Guitars solo
SKU:
BR.EB-9468
Composed
by Jose Maria
Sanchez-Verdu. Solo
instruments; stapled.
Edition Breitkopf. New
music (post-2000). Sheet
Music. Composed 2022. 28
pages. Duration 12'.
Breitkopf and Haertel #EB
9468. Published by
Breitkopf and Haertel
(BR.EB-9468).
ISBN
9790004189481. 9 x 12
inches.
His
triptych for guitar
quartet takes as
inspiration the trilogy
of gods of Memphis in
ancient Egypt. The work
is a poetic journey
through the mythological
landscapes of their world
around 3000 BC. Sakkara
is a plateau south of
Cairo, where an ideal
space for a culture of
the afterlife developed,
through tombs and the
construction of the first
pyramids. To this
contributed the
fundamental role of
Imhotep, the great
architect in the III
Dynasty from the Sakkara
area, who was almost a
god in his time and most
likely responsible for
the stepped pyramid of
Djoser. The trilogy is
formed by the couple Ptah
and Sekhmet, and
Nefertem, their son. Ptah
is the patron of artists,
and at the same time the
god for measuring time.
Sekhmet was the wife and
sister of Ptah, goddess
of war -- related to the
Sun god and associated
with the color red.
Nefertem, son of both,
was the god of fragrance,
of perfume and linked to
the lotus flower, the
symbol of rebirth. The
three movements of this
composition are musical
spaces created on poetic
associations around this
mythical world and in an
area that has always
fascinated me: Sakkara.
The work is commissioned
by the
Aleph-Gitarrenquartett,
which is also its
dedicatee. (Jose M.
Sanchez-Verdu,
2022)
World
premiere: Karlsruhe, ZKM,
January 14, 2023
Commissioned by the
Aleph-Gitarrenquartett.
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