Nympholepsy for solo flute (PDF sheet music)

Description

Composer: Adam Scott Neal
Instrumentation: Solo flute
Format: Downloadable PDF
Length: 11 pages total (including cover and front matter)
Size: 8.5 × 11 in.

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Program note

Nympholepsy: 1) In ancient times, a state of frenzy that was believed to seize any man who looked upon a nymph. 2) a violent emotional state, especially that believed to result from desire for some unattainable ideal. (Webster’s Dictionary). Nympholepsy is, in a sense, my “Opus 1,” the first piece I wrote when I started my Master’s degree at Georgia State University in the fall of 2004. Although my music has gotten less and less ‘active,’ it shows some ideas to which I continually return: projection of harmonies over longer periods of time (at least a phrase), lack of meter and bar lines, fascination with nature and the night, etc. I also clearly remember writing part of it by candlelight at my parents’ house when the power was knocked out by Hurricane Ivan.

Performances

• Melissa Rushton, senior recital. Bowling Green, KY, 11/17/12
• Sara Hydo, neoPhonia Ensemble, Atlanta, 2/15/05
• Sara Hydo, ASN Graduate Recital, Atlanta, GA 2/2/07

About the Work

Nympholepsy is an original composition for advanced or professional flutists interested in atonal, rhythmically intricate, contemporary repertoire (with no “extended techniques”). The piece is available exclusively as a digital download (PDF score) directly from the composer’s catalog.