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Air of the Rainbow Robe and Feathered Skirt. 2015

by Paul Dolden

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Air of the Rainbow Robe and Feathered Skirt. 2015.

Today the Chinese call it the Moon Festival. In Tang dynasty, it was a time of national holidays for moon gazing, drinking and merrymaking. Not everyone agreed on what the craters and plains of the lunar surface depicted. For some the moon was the site of an ice palace for the moon goddess and her court. In the folklore of the Tang, a magician escorted Emperor Illustrious August to that palace across a silver bridge that he had conjured up by tossing his staff into the air. During his sojourn there the emperor witnessed a performance of the “Air of the Rainbow Robe and Feathered Skirt” by immortal maids. He memorized the music, and on his return to earth taught it to performers at his palace. The music and dance of this work remains the most famous artifact of the Tang dynasty today.

I have attempted to create a modern version of this work, in which maidens often sing, and dance rhythms abound.

The work was commissioned by NAISA.

The work is included in the "Golden Dolden Box Set" available under the "merchandise" tab. This box set includes all my music, scores and essays from 1984 to 2021.

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released November 3, 2020

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Paul Dolden Val Morin, Québec

For 40 years I have been mixing hundreds of recorded musical parts , with each track being recorded one at a time. I write the score before I go in my studio. Works are solo studio compositions or commissions for live soloist(s) and tape. I develop my own tuning systems and use multiple tempos at the same time. The first 20 years I produced dissonant dense textures. Since 2000 more melodic. ... more

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