Images in Sound (He Xuntian)

Images in Sound
by Xuntian He
HE XUNTIAN

Images in Sound ( 声音图案 ) is a piece for conventional and unconventional instruments, composed by He Xuntian in 1997–2003.^[1]

Gift

Primordial music for all species.
Humanity’s first gift of sound to all species.^[2][3]

Summary

The work has seven movements:

1. MiLi Pattern
2. FuSe Pattern^[4]
3. MiYi Pattern
4. FuXiang Pattern
5. MiGuo Pattern
6. FuYi Pattern
7. MiFu Pattern

Inspiration

Images in Sound was inspired from Xuntian He’s ideology:

Five Nons: Non-Western, non-Eastern, non-academic, non-folk, and non-non.

Makes no distinction between ancient and modern;
No distinction between north, south, east and west;
No distinction between above and below, left and right;
No distinction between primary and secondary positions;
No distinction between beginning and end.^[1]

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References

1. "Conjecture Images in Sound". People’s Music. Retrieved 2007-10-12.
2. "He Xuntian's Images in Sound: Music Is Not Only Belong to Human". Northern Music. February 2008.
3. "Images in Sound". Schott Music International Germany. May 2014.
4. "Music Analysis of He Xuntian's Images in Sound". Art of Music. January 2004.

External links

• FuSe Pattern / Images in Sound published by Schott Music International, Germany