Work
Das Polytonale Klavier
six préludes and fugues in all 24 keys for solo piano
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About
These six préludes and fugues are intended as an entertainment. The musical joke is that none of these short works are polytonal, they are all bitonal. They combine a wide variety of influences, including quotes from Prokofiev and Satie, and the use of transcribed non-western melodies. The latter are cited in the score as they appear. Each movement is dedicated to a pianist whom I either have met, or with whom I have studied. It was written over the course of 14 years, from 2010 to 2024.
Dedication note
Each movement is dedicated to a pianist whom the composer has either met or studied with