Michael Basinski
Reproduction: A Celebration of Pond Snails

from The Ecology of Freshwater Molluscs by Robert T. Dillon Jr. pages 80-85.

Reproduction is a poem for an ensemble of four or five voices. Tempo and pitch are as in conversational speech. No strain or expression. Always listen and know where the other voices might be in the text. Voices remain in sections for approximately two minutes. Within a section a voice may move vertically or horizontally from any entry point. Perform, with smooth and staggered transitions, sections 1-4, then 5-8, then, 9-12, then 13-16 and all end in 17. Orchestrate. Piece duration is approximately eight to nine minutes.

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