''The Hexagonal Galleries'' is an hour-long work by

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n composer Armando Rodriguez Ruidiaz.

Composition and structure

Based on a short story by Jorge Luis Borges, this piece was commissioned by the South Florida Composers Alliance and premiered at the Wolfson Campus Auditorium of the Miami Dade Community College in Miami, Florida, on 13 April 1992.April 8, 1992 (1992-04-08). " Fluxus Movement Revisited At Subtropics - Sun Sentinel". Articles.sun-sentinel.com. http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1992-04-08/features/9202010966_1_fluxus-french-horn-audience. Retrieved 2012-07-16. The Hexagonal Galleries is comprised by seven sections named as follows: # The Hexagonal Galleries # The Mirror # The spiral Staircase # MCVMCVMCVMCVMCV # Labyrinth # Cryptographs # Limitless and Periodic

Performance

The piece was performed by its composer, Armando Rodriguez Ruidiaz, along with Venezuelan composer Gustavo Matamoros and

n pianist Carmen Carrodeguas, all of them members of

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, a contemporary music group active in Miami, Florida, during the 1990s.

References

External links

*Armando Rodríguez Ruidíaz. YouTube.
The Hexagonal Galleries - 7 - Limitless and Periodic – 1992.
*Rawlinson, Kate: ''On the "Hexagonal Galleries",'' scribd, 201

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