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Vivier was not in attendance to hear the piece's premiere, and would never hear it (along with the majority of his other works) during his lifetime. Kent would remark, "Perhaps it is one of the many paradoxes in his life, that a piece he considered to be one of his most personal works was to be
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Canadian percussionist David Kent suggested Vivier to write a new work for him to perform, after returning from
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signifie littéralement ce que suggère le titre. Le mot « chanson » est pris dans son sens asiatique: cinq énoncés musicaux composés assez librement autour de quelques notes.
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460:Et je reverrai cette ville étrange
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16:1980 composition by Claude Vivier
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73:for between 2-3 percussionists.
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666:Tchaïkovski, un réquiem Russe
452:Cinq chansons pour percussion
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571:Siddhartha
563:Orchestral
439:Paramirabo
363:Pianoforte
180:References
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504:O! Kosmos
467:Samarkand
185:Citations
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395:Ojikawa
388:Chamber
265:Sources
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159:dobachi
150:9 Thai
67:Toronto
56:History
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50:bells
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