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| | CP2 111 Milton Babbit: Septet but Equal |
 | | "The pertinence of the title should be inferable from the opening three measures, the disambiguation of whose polyphony, through oscillating stages of reorientation, recombination, and - ultimately - explicit simplification is primary determinant of the unfolding of this extended one-movement work. |
 | | The process is initiated immediately by the cello solo which follows those opening measures, and the multiple instrumental paths so begun have as their guide those opening lines, and their familiarly transformed derivatives, directly or genidentially related. |
 | | Instruments 1 was written in 1974 and is scored for alto flute, oboe, trombone, celesta, and percussion. |
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