Organization/Event Guarda Theatre, Síntese - Contemporary Music Group / Síntese - Guarda Contemporary Music Cycle
Venue Guarda Theatre
Town Guarda
Country Portugal
Program Notes
Cleave: two totally different, etymologically unrelated words have fallen together. One word is from the Old English cleofian, and means 'to adhere closely and faithfully; cling', as in "to cleave to one's principles." The other word is from the Old English cleofan and means 'to split or divide by or as if by cutting blow', as in "to cleave wood".
Though the two words were originally distinct, natural language changes have made their forms in Modern English identical, so they appear to be the same word. This is a common process in English, but only attracts much notice when it results in such obviously divergent meanings.
This work was commissioned by the DGARTES - Ministry of Culture of Portugal and Aveiro University.
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Cleave (II)
Premiere
2008/Oct/18
Guarda Theatre, Síntese - Contemporary Music Group / Síntese - Guarda Contemporary Music Cycle