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New solo piece

 

Hi—I just posted an odd little piece I wrote almost 40y ago. If nothing else, it might make a good "leap" etude ;-)
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Do please let me know if you end up playing it...
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Michael
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Michael,

I love it. The opening reminds me so much of a Telemann Fantasie, but then it evolves from there. Could you post a .pdf so I can download & print?

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Fletcher James
 

Thanks! There’s an IMSLP link in the description. One person mentioned a problem, but I haven’t heard back from them, so perhaps it was temporary.
 

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OK, I’ve had reports of the IMSLP link not working, so I investigated: Safari & Firefox work fine. Chrome does not. Crazy. Anyway, here’s the link:
 

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Michael,

I have a couple of questions regarding he piece:

  1. The sections are labeled “Variation 4…Variation 1…Theme” can you explain the ordering? Are you applying the method used by Mozart & Bach in some of their fantasies, of starting from a point of abstraction and only slowly working back to the theme?
  2. Can you tell us how the sound on YouTube was rendered?

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Fletcher James
 

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It’s been a long while since I wrote it, but IIRC there was enough of a match between the HB & FE themes that they lent themselves to this merger.?

I must know: What Mozart & Bach pieces work backwards?? ?:-) ?

The sounds are from the higher quality library—I forget what it’s called. MuseSounds? I didn’t want to clutter up the score with phrasing or other marks, but guess I could add some hidden marks to improve the playback. But…that isn’t really my goal here…?


Michael,

I have a couple of questions regarding he piece:

  1. The sections are labeled “Variation 4…Variation 1…Theme” can you explain the ordering? Are you applying the method used by Mozart & Bach in some of their fantasies, of starting from a point of abstraction and only slowly working back to the theme?
  2. Can you tell us how the sound on YouTube was rendered?
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Michael,

I had listened to the playback of your piece and at first puzzled how it could be so technically perfect ?while being totally uninflected in terms of rhythm & dynamics, but then realized that it must have been played by a sampler from a midi file. That certainly leaves room for someone else to interpret! I will see if I can record something clean enough to send you.

As to pieces that start with an abstraction and then work towards thematic material, I would offer two examples:

  • Bach - Chromatic Fantasia and fugue in D minor BWV 903 - Van Delft | Netherlands Bach Society
  • Mozart Fantasia in C minor K.475 András Schiff

Regards,

Fletcher James

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