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Vivian Fine Estate
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General Information
Work Title
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Discourse of Goatherds
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Alternative. Title
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Composer
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Fine, Vivian
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I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.
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IVF 16
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Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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Two sections:
- Amorous
- Boisterous
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Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.
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1989
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First Performance.
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1989-04-20, Northeastern University, Boston, Eli Guilford, bass trombone
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Dedication
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Tom Everett
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Average DurationAvg. Duration
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7 minutes
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Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Modern
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Piece Style
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Modern
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Instrumentation
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solo trombone
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The interesting aspect of this piece is that Fine created an actual discourse. The first section, labeled “Amorous,” is a collection of phrases moving rather slowly in quarter- and half-notes that are later fragmented and juxtaposed in the second section’s "Boisterous," which consists of fast moving passages of eighth- and sixteenth-notes forming short phrases and figures that are interrupted frequently by passages from the previous section, creating the impression of two goatherds having a lively conversation.
- —Heidi Von Gunden, The Music of Vivian Fine, Scarecrow Press, 1999