Khoi Dang

DREAMTIME-ONEIROS

I Morpheus
II Icelos
III Iris
IV P h a n t a s o s

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D r e a m T i m e - O n e i r o s f o r guitar draws inspirations f r o m m a n y sources and disciplines, i n c l u d i n g real dreams the a u t h o r

has h a d f o r m a n y years. F i r s t l y , o n e c a n n o t i g n o r e a n o t h e r m o n u m e n t a l w o r k o n t h i s subject, t h e N o c t u r n a l b a s e d o n
D o w l a n d p o e t r y b y B e n j a m i n B r i t t e n . F o r t h e a u t h o r , t h e B r i t t e n ' s s e r v e s as a s h o u l d e r t o s t a n d o n , a h i s t o r i c
l a n d m a r k . O t h e r sources c o m e f r o m t h e w r i t i n g s b y artists o f v a r i o u s disciplines inscibed at the b e g i n n i n g o f each
m o v e m e n t S t i l l o t h e r s a r e p a i n t i n g s b y M a r c C h a g a l l , G i o r g i o C h i r i c o ... o n t h e s u b j e c t o f d r e a m s . A n o t h e r o b v i o u s
source is t h e G r e e k m y t h o l o g y o n t h e O n e i r o s b r o t h e r s , dieties i n charge o f dreams. B u t t h e m o s t i m p o r t a n t w o u l d be
t h e g u i t a r a r t i s t r y o f R e n e I z q u i e r d o , t o w h o m t h i s w o r k is dedicated.

I dream m y painting and I paint m y dreams

Van Gogh

N e o : W h y d o m y eyes h u r t ?
Morpheus: Y o u V e never used t h e m before.
Matrix, the movie

Performance Notes
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percussive, below the strings, between sound hole and bridge

percussive, above tiie sound hole
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transition from one sonority to another

right hand tapping
harmonics at 7th fret
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Bartok pizzicato
Tambura with thumb or palm
Tambura with index finger
sul ponticello, sul ordinario, sul tasto. Unless otherwise notated, it's up to the performer
on fourth (D) string
open string
Artificial harmonics

The four movements can be performed individually or in any coupling with other movements. But when performed in its entirety,
the composer would prefer the order in which they are written.

I Morpheus

a lifetime in a night
James Joyce

I Morpheus

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II Icelos

My sleep wasn't peaceful though, I have the sense of emerging tom a

world of dark, haunted places where I traveled alone,
Suzanne Collins

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Ill Iris
C H l . O E : W h e n I d r e a m , s o m e t i m e s I r e m e m b e r h o w t o fly. Y o u j u s t l i f t o n e l e g , t h e n y o u l i f t t h e o t h e r l e g , a n d y o u ' r e
n o t s t a n d i n g o n a n y t h i n g , a n d y o u c a n fly. A n d t h e n w h e n I w a k e u p I c a n ' t r e m e m b e r h o w t o d o i t a n y m o r e .
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C H L O E : S o w h a t I w a n t t o k n o w i s , w h e n I ' m a s l e e p , d o I r e a l l y r e m e m b e r h o w t o fly? A n d f o r g e t h o w w h e n I w a k e
u p ? O r a m I j u s t d r e a m i n g I c a n fly?
M O R P H F i U S : W h e n y o u dream, sometimes y o u remember. W h e n y o u wake, y o u always forget.

Neil Gaiman

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IV P h a n t a s o s

He grasped at a prescient feeling, akin to the dialectic of dreams, that this reunion
never come to pass, yet somehow - it most definitely would.
Kenzaburo Oe

Listen to them, the children of the night. What music they make!
B r a m Stoker

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