Itaipu (composition)

Itaipu is a four movement symphonic cantata by Philip Glass. The composition was written in 1989,[1] and pays homage to the world's largest hydroelectric dam, built on the Paraná River between Paraguay and Brazil. The text is written in Guaraní, with a translation by Daniela Thomas. It was commissioned by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus and was first performed on November 2, 1989.[2][3]

The four movements are titled:

  1. Mato Grosso
  2. The Lake
  3. The Dam
  4. To the Sea

References

  1. ↑ Aguirre, Enrique Ballón (2006). Tradición oral peruana: literaturas ancestrales y populares, Volume 2. Fondo Editorial PUCP. p. 382. ISBN 9972427501.
  2. ↑ Gramophone (1993). Gramophone, Vol. 71, Issue 845–847. Compton Mackenzie. p. 128. ISSN 0017-310X
  3. ↑ Kathleen Lusk-Brooke, Frank Paul Davidson (2006). Building the World: An Encyclopedia of the Great Engineering Projects in History. Greenwood Press. p. 716. ISBN 0313333742.

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