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Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc. Peer Musikverlag GMbH

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Gnomic verse is poetry containing maxims or aphorisms. It is associated with a school of Greek poets in the 6th century B.C. Although no expert in this literature, I was attracted to the word and thought it somehow fit the three woodwind pieces at hand.

I am afraid they are somewhat whimsical pieces, the first two especially. They lack individual titles, but the first could be thought of as a prelude, the second a scherzo, and the third-the most extended-a madrigal, in which passages of homophony and polyphony alternate. With the exception of solos for the flute near the end of the first piece and at the start of the third, the texture remains fairly consistent in its three voices as I am particularly taken with the blended sound of flute, oboe and clarinet.

Gnomics was given its premiere in Taylor Art Gallery, Vassar College, on April 2, 1982 by Bertha Frank, flute, Margaret Helfer, oboe, and Meyer Kupferman, clarinet.

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Richard Wilson

RICHARD WILSON, born in Cleveland, Ohio; in 1941, was trained in composition at Harvard University, where he studied with Randall Thompson, G.W. Woodworth and Robert Moevs. Following his graduation in 1963, Mr. Wilson went to Europe for further study and for concert engagements as a pianist.

Upon his return to the United States, Mr. Wilson completed his master's degree at Rutgers University, and subsequently joined the faculty of Vassar College, where he is currently Professor of Music.

The catalogue of Mr. Wilson's compositions consists of nearly sixty works, ranging in medium from solo flute to full orchestra.

Gnomics has been recorded on Opus One No. 130 by Alex Ogle, flute, Randall Wolfgang, oboe, and Larry Guy, clarinet.

For Katherine and Jamie

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