The fourth article in a series on pieces for young players from the 1960s and 70s
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Several of these pieces are in the form of games. Compositions in the form of games have long been a popular and accessible way of engaging young people in the creation of new music.
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This game is from Trevor Wishart's "Sounds Fun" also in the British Music collection:
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David Bedford's Balloon Music 1 for any number of players from 2 to 1000 each with 2 balloons, a pin and their voices:
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Honeywell by Howard Rees is for three groups of young musicians and is conducted by holding up cards instructing the players which material to play:
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Like much contemporary music of the day Honeywell is an "Open form" composition with the exact order of the material left to the performers.
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You can find the full exhibiton on the Google Cultural Institute here: http://bit.ly/2oPmzJ4