Metamorphoses, by Adam Haws

Metamorphoses

by Adam Haws

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1.	Chaos 01:50	info	buy track
2.	The Fall of Phaethon 03:42	info	buy track
3.	Narcissus 06:00	info	buy track
4.	The Rescue of Andromeda 03:27	info	buy track
5.	The Dance of the Muses (for Earle) 03:37	info	buy track
6.	Niobe, the Weeping Fountain 04:19	info	buy track
7.	The Plague and the Myrmidons 06:23	info	buy track
8.	Baucis & Philemon 03:06	info	buy track
9.	The Transformation of Iphis 04:02	info	buy track
10.	Orpheus Emerges From the Underworld 05:02	info	buy track
11.	Alcyone's Dream 08:08	info	buy track
12.	The Battle of the Lapiths and the Centaurs 02:46	info	buy track
13.	Acis & Galatea vs. Polyphemus 04:07	info	buy track
14.	Canens Wanders in Search of Picus 04:40	info	buy track
15.	Apotheosis ("I Will Live") 04:11	info	buy track

about

In mid-2020, at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic and in the wake of widespread loneliness and isolation, my mother invited me to join the Quarantine Book Club (QBC), hosted online by Christopher Frizzelle (former editor of Seattle’s The Stranger). I discovered in the group a sense of community that had been missing for some time for me, and having so thoroughly enjoyed our foray into Melville’s Moby-Dick, I subsequently joined the group in reading Woolf and Vonnegut and Shakespeare and the QBC’s own Rebecca Brown. When a summer reading of Ovid’s The Metamorphoses was announced, I was delighted, as this was terra incognita for me.

The idea of composing a piece inspired by each of the 15 books of the Metamorphoses came when I was compiling a list of musical works based on Ovid. I learned that the great composer Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf had composed symphonies based on the first 12 books (of which the first 6 survive). I thought that was a fun idea, so I decided to have my own spin on the idea. I had some apprehension that it might ultimately fizzle out at Book II like Sufjan Stevens’s 50 states albums, but nonetheless thought it a suitable project to keep me busy and out of too much trouble. Despite a few requisite moments of doubt, the whole thing ultimately cohered into this album.

Thank you to Christopher and the many amazing QBC folks who cheered me on throughout this process. Thanks to my mom Jana for her encouragement and for getting me involved in the first place. Thanks to William for all the cello collaborations and for everything else besides… I’ve most sincerely enjoyed this ride together!

credits

released August 8, 2021

© 2021 by Adam Haws and Somniloquy Music Publishing (ASCAP). All rights reserved.
All pieces composed, arranged, performed, and edited by Adam Haws.
Piano, percussion, vocals, melodica, recorder, slide whistle, and electronics by Adam Haws.
Cello by William Spengler on tracks 3, 7, 11, & 15.
Harp by Emily Levin on tracks 10 & 15.
Miscellaneous public domain samples courtesy of freesound.org, looperman.org, and archive.org.
Created using Apple Logic, Ableton Live, Spear, RTcmix, Audacity, and Sibelius.
Cover art: “Ancient Italy – Ovid Banished from Rome” by JMW Turner.

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Adam Haws Seattle, Washington

Adam Haws is a composer of diverse musical interests. He is equally at home writing song cycles, chamber works, symphonic scores, and electronic music.

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