The Dazzled Eye Lost Its Speech

Vilnius: Muzika, 1992
Rytis Mažulis. Three Vocal Canons. - Vilnius: Lithuanian Music Information and Publishing Centre, MILC 075, 2007
CD Lithuanian Music in Context II. Landscapes of Minimalism. - Vilnius, Lithuanian Music Information and Publishing Centre LMIPCCD067-068, 2011

It is an endless spiral canon for four equal voices to be performed by a small vocal ensemble or a chamber choir. Unconventional notation (graphic score) mirrors the composition’s structural idea: voices are moving in sequences up and down in two joined circles (in a figure-eight curve). The sound of this canon is somewhat reminiscent of the ancient folk song, sutartinė; besides, it is based on general technological principles that have been in use since archaic musical traditions.

Rytis Mažulis