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ID972481D1-E488-48E7-AAF1-353984E8418F
TitlecodeX410004
Title NamePost-Modern Homages, Set II
Marketing CopyPost - Modern Homages, Set II is dedicated to Lisa Stidham, Bob Littell, Victoria Salvy, and Donald Crockett. There is also a solo guitar piece available called 'Un tout petit trompe l'oreille' that is the original version of the third movement in this collection.
InstrumentationSolo Piano
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DedicationFor Lisa Stidham, Bob Littell, Victoria Salvy, and Donald Crockett
Program NotesWhile not composed as a unified set, my six Post-Modern Homages share some common features: each was composed for a friend, and each addresses a narrowly defined musical issue, either the transformation of aspects of an existing piece of music, or working with strictly limited musical means.

As a gift for my friends Bob Littell, a novelist and former cryptographer, and Victoria Salvy, a painter who specializes in trompe-l'oeil, I composed a small guitar piece, later transcribed for piano. Un tout petit trompe-l'oreille has encrypted within it the notes of a national anthem -- the rest is a secret. Gymnopèdie No. 4, dedicated to my wife, Lisa, is a study in seventh chords. Cast in ABA form, every vertical sonority of the A section is some inversion of a minor seventh chord, while in the B section the major seventh predominates. The gentle lilt of the 3/4 meter and the simultaneously fluid yet static harmony put me in mind of Erik Satie, hence the title. Sonatina DCXL was composed for Donald Crockett on his fortieth birthday. In the tradition of the soggetto cavato it uses the notes D and C, and D, H (=B) and C, as its thematic material, and is signed at the end with an S and H (=E-flat and B).
Title Brand2
Year Composed1991
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Duration10
Ensemble Size1
Date Created2008-10-31 20:32:00.000000
Date Updated2025-09-30 20:32:00
Inhouse Note5 yr term agreement.
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Title Category5
Title MovementsI. Sonatina DCXL (1991)
II. Gymnopèdie No. 4 (1984)
III. Un tout petit trompe-l'oreille (1992)
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Title Instrument Category TextPiano
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Title Instrument Header34
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