Symphony No. 8

(The Mystery)

Glenn Branca

Year

1994


Movements

in two movements


Instrumentation

electric guitar (8), bass guitar, drum kit


Genre

Guitar Ensemble


Commission

EXPO 92, Sevilla


Premiere

Glenn Branca Ensemble


Comment

Symphonies No.8 and 10, featured an octave guitar tuned to E, but covering 3 octaves, with 2 pairs of strings per octave. The bass guitars are in standard tuning, except on the final problem, where all guitars use a microtonal variation of Glenn's normal tuning.


Source

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