| 40104 | ANASAZI: 1. The High Mesa |
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| Davis, Albert O. |  Score
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| Category: Full Orchestra |
| Grade: Medium Difficult |
| Duration: 7:00 |
| Instrumentation: 2+1.2D1.2.2/4.3.3.1,timp,7 perc,str=8.8.5.5.5 |
| Comments: Also see: 2. Night of the Yellow Moon (#45013), 3. The Masque of the Kikmongwi (#45014), 4. Prayer and Processional (#45015). |
| Description: Anasazi is a representation of the early Native Americans of the Southwest, intended to be a token of respect for a land and a people who are remembered with great admiration for their culture, ambitions, and achievements. The composer, in using Anasazi to be an exercise in recovery from chaos to understanding, utilizes twelve-tone melodies in the outer movements, essentially melodies intended to be dissonant. However, these melodies are supported by traditional major-minor chord structures and progressions, thus providing built-in dissonant to consonant movement. The first movement, High Mesa, introduces the sounds of the early villages. From the depiction of early mornings in the desert to the hunt for sustenance for the tribe, the true experiences are portrayed by musical suggestion. Hunts for animals, survival, and salvation dominate the movement. |