Recognizing a common object consists Above all in knowing how to make use of it Bergson
Each object is the mirror of all the others. Merleau-Ponty
C’est en rentrant dans l’objet qu’on rentre dans sa propre peau. Matisse
I look at what I am losing And do not see what remains. Molière
Music, not being made of objects nor referring to objects, is intangible and ineffable; it can only be … inhaled by the spirit: the rest is silence. Jacques Barzun
Objets perdus (lost objects), dispersed among twelve progressively expanding move- ments (the first being very short in duration), evolve over time as musical materials disappear along the way; one may certainly consider what one is losing, but one should also listen for what remains.
This work was commissioned by the Arditti String Quartet, to whom it is dedicated, thanks to a grant fron the Canada Council. This work received the Governor-General Award (Prix Jules-Léger) in 1992.
John Rea
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The score and parts are available through the Canadian Music Centre, Quebec region, Montreal office :
https://cmcquebec.ca/
