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Suite #8: Ricercare Correc​̧​a​̃​o

from Suites #1​-​9 by St Celfer™

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Tom Moody: A ricercare is an baroque-era musical style related to a toccata; correção means corrected. The use of conservatory terminology in your sound installation works (rondo, scherzo, fugue, etc) is playful and not completely on the level so I don't know if it's helpful to look for ricercare structure here, unless it's what the Wikipedians describe as a "predominantly homophonic piece, with occasional runs and passagework." I'd call it a cross between a lullabye and a dirge, with wistful synth trills slowly repeating and interacting for several minutes. A soft and subtle piece.

St Celfer: My titles are a play but also a critique-yet-not on classical music terminology. As you know, my "Space Between Points" project (which these sound pieces are a part of), questions the basic nature of language, more directly, labels, by attacking the idea of "the frame." Without giving away too much, on the simplest level, Italian and Portuguese are in the same title. The spirit behind my choice of words is the opposite of mocking and is almost reverential as much as it can be from someone on the folk-to-punk continuum. In the past couple years I spent more time listening to classic jazz and modern classical music in search of something interesting. I think we are in bleak music days and appreciate your sharing Jerry Hunt with me and pointing me to Michael Schell's resource page.

from St Celfer & Tom Moody's 'eleven tracks', released December 13, 2020

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from Suites #1​-​9, released October 28, 2021

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