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Sequenza II is a composition for unaccompanied harp by the Italian composer Luciano Berio. Written for and premiered by the French harpist Francis Pierre in 1963 (who also recorded it twice), it has since been performed and recorded by , , , and , among others.

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  • Sequenza II pour harpe est une composition pour harpe de Luciano Berio. Composée en 1963 et créée par son dédicataire le harpiste Francis Pierre, l'œuvre constitue une refonte totale de la conception musicale et instrumentale de la harpe telle qu'elle était définie notamment par l'impressionnisme du début du XXe siècle. Cette approche s'appuie sur le travail de Carlos Salzedo. Bério enrichit la notation classique avec une nouvelle symbolique de représentation sonore. (fr)
  • Sequenza II is a composition for unaccompanied harp by the Italian composer Luciano Berio. Written for and premiered by the French harpist Francis Pierre in 1963 (who also recorded it twice), it has since been performed and recorded by , , , and , among others. As with most of the Sequenze, Berio sought to explore the timbral and expressive capabilities of the harp in the hands of a virtuoso musician. Because of this, Sequenza II defies many of the stereotypes associated with the harp. In the liner notes of the 1999 Ensemble InterContemporain recording, Berio wrote of Sequenza II, "French impressionism has left us with a rather limited version of the harp, as if its most obvious characteristic were that of lending itself to the attention of loosely robed girls with long blond tresses, capable of drawing from it nothing more than seductive glissandi." Sequenza II has its share of glissandi, but also calls for harmonic tones and extended techniques such as percussive effects (on the wooden body of the harp), as well as a virtuoso amount of pedal-shifting and an extreme sensitivity to rapid dynamic changes. (en)
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  • Whatley, Kirsty. 2007. "Rough Romance: Sequenza II for Harp as Study and Statement". In Berio's Sequenzas: Essays on Performance, Composition and Analysis, edited by Janet K. Halfyard, introduction by David Osmond-Smith, 39–52. Aldershot: Ashgate Publishers. . (en)
  • Pirie, Peter J. 1964. "Broadcasting". The Musical Times 105, no. 1454 : 283–84. (en)
  • Hopkins, G. W. 1966. "Berio: Sequenza II for Solo Harp". The Musical Times 107, no. 1480 : 528. (en)
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  • Sequenza II pour harpe est une composition pour harpe de Luciano Berio. Composée en 1963 et créée par son dédicataire le harpiste Francis Pierre, l'œuvre constitue une refonte totale de la conception musicale et instrumentale de la harpe telle qu'elle était définie notamment par l'impressionnisme du début du XXe siècle. Cette approche s'appuie sur le travail de Carlos Salzedo. Bério enrichit la notation classique avec une nouvelle symbolique de représentation sonore. (fr)
  • Sequenza II is a composition for unaccompanied harp by the Italian composer Luciano Berio. Written for and premiered by the French harpist Francis Pierre in 1963 (who also recorded it twice), it has since been performed and recorded by , , , and , among others. (en)
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