Petr Kotik: Many Many Women, for voices-instruments (2001)
Many Many Women, for voices & instruments (1976-78) text by Gertrude Stein abridged version TT 3h 35m (full unabridged ver. TT 6h)
disc 1 .. 73'01 01 MMW - Any one is one 02 MMW - Each one is one 03 MMW - She could be one going on being living 04 MMW - In mentioning anything 05 MMW - In completing what loving was needing
disc 2 .. 68'45 01 MMW - One who was loving and living was that one 02 MMW - There are many being living 03 MMW - She had this thing 04 MMW - There are many 05 MMW - If she is in a way a tender one
disc 3 .. 72'37 01 MMW - And what is feeling is borrowing 02 MMW - There are some suspecting something 03 MMW - That being uncovered 04 MMW - If there were many 05 MMW - In being one
S.E.M. Ensemble, Petr Kotik
In 2018, Petr Kotik's Many Many Women (1976-78) was selected as one of the 10 most important musical works from the first 100 years of the Czech Republic. To celebrate, SEM has made a recording, originally released on LP in 1981, and re-released by Dog W/A Bone in 2001, available on Youtube
Many Many Women, for voices and instruments is a large-scale musical composition. The composition uses the text of the 86-page novella "Many Many Women” by Gertrude Stein. The score is divided into 173 sections on 381 pages. Individual sections are distributed among the singers and instrumentalists and performed in order from lowest to highest number. The music uses pure intervals (octave, fifth and fourth), therefore each part is performed by two of each voice or instruments. The start of each section is up to each pair of musicians and there are silences between each section. The flow of the music – the timing of entrances and the duration of silences – are decided spontaneously during each performance. Once a section begins, it is performed according to the score. Not all sections need to be performed, making it possible for a partial performance.
The piece can also be understood as a "musical situation.” The way the score is read, performed and listened to creates an environment different from that of a conventional concert. Each performance and rehearsal varies: not one moment can be reenacted, not one moment will happen the same way again. This is why both a studio recording and a performance can only be realized live. Although the entrances of sections and the silences separating them are always different, the music is consistently the same.
The complexity of the music and stamina required to perform it makes it almost impossible to go through the piece without mistakes. They are usually minor and not noticeable. Once a performance is recorded, however, even the smallest mistake grows, becomes prominent and interferes with listening. Every recording of Many Many Women needs careful editing.
Many Many Women was recorded in 1980, following an extensive tour by the S.E.M. Ensemble. This was an ideal time to go into the studio to record the piece. There were two six-hour sessions on two different days, and during each session, SEM recorded the entire Many Many Women. The task of combining the best takes and editing the material took several months to complete. This is why instead of a six hour performance, the recording is only three hours and 35 minutes long.
In 1980, the S.E.M. Ensemble did not include trumpets, therefore clarinets were used instead (although I do prefer trumpets). All parts are transposable and can be performed on any melodic instrument. The same is true for the voices. So far, only wind instruments have performed Many Many Women.
The most recent performance of the complete Many Many Women took place at the Ostrava Days 2013 Festival. Recent performances use a faster tempo than the 1980 recording. Interestingly, the duration of the total performance remains six hours long, despite the faster tempo.
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