Itaipu (Glass) Explained

Itaipu is a four-movement symphonic cantata by Philip Glass. The composition was written in 1989,[1] and pays homage to the Itaipu Dam, the world's largest hydroelectric dam, built on the Paraná River between Paraguay and Brazil. The text is written in Guaraní, with a translation by Daniela Thomas. It was commissioned by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus and was first performed on November 2, 1989.[2] [3]

The four movements are titled:

  1. Mato Grosso
  2. The Lake
  3. The Dam
  4. To the Sea

Instrumentation

Woodwinds
  • piccolo
  • 2 flutes
  • 3 oboes
  • 3 clarinets in B
  • 2 bassoons
  • contrabassoon
    Brass
  • 6 horns in F
  • 4 trumpets in B
  • 2 trombones
  • bass trombone
  • tuba
    Percussion
  • tambourine
  • tubular bells
  • cowbell
  • maracas
  • triangle
  • wood block
  • cymbal
  • snare drum
  • tenor drum
  • bass drum

    Mixed chorus

    Keyboards
  • piano
    Strings
  • 2 harps
  • violins I
  • violins II
  • violas
  • cellos
  • double basses

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    Notes and References

    1. Book: Aguirre, Enrique Ballón. Tradición oral peruana: literaturas ancestrales y populares, Volume 2. 2006. Fondo Editorial PUCP. 9972427501. 382.
    2. Gramophone. Gramophone, Vol. 71, Issue 845–847. Gramophone: The World's Best Classical Music Reviews. 1993. Compton Mackenzie. 128. 0017-310X.
    3. Book: Kathleen Lusk-Brooke, Frank Paul Davidson. Building the World: An Encyclopedia of the Great Engineering Projects in History. 2006. Greenwood Press. 0313333742. 716.

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