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Curlicue for solo piano
RSN:
67689
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Composition Date:
2010
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Revision Date:
N/A
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Duration:
00:11:00
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Cataloguing Information
Call Number
MI 2110 S957CU
Genre
Solo Piano
Material Type
Print-music
Acquisition Date
2013-05-30
Library Collection Publisher / Label
Unpublished, printed by CMC / Inédit, imprimé par le CMC
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Additional Information
Commissioned by The Eckhardt-Gramatte National Music Competition.
Master Location
Toronto
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Physical Description
Found 1 record(s)
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Extent of Item
1 score (22 p.) ;
Instrumentation
Found 1 record(s)
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Set No.
Category
Instrument
Number
44624
Keyboard
Piano
1
Divided
No
Solo
No
Premiere
Brandon, Manitoba Lorne Watson Recital Hall, Brandon University April 30 2010 All Competitors in the 2010 Eckhardt-Gramatte National Music Competition. Andrea Lodge - Runner-Up (Recorded for broadcast for CBC radio 2) Claudia Chan - 1st Prize (Recorded by CBC during Cross Canada tour in Winnipeg, November 2010)
See Also
63743, Curlicue, AR2794, Karen Sunabacka, 00:11:23
69744, Curlicue for solo piano, AR3204, Karen Sunabacka, 00:10:24
Curlicue is a three-section piece that gradually moves from; a fast to slow tempo, a loud to soft dynamic and a thick to thin texture. I chose to structure this piece in this way because I have found that many Canadian works tend to begin with slow introductions. I have also noticed that I tend to begin many of my own works in a slow tempo and wanted to challenge myself with this reversal.The pitch material is based on three scales; two pentatonic (C, Db, E, G Ab) (C. Db, Eb, F, A) and a Phrygian scale (C,Db,Eb,F,G,Ab,Bb). These scales have a distinctive character that is quite different from the regular major and minor scales because of the initial half-step between the first and second scale degrees. Throughout the piece I make use of all the registers of the piano. The first section generally stays in the low registers, while the third and final section tends to be in the high registers. However, I did find that I often wanted to move up and down through all registers in each section of the piece. It is from this up and down tendency that I found my title - Curlicue. According to the Oxford Dictionary a curlicue is “a decorative curl or twist in calligraphy or in the design of an object.” From the initial downward swirl of the opening measures through the scalar curls and sweeps of the middle section to the chorale-like curves of the final section, this piece is a multitude of curls, curves and twists.
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