From the language of shadows

Huck Hodge

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General Info

Year: 2010 / 2011
Duration: c. 19:00
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alexander Street Press
Cost: Score and Parts - Unknown

Movements

1. Prologue in heaven
2. Tenebrae
3. Of signs and erring stars
4. Inveiglement
5. Epilogue: Now, body, turn to air

Instrumentation

Symphonic wind ensemble
Pianos (2, amplified) Contrabasses (3, amplified) (optional)

Silent Film

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Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Hodge's composition from the language of shadows, was inspired by images from F.W. Murnau's 1926 masterpiece of expressionistic cinema, Faust. The composer says he was drawn to the images by "the striking and stark blending of bright and dark lighting in the film as well as the angularly dramatic imagery." The movement titles (I. Prologue in Heaven, II. Tenedrae, III. Of sign and erring stars, IV. Inveiglement, V. Eiplogue: Now body, turn to air...) are taken from Goethe as well as from Christopher Marlow's 1604 play Doctor Faustus.

At the work's premiere, Murnau's 1926 silent film was shown during the performance.

- Program Note from The NEW Winds of Change

Media

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State Ratings

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Performances

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Indiana University (Bloomington) Symphonic Band (Eric M. Smedley, conductor) – 26 September 2017
University of Washington (Seattle) Wind Ensemble (Timothy Salzman, conductor) – 26 March 2011 (CBDNA 2011 National Conference, Seattle, Wash.) *Premiere Performance*

Works for Winds by This Composer

At Dawn I Chant My Own Weird Hymn
from the language of shadows (2010/2011)

Resources

Battisti, Frank. The NEW Winds of Change. Meredith Music Publications, 2018, 323. Print.
Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Huck Hodge." Accessed 4 April 2016
Hodge, H. (2011). From the language of shadow [score]. Riverside Modern Editions: [New York].
Huck Hodge website Accessed 16 August 2021