Nyx for solo oboe (PDF sheet music)

Description

Composer: Adam Scott Neal
Instrumentation: Solo oboe
Format: Downloadable PDF
Length: 7 pages total (including cover and front matter)
Size: 8.5 × 11 in.

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Recording

Program note

Nyx, for oboe, refers to water nymphs from German mythology. This piece was written very quickly, over the course of a weekend. Like many of my recent pieces, this is concerned with projecting extended harmonies and with very restricted motivic material. The piece is based on an octatonic (8-note) scale, and projects three triads derived from that scale: d-minor, A-flat Major, and B Major. I consider the low motive somewhat of a drone (especially in reverberant spaces).

Performances

• Brandon Labadie, San Francisco Conservatory, 11/2/18
• Joseph Tomasso, ASN Doctoral Recital, University of Florida 11/25/13
• Joseph Tomasso, University of Florida Contemporary Music Festival, 3/24/13

About the Work

Nyx is an original composition for advanced oboists interested in evocative, minimalist contemporary repertoire. The piece is available exclusively as a digital download (PDF score) directly from the composer’s catalog.