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“Pieces of Eight” is the term for the most common worldwide currency in the golden age of piracy. Accordingly, this work is about pirates; each movement has as a title a quotation by or about a pirate. Furthermore, each movement uses the number eight as inspiration for musical direction. "Pieces of Eight" was written in the fall of 1998 for Amari Barash, English hornist. She premiered the work at the Yale School of Music in November 1998, with Meighan Stoops, bass clarinet, and Rachael Elliott, bassoon.
