Description
The Spirit of Ink, Op. 230 composed by Alan Hovhaness
Written for 3 Flutes
Includes score and parts
This was commissioned by Chiyo Amemiya, to be played for a Japanese ballet performance. Hovhaness is an American composer of Armenian and Scottish descent. The entire piece is 19 minutes long, and has nine movements.
Contents:
Movements:
I. Apparition of the Eternal One
II. Sunrise Birds
III. Salutation of Dawn
IV. Tree of Birds
V. Apparition of a Celestial City
VI. Strange Birds
VII. Angelic Salutation
VIII. Birds in a Magic Forest
VIIII. Birds Amid Celestial Towers