Solo piano piano solo -
Grade 5
SKU:
B7.B770
Composed by
Allen Molineux. Edited by
Howard J. Buss. 21st
Century. Score. Brixton
Publications #B770.
Published by Brixton
Publications (B7.B770).
8.5x11
inches.
Scherzi for
Piano by Allen Molineux -
These miniatures are 6
different ways of looking
at the scherzo genre. The
first deals with allowing
the performer to freely
play the material. The
second, at times, hints
at a jazz-like swing
style. The third is a
special kind of quodlibet
in that it uses snippets
of well-known scherzi for
piano and also for
orchestra with numerous
appearances of the Chopin
Scherzo No. 2 holding it
all together, while some
actually interact with
each other. For example,
Brahms, Clara and Robert
Schumann do get in a bit
of a tangle and Bruckner
seems to be at odds with
the early Romantics of
Beethoven and Schubert.
The fourth is a
conversational contrast
between herky-jerky and
groove motion. The fifth,
which is the briefest, is
a contest between a short
staccato figure and an
ever-expanding legato
one. The final scherzo is
a distorted ragtime piece
where the left hand
avoids the typical
march-like accompaniment
pattern. (9'50) Grade
V.
Allen Molineux
