Moments for a Vibrating Universe Paul Dolden

This work is a series of three short independent compositions, each having their own harmonic, melodic, and rhythmic concerns; in other words, they are not movements of one larger work. However, I use the title to unite these works because they are inspired by recent discoveries that our universe is “vibrating”. A very exciting new concept, string theory, posits that our reality is vibrational — the result of countless sub-atomic, one-dimensional objects called strings. Each sub-atomic string is resonating across multiple dimensions, as if playing its own “note”. This mass of vibration we sense as matter or energy: light or sound, gravity and weight. As a composer, I am inspired by this idea that the universe is vibrating, like myriad orchestras, each with its own tunings, its own orchestrations and rhythms.
Each short work explores a unique set of vibrations that are not in our current tuning system, and evoke in me a mood, or another time or place, which are reflected in the individual titles.

  1. Elated Moments for a Vibrating Universe. 4’44”
  2. Persian Moments for a Vibrating Universe. 5’48”
  3. Sound of Celebration for a Vibrating Universe. 7’54”
  • Year of composition: 2020
  • Format: Fixed media
  • Duration of the submitted work: 18:26

1. Elated Moments for a Vibrating Universe

  • Format: Fixed media
  • Duration of the submitted work: 4:44

2. Persian Moments for a Vibrating Universe

  • Format: Fixed media
  • Duration of the submitted work: 5:48

3. Sound of Celebration for a Vibrating Universe

  • Format: Fixed media
  • Duration of the submitted work: 7:54

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