Description

In this Blank of Things, a Harmony is a colourful and engaging piece which is aimed at the intermediate bassist, and offers accessible musical and …technical challenges exploring a wealth of inventive and evocative sound worlds. The piano accompaniment creates an atmospheric cushion of sound which successfully complements the long and lyrical lines produced by the solo double bass. The edition includes piano accompaniments for both solo and orchestral tunings. In This Blank of Things, a Harmony (In Memory of Ruth Gipps)
The title is a line from one of William Wordsworth’s earliest poems, “Written in Very Early Youth.” Here is an excerpt: Now, in this blank of things, a harmony, home-felt, and home-created, comes to heal that grief for which the senses still supply fresh food; for only then, when memory
is hushed, am I at rest. “This early poem was a promise of things to come from Wordswoth, just as Ruth Gipps’ musical composition as a child was the opening to her long and amazing career as a composer. This piece was written in honour of all that she accomplished.” [Mary Rae]