Regicide

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Composer: David Heuser Instrumentation: Cello Year Composed: 1990 Duration: 10 minutes Pages: 6 Cost: Purchase: $5.00 Note: This work is in calligraphic rather than computer notation. Premiere: David Eby, cello, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, February 27, 1991 Program Notes: Regicide was written in early 1990 for the cellist David Eby. Regicide is defined as the killing of a king. In some ancient societies, the practice of ritual regicide was an important part of the social/religious order. The most important factors involved were the new science of astronomy (which revealed the time of the king's demise) and the new society of the city-state (which required Order to control people who were not used to stationary co-habitation). Make of all this what you will. The piece is about ten minutes long.

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