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This is my answer to The Unanswered Question of (and an homage to) Charles Ives, and my piece is scored for the same instrumentation and meant to be performed as stand-alone or even better after Ives' masterpiece. Over a slow-moving 11-bars diatonic string episode, that is repeated 7 times (each time a semi-tone higher), the woodwinds quote 7 times the question (gradually fading away), each time followed by the trumpet's answer (gradually expanding his statement). The trumpet's imperturbable statement confuses the woodwinds, who in the end are frustrated and only give a weak reminiscence of the once so prominent question. The roles of woodwinds and trumpet are reversed in comparison with The Unanswered Question, and the trumpet’s answer is not what the woodwinds want to hear, hence the new title: The Unquestioned Answer. It’s like the trumpet wants to quote the iconic refrain of Bob Dylan: "The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind." Digital performance using Sibelius Ultimate and NotePerformer 5. Score moving video on my YouTube-channel. Parts not yet uploaded.
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