Rite of the Orishas
Title / Title: Rite of the Orishas
Composer / Composer: Leo Brouwer
Format / format: for guitar / for guitar
Year / Year: 1993
Edicion Actual / Current edition: 2020
ISBN: 978-959-7192-68-8
Indications page / Indications page: Yes / Yes
Pages / Pages: 16
Catalog No. / Catalog No.: 3E.64
Difficulty / Difficult: Moderate / Moderate
Listen here / Listen here
Dedicated to / Dedicated to
Alvaro Pierri
About the work
Rite of the Orishas is structured in two fundamental sections. The first is titled “Exordium-Conjuring”, and it is a compound ternary form with an episode-like central part. In this work, the influence of other compositions by the Master is felt, such as the Three Concertant Dances, Three Notes and the Micropiezas . The latter are clearly detected in the second part entitled "Dance of the black goddesses" , specifically in the section indicated as "Dance I" . Only the title of the work shows the strong presence of the Afro-Cuban ritual world. This is verified in the comprehensive treatment of expressive formants, regardless of a mystical and multi-syncretic evocation of the religious paradigm.