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Michael Forbes
Deus Ex Machina

for tuba quartet

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TU220 Score and parts - CHF22.00 (Print)

Level: intermediate
Duration: 4'30
Genre: contemporary
Composed: 2019

Michael Forbes (*1973)

Michael Forbes (born 1973 in Morgantown, West Virginia, USA), studied first with Mark Lusk and Marty Erickson (Bachelor’s Degree at Penn State University), then with tubist and composer, John Steve... Read more

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Instrumentation:
4 tubas
Published: 2024
Pages: 28
Publisher: Editions Bim
Movements:

Audio samples

Deus Ex Machina

Programme Notes

The main character is trapped. There’s no way out. It is surely doomed. The movie is over. Then all of a sudden, an inconceivable solution appears from out of the blue. This is what is referred to as a deus ex machina and it is one of the most frowned upon tropes in filmmaking. Coined during Ancient Greek theatre, deus ex machina ...