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Topic: Notated improvisation (Chorale)  (Read 1966 times)

Offline ronde_des_sylphes

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Notated improvisation (Chorale)
on: January 05, 2024, 11:16:52 PM
From several years back: I wrote this out over the holidays because I'm quite fond of it and may seek to include it in a future concert. To a certain extent it takes inspiration from the Bach-Busoni Chaconne but also there are elements of a lamentando operatic style as well as a more tender major key episode for contrast.



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