Beth Anderson
Skate Suite
Year: 1979
Duration (in minutes): 20
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: small chamber ensembles - 2 to 4 players
Instruments: cello, flute, harpsichord, recorder
Publisher: available from the composer
Publisher website: www.beand.com
Video Links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hFiHjgYHqU
Description: Premiered The Kitchen c. 1976; Commissioned by Diane Jacobowitz Dancers; available for various instrumentation but recorded by Baroque flute, Baroque Cello, Alto Recorder and harpsichord Originally for violin, cello, mezzo soprano and one movement with electric bass as well as an underlying tape recording. All pitches are derived/decoded from various definitions of the word skate.