Oboe, Bassoon & Piano
SKU: SU.50600012
For Oboe, Bassoon &
Piano. Composed by
Fred Cohen. Chamber
Music, Piano Trio. Score
& Parts. Subito Music
Corporation #50600012.
Published by Subito Music
Corporation
(SU.50600012).
Duration: 15'
Performing Materials:
score and parts Published
by: Dunsinane Music
Publishing Composer's
Note: A fancy is an
English version of the
Italian capriccio, a form
introduced in the 16th
century for works in
various media wherein the
force of imagination has
better success than
observation of the rules
of art (Furetière,
Dictionnaire universel).
The term is also used to
describe a suite of
dances. Fred’s
Fancies is a series of
six dances that are quite
capricious in nature, a
fair portrait of the
person to whom the work
is dedicated. The
suite’s musical
material is introduced in
the first movement, an
athletic Allegro. The
following four movements
emphasize some aspect of
the first. The second,
Waltz, is a quiet
variation of the first
movement’s opening
gesture. The third,
Manic, combines the
opening gesture with a
secondary theme
emphasizing descending
perfect fourths separated
by half-steps. The fourth
movement, Arioso,
re-visits themes from the
Waltz, now set in a freer
rhythm. The fifth,
Favotte, combines
elements of the gavotte
with fugal episodes. The
cycle culminates in a
speedy final movement,
Vivace, that brings back
the all principal themes
of cycle.