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Roswell, 1947
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Description:
During the summer of 1947, a “weather balloon” crashed outside of Roswell, New Mexico. The events surrounding its recovery sparked one of the greatest conspiracy theories in U.S. history. Was it an alien flying saucer that crashed into the New Mexico desert on that stormy summer night? Had the Air Force been tracking an unidentified flying object for several days prior to the event? Were alien bodies recovered? The official government statement reported that the wreckage was from a downed high altitude weather balloon involved in a top-secret project called Operation Mogul. What is the truth? You be the judge.
Brian S. Mason’s Roswell, 1947 is a programmatic work inspired by the events and activity surrounding the Roswell Incident. This through-composed work follows the progression of those events:
The Desert Night
The Stormy Crash
Discovering the Wreckage
Controversy and Conflict of Viewpoints
Are They Out There?
Other programmatic elements include the use of Morse code (spelling the word A-L-I-E-N-S), as well as the use of pitch organization based on the numbers 1-9-4-7 (root, M9, P4, M7, and their inversions). To link the intrigue of the conspiracy to the overall mood of the work, Roswell, 1947 seeks to elicit curiosity and mystery in the mind of the listener.
Sample Audio
Score Sample
Full instrumentation for Roswell, 1947:
Vibraphone 1 (with motor & bow)
Marimba 1 (4.5-octave, low F)
Marimba 2 (5-octave, low C)
Marimba 3 (4- or 4.3-octave, low A)
Vibraphone 2 (with motor & bow)
Glockenspiel
Water chime (high C)
Crotales (high octave)
Slapstick
African claves
Xylophone
Water triangle
Jing gong
Xylophone
Bongos
Maracas
Timpani (4 drums)
Cymbal (for placing on head)
Percussion 1
Suspended cymbal
Bass drum (concert bass)
Claves
Anvil
Single-headed bass drum (small)
Thunder tube
Energy chimes
Percussion 2
Concert toms (5)
Maracas
China cymbal
Cowbell (small)
Trash cymbal (stacked/dry)
LP Vibra-Tone
Energy chimes
Percussion 3
Tam-tam
Suspended cymbal
Vibra slap
Bow
Mark tree (Treeworks Echo Chimes)
Cowbell (small)
Woodblock (small)
Temple blocks
Sleighbells
Table of Contents:
During the summer of 1947, a “weather balloon” crashed outside of Roswell, New Mexico. The events surrounding its recovery sparked one of the greatest conspiracy theories in U.S. history. Was it an alien flying saucer that crashed into the New Mexico desert on that stormy summer night? Had the Air Force been tracking an unidentified flying object for several days prior to the event? Were alien bodies recovered? The official government statement reported that the wreckage was from a downed high altitude weather balloon involved in a top-secret project called Operation Mogul. What is the truth? You be the judge.
Brian S. Mason’s Roswell, 1947 is a programmatic work inspired by the events and activity surrounding the Roswell Incident. This through-composed work follows the progression of those events:
The Desert Night
The Stormy Crash
Discovering the Wreckage
Controversy and Conflict of Viewpoints
Are They Out There?
Other programmatic elements include the use of Morse code (spelling the word A-L-I-E-N-S), as well as the use of pitch organization based on the numbers 1-9-4-7 (root, M9, P4, M7, and their inversions). To link the intrigue of the conspiracy to the overall mood of the work, Roswell, 1947 seeks to elicit curiosity and mystery in the mind of the listener.
Sample Audio Score SampleFull instrumentation for Roswell, 1947:
Vibraphone 1 (with motor & bow)
Marimba 1 (4.5-octave, low F)
Marimba 2 (5-octave, low C)
Marimba 3 (4- or 4.3-octave, low A)
Vibraphone 2 (with motor & bow)
Glockenspiel
Water chime (high C)
Crotales (high octave)
Slapstick
African claves
Xylophone
Water triangle
Jing gong
Xylophone
Bongos
Maracas
Timpani (4 drums)
Cymbal (for placing on head)
Percussion 1
Suspended cymbal
Bass drum (concert bass)
Claves
Anvil
Single-headed bass drum (small)
Thunder tube
Energy chimes
Percussion 2
Concert toms (5)
Maracas
China cymbal
Cowbell (small)
Trash cymbal (stacked/dry)
LP Vibra-Tone
Energy chimes
Percussion 3
Tam-tam
Suspended cymbal
Vibra slap
Bow
Mark tree (Treeworks Echo Chimes)
Cowbell (small)
Woodblock (small)
Temple blocks
Sleighbells
Table of Contents:
| Catalog: | TSTSPCE16-019 |
| Publisher: | Tapspace Publications |
| Composer: | Mason, Brian |
| Artist: | |
| Arranger: | |
| Voicing: | 11 Percussion |
| Level: | |
| Pages: | 34 |
TSPCE16-019