Talk:Cantus In Memoriam Benjamin Britten

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nice

I personally would love to know more about the circumstances that led to the writing of this piece. For example, what was his relationship to Britten? Was this piece commissioned?

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This sentence doesn't make sense to me:

"Half of the first violins begin playing the descending A minor scale, playing first one note from the very top of their range, then returning to the beginning and playing two notes, and then three and four and so on."

Do you mean to say the following: "Half of the first violins play a descending scale of A minor, beginning at the top of their register and working down one octave. As the scale is repeated, more notes are added to the bottom end of the scale, prolonging its length and lowering the pitch level."

Or did you mean to say: "Half of the first violins play a descending scale of A minor, beginning with a note from the top of their range. The scale is repeated, with more notes being added to the upper register each time."

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