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Topic: has anyone ever played toccata by york bowen op 155?  (Read 1691 times)

Offline swagmaster420x

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has anyone ever played toccata by york bowen op 155?
on: September 02, 2013, 06:40:03 PM
(this is not me)

any comments on the piece, if you have/haven;t played it before
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Offline ale_ius

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Re: has anyone ever played toccata by york bowen op 155?
Reply #1 on: September 02, 2013, 08:29:50 PM
Quote from: swagmaster420x on September 02, 2013, 06:40:03 PM


any comments on the piece, if you have/haven;t played it before
He wrote better music. A lot of it.
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-Alee Marie.

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Offline swagmaster420x

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Re: has anyone ever played toccata by york bowen op 155?
Reply #2 on: September 02, 2013, 09:06:56 PM
Quote from: ale_ius on September 02, 2013, 08:29:50 PM
He wrote better music. A lot of it.
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-Alee Marie.


lol wats wrong the toccataaa i like it:)
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Offline richard black

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Re: has anyone ever played toccata by york bowen op 155?
Reply #3 on: September 06, 2013, 09:27:26 PM
I'm quite fond of it. I've never played it in public but have done a little work on it. I would agree, though, that Bowen wrote better music. His 24 preludes are really masterly - the Toccata is, by comparison, light entertainment. Huge fun to play, though.
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Re: has anyone ever played toccata by york bowen op 155?
Reply #4 on: September 07, 2013, 03:27:53 PM
dang i just listened to some of his preludes, theyre beautiful

york bowen is a genius >.>
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