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Example 2. Anthony R. Green, Dona Nobis Veritatem , movt. IV: Amendments II & III , mm. 9–12.

Other works for viola by Green are Scintillation II , for viola and cello, completed in 2008; noteworthy in that it garnered honorable mention in the 2009 Earplay Donald Aird International Composers Competition and was also performed at the IC[CM] in A Coruña, Spain. Green notes that this piece was inspired by the process of lighting a match:

leading into an explosion that quickly settles down. This explains most of the gestures found in the work. Furthermore, because I wanted to incor porate a loose rhythmic environment, I employed a free ostinato-type notation, which is something I have been incorporating in my works since my master’s years, with varying degrees of saturation. The gestures also draw on my experience as a gospel musician, meaning that the timing and the feel of the work should be improvisatory. 8

Therefore, I tried to compose explosive elements into the work, but with the sense of a quick draw

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