SKU: HL.49007727
ISBN 9790001082686. UPC: 073999284034. 9.0x12.0x0.045 inches.
SKU: PR.110418390
ISBN 9781491134603. UPC: 680160685158.
Eric Ewazen’s THREE INVENTIONS were inspired by Bach’s Two-part Inventions, yet they sound thoroughly like Ewazen. Composed for harpsichord (with a piano adaptation following later), Ewazen’s inventions maintain a pure “one note per hand†texture until their final chord, with strong-but-free imitative counterpoint between the two voices. While Ewazen may be best known for his wind music, he is a pianist himself, and composers’ works for their own instrument are a direct insight into how they write for their own performances. The piano adaptation of THREE INVENTIONS is also available as a separate publication.THREE INVENTIONS was written for my dear friend Maria Rojas, who premiered the work on a faculty recital at Juilliard. Maria is both a pianist and a harpsichordist, and I first met her when she gave a demonstration of the harpsichord for the students in my theory classes.I’ve always been captivated by Bach’s series of Two-Part and Three-Part Inventions. With the Two-Part Inventions, I’m amazed how Bach could create such wonderful intricacy and counterpoint with only two voices. I consequently modeled my inventions after the counterpoint of Bach, involving the traditional contrapuntal devices he used: imitation, development, harmonic and modal shifts, fragmentation, and sequence, essentially creating a dialog between two completely equal voices conversing with each other!Bach wrote 15 Two-Part Inventions (as well as 15 Three-Part Inventions, not to mention the 48 preludes and fugues in The Well-Tempered Clavier!), and that’s just the start of his voluminous repertoire for the keyboard! I was happy just to write three!!!Each of my inventions has a distinctive mood. The first is in a relaxed, yet cheerful C Major tonality (as a nod to Bach’s Invention No. 1 in C Major); the second is heartfelt and lyrical; and the third invention (involving a Gigue rhythm in the compound meter of 12/8) is energetic, and full of life and spontaneity. The third is primarily in a minor tonality, resulting in a feeling of drama, bringing the THREE INVENTIONS to an exciting finale.
SKU: HL.48189442
UPC: 888680881191. 8.25x12.0x0.11 inches.
Handel Gaudet Suite No.5 In E Major Clavecin Harpsichord Book.
SKU: HL.48189441
UPC: 888680881177. 8.25x12.0x0.94 inches.
Handel Gaudet Suite No.4 In E Minor Harpsichord Book.
SKU: KU.OCT-10060_CEMB
ISBN 9790206200540. Key: G minor.
SKU: CA.3231411
ISBN 9790007211967. Key: A minor. Language: all languages.
Score available separately - see item CA.3231400.
SKU: HL.48188300
UPC: 888680855840. 9.0x12.0x0.097 inches.
Betsy Jolas: Autour (Harpsichord solo).
SKU: PR.114414860
UPC: 680160598397. 9 x 12 inches.
SKU: BA.DV04206-12
24.4 x 32.6 cm inches. Key: D major.
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