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Improvisation for Messiaen, No. 1 - One Bird

115 views - 19 Jan 2011

  • Dirk Stromberg

    Dirk Stromberg

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    This work is the first in a series of improvisations based off of Messiaen's Bird Songs. This work features the Extended Guitar, which aims to create a more ...

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