Uploaded April 2014 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
This song, based on a somewhat creepy poem of Emily Dickinson is written in mode of binary internal symmetry (2)102. This heptatonic mode consists of the 7 notes C Db E F G Ab B. With the exception of a single note (can you find it :D ?), only these notes are used throughout the piece. The second stanza features harmonies made by stacking consecutive notes from this mode (in some inversion), lending the piano part an eerie sound. I've replaced the singing with a synthetic oboe, but if you feel like you could and want to sing this piece,
feel free to contact me for collaboration. More information about these modes of internal symmetry can be found on my blog: a-touch-of-music.blogspot.be/2014/03/olivier-messiaen-closer-look-at-his.html
The beautiful pictures are reused from Quinn Mattingly's "Remnants in Decay" pictures, on flickr at flickr.com/photos/terminalnomadphotograhy . The pictures are tagged with a creative commons license.
This song, based on a somewhat creepy poem of Emily Dickinson is written in mode of binary internal symmetry (2)102. This heptatonic mode consists of the 7 notes C Db E F G Ab B. With the exception of a single note (can you find it :D ?), only these notes are used throughout the piece. The second stanza features harmonies made by stacking consecutive notes from this mode (in some inversion), lending the piano part an eerie sound. I've replaced the singing with a synthetic oboe, but if you feel like you could and want to sing this piece,
feel free to contact me for collaboration. More information about these modes of internal symmetry can be found on my blog: a-touch-of-music.blogspot.be/2014/03/olivier-messiaen-closer-look-at-his.html
The beautiful pictures are reused from Quinn Mattingly's "Remnants in Decay" pictures, on flickr at flickr.com/photos/terminalnomadphotograhy . The pictures are tagged with a creative commons license.
