3 Preludes for a Quarantine
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I hope everyone has been doing well during this crazy time. Originally I wrote these preludes as parts
of composing exercises for Alan Belkin's book Music Composition: Craft and
Art. They sat around for a bit until
during the quarantine when I took a look at them again. I realized that these pieces had a lot of
character to them, and they were quite distinct in nature. The first movement is a simple ternary form
piece which begins and ends in the key of g minor and has a very neo-romantic
tonal space. The B section is a brisk, more straight-forward tonal texture,
but has a fun little twist sequencing up near the end of the section. The second movement was composed with the B
vs Bb dichotomy functioning as a germinating cell for the rest of the
movement's material. More impressionistic and mysterious than the other two
movements, it also lacks a more traditional formal structure, instead relying
on the development of motivic cells to make the movement cohere together in a
logical way. The third movement is also a modified ternary movement, but with
the A sections being played at different speeds, and the second A ending
having an outro section attached. The
B section is also more like a sonata form developmental section (without the
required tonic-dominant modulatory feature). This movement is not only
tonally very colorful, but also dynamic in regards to tempo, slowing and
quickening often, giving the piece a continual sense of renewed spirit. Rather than just release the preludes as
seperate pieces, I found that when
played in a certain sequence, they represent a progression of mental and
spiritual being that many people have, including myself, been going through
during this time. As such, I made them
into a suite. If it brings you a
little bit of joy or excitement during this time (and after this is over),
that's all that I can hope for.
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