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RYAN HARPER

Metonymy (The Clamor of Birds)
for electric guitar, electronics, and tenor

written 2010
performer Ryan Harper
score Metonymy (The Clamor of Birds).pdf



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In groves beyond the city,
In gardens moored in water,
In the heavy belly of the fields,
Was the clamor of birds newly risen from sleep.

- Cilappatikaram, Ilanko Atikal, trans. R. Parthasarathy, adapt. Marissa Grunes