Four Voice Canon #14 (“Kid
Canon”)
Date: 2002
Place: New Hampshire
Comments: For kids speaking voices. The
recorded version (on Cold Blue CD) uses the voices of my daughter Anna and five
or her friends. The four “elements” are the name of the town they live in, the
name of their pet, their own name, and the month they were born in. For
example, Eliza’s first quatrain is:
Eliza Hanover Mr.
Stripes July
Hanover Eliza Mr. Stripes July
Hanover Mr. Stripes Eliza July
Hanover Mr. Stripes July Eliza
Each kid also recorded an
“interruption” (favorite book, sport, food, whatever) which was mixed into the
piece. Performers: Anna Diamond Polansky (September, Lilly, Hanover), Eliza
Polli, Meghan Gallagher (March, Daisy, Enfield), Hester Godfrey (September,
Cirrus, Lebanon), Nick Sinnott-Armstrong (May, Riva, Hanover), Saskia Nislow
(July, Clara, Lebanon). Tempo ratios (drawn from the click track set in #16) are: Anna (1/1), Eliza (6/5),
Meghan (7/5), Hester (5/3), Nick (11/6), Saskia (2/1).
Recorded by LP and Miriam Kolar, produced
by Jody Diamond, and released on the Cold Blue CD.