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Red Shift Hijinks (2006)

Composer: Trevor Bača
Forces: violin & piano
Duration: 1 minute

Red Shift Hijinks is a tribute to the poetry of Carl Clark on his 60th birthday.

Hijinks

The title of the piece comes from the sixth and final poem of the chapbook Desire, chasing a cow by Carl Clark, published by Noumenon Press in 1976.

Nounmenon

We read the centermost lines as ... agreat opinion unto the last instant / ions foolishly no red shift hijinks ...

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Red Shift Hijinks was written in February 2006. Scores are available from the composer.