Portmanteau Morphemes
2012 | string orchestra (7')
Commissioned by Ensemble Arkea (CA).
1st Prize-winning composition of the first edition of the Codes d’ Accès Acces Arkea 2012 string orchestra composition competition.
Comment:
[a portmanteau is a blend of two (or more) words or morphemes into one new word. A portmanteau word typically combines both sound and meaning. More generally, it may refer to any term or phrase that combines two or more meanings. In linguistics, a portmanteau is defined as a single morph which represents two or more morphemes.
A morpheme is the smallest semantically meaningful unit in a language. A morpheme is not identical to a word, and the principal difference between the two is that a morpheme may or may not stand alone, whereas a word, by definition, is a freestanding unit of meaning. Every word comprises one or more morphemes.]
Performances:
Ensemble Arkea, conductor Dina Gilbert:
La Sala Rossa, Montréal, CA (premiere)
Église Notre-Dame-Des-Sept-Douleur, Verdun, CA
Score available at: Babelscores