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Instrumentation Publisher Duration World Premiere Program Note Red Cape Tango (1993) for large chamber ensemble V. Red Cape Tango was composed after Superman's fight to the death with Doomsday, and is my final musical work based on the Superm an mythology. The principal melody, first heard in the bassoon, is derived from the medieval Latin death chant Dies irae. This dance of death is conceived as a tango, presented at times like a concertino comprising string quintet, brass trio, bassoon, chimes, and castanets. The tango rhythm, introduced by the castanets and heard later in the finger cymbals, undergoes a gradual timbral transformation, concluding dramatically with crash cymbals, brake drum, and timpani. The orchestra alternates between legato and staccato sections to suggest a musical bullfight. --Michael Daugherty
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