パンデモニウム：ロジャー・シシー(シチー) [吹奏楽中編成]

パンデモニウム

さまざまな意味で、この言葉は次のように定義することができます。
野生の無法、騒乱した場所や場面、悪の巣窟、さらには地獄の首都。 （パンデモニウムのスペルの中心には「DEMON＝悪魔」が含まれています）

これらの定義を超えて、この言葉はより個人的な文脈でも使用され、悲惨な報道を目にしたときの個人の困惑や漠然とした不安も表します。また、忙殺される日々の生活においても人は混乱を感じるかもしれません。さらに一部の人は、時々私たちの人生を悪魔が支配し、自分の中に大いなる悪魔を作り出すことができると信じています。

Western/Northwestern divisions of the College Band Directors National Associationの委嘱によって作曲されたこの作品は、この用語の幅広い意味を描いています。

作品の中で、パンデモニウムと言うべき壊滅的な世界や、混乱や不安が表現され、不気味で不確実に聞こえるように意図されれており、暴力的に聞こえる瞬間も存在します。
作品のある部分で、「悪魔の行進曲」、「悪霊の踊り」なども現れます。

ただ、その解釈は、純粋にリスナー次第です。これはプログラマチックな音楽を意図したものではない、とCichyは述べています。
「各セグメントで一定の音質、メロディー、音楽的印象が与えられます。独自の定義を選択する必要があります。」

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PANDEMONIUM：Composer: Roger CICHY

The word Pandemonium, invented by 17th Century English author John Milton, first appeared in his literary work Paradise Lost. Little would Milton have known that his word creation would be used so commonly in the 21st Century. With significant events occurring in contemporary times such as 9/11, the Pacific tsunami, and hurricane Katrina, the word pandemonium has been commonly attached to the state of riotous uproar, chaos and mass confusion.

With an array of meanings, the word can be defined as: wild lawlessness, utter chaos, a place or scene of uproar or chaos, and more astringently as: the abode of all the demons or even, the capitol of hell. (Note the word ‘demon’ in the center of the word.)

Beyond these definitions, the word can be used in a more personal context and describe a state of being that occurs in our individual lives upon being presented with tragic or startling news―a feeling of confusion and uncertainly. At other times, individuals may feel pandemonium when referring to their busy and overwhelming lifestyles. In yet a different and starker perspective, some individuals believe that demons can possess our lives at times and create a state of pandemonium within one’s being.

Commissioned by the Western/Northwestern divisions of the College Band Directors National Association, Roger Cichy’s composition Pandemonium attempts to paint a wide array of meanings of the term. At times, the music may suggest catastrophic events that that have turned into pandemonium; other times the music may reflect a more subtle disposition and imply pandemonium on an individual level. Sometimes the music is intended to sound confusing and unsettling or eerie and uncertain. Moments also exist when the music sounds riotous or even martial. During one segment of the piece, Cichy has composed a sort of “march of the demons.” In another segment, Cichy refers to it as “the dance of the evil spirits.”

The interpretation of what one hears is purely up to the listener. This is not meant to be programmatic music, Cichy states. “You are given certain qualities of sound, melody and musical impressions during each segment and you must choose your own definition.

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