and manuscripts
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