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1 Jul 2020 1 minute read 1 comment PhilipDaniel
ORPHIC HYMN Upon that sun -- eye drenched in blood --Sat direly, fier'ly, birds well-spun --None much more than a silhouette.Spy now thee, then, beyond it all,Quenched misery in bosoms of those flighting sprighting ones,Twin qualities of virtue likew...
![ORPHIC HYMN [Philip Daniel; 2020]](https://cdn.publish0x.com/prod/fs/cachedimages/1830583310-253b87e58b8aab96816668dacb71b9549cc092dcd6e632d18dc5a04496828659.jpeg)
18 Apr 2020 1 minute read 0 comments PhilipDaniel
A setting of the hymn melody "Jesu, deine Liebeswunden", scored for an unusual ensemble -- women's choir (in unison), crotales (or bowed psaltery), harp, and violin con sordino (i.e., with mute). An homage, though not a servile one, to the musical...
![Chorale Harmonization on "Jesu, deine Liebeswunden" (omaggio a Webern e Messiaen) [Philip Daniel; 2020] [SCROLLING SCORE]](https://cdn.publish0x.com/prod/fs/cachedimages/1830583310-cceac39cbaa50ae998b2d3766f25087a90864f456bbacc034485af0ee2fe4d07.jpeg)
18 Apr 2020 1 minute read 0 comments PhilipDaniel
A chromatically-saturated, ecstatic chorale harmonization of the hymn tune "Erwürgtes Lamm, das die verwahrten Siegel", scored for SATB choir, viola, oboe d'amore and tangent piano. For Petre Tepner (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsW_4_5TCOAT...
![Chorale Harmonization on "Erwürgtes Lamm, das die verwahrten Siegel" [Philip Daniel; 2020] [SCROLLING SCORE]](https://cdn.publish0x.com/prod/fs/cachedimages/1830583310-b5f3c3d3036521bbbf947e08aa0d1a8e00a9d162c655b6c5173b6c096b6b2a9f.jpeg)
17 Apr 2020 1 minute read 0 comments PhilipDaniel
Fifth in a series of virtuoso etudes for guitar. A technically challenging, harmonically labyrinthine song-without-words evoking an Aeolian Harp (a harp the strings of which are strummed by the wind). The painting in the video is "David Playing th...
![Études-tableaux pour la guitarre: V. Harpe éolienne [Philip Daniel; 2020]](https://cdn.publish0x.com/prod/fs/cachedimages/1830583310-ca6409eb933cb0c3e367e3c558519b90c55b34717a818069e4d5e712a1137a0f.jpeg)
17 Apr 2020 1 minute read 2 comments PhilipDaniel
Fourth in a series of virtuoso etudes for guitar. A tone painting requiring great subtlety in interpretation; the title, translated from French, means "Twilight Impression." The painting in the video is "Twilight in Sologne" by Theodore Rousse...
![Études-tableaux pour la guitarre: IV. Impression crépusculaire [Philip Daniel; 2020]](https://cdn.publish0x.com/prod/fs/cachedimages/1830583310-12b64212203796c8556b81f7977a27bd676deb173eecde5eab6f965f50a52c20.jpeg)
15 Apr 2020 3 minute read 0 comments PhilipDaniel
AUDIO OF ORIGINAL WORK BY EVAN BENNET: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mR8pFYQf8uc I. Melodic Analysis fig. I Introduced at the beginning in the right hand, the Hauptstimme* [fig. I] (g♭- f - a♭- e♭- c) belongs to pitch class {0, 1, 2, 3, 6}. Thi...
![An Analysis of Evan Bennet's Improvised "Miniature" for Piano [Except, Work In Progress]](https://cdn.publish0x.com/prod/fs/cachedimages/1830583310-c3b7ebb85be6dbeab854478ce8b2d773777c4f4096bac6991342ec748849de80.png)
14 Apr 2020 1 minute read 0 comments PhilipDaniel
Third in a series of virtuoso etudes for guitar. A sardonic scherzo requiring the utmost in both technique and interpretive sensitivity. You may find the score here. The painting in the video is "Orpheus and Eurydice" by Edward Poynter. If you enjoy...
![Études-tableaux pour la guitarre: III. Kammermusik [Philip Daniel; 2020]](https://cdn.publish0x.com/prod/fs/cachedimages/1830583310-e661d7736a0e22e207d714aaa9bec4e1217d0613d7483311c55188a4ff04223b.jpeg)
14 Apr 2020 1 minute read 0 comments PhilipDaniel
Second in a series of virtuoso etudes for guitar. A deeply tragic funeral march (literally "funeral procession"), characterized by bel canto (that is, roughly speaking, song-like) melodies imbued with a sort of obsessive intensity. You may find th...
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13 Apr 2020 1 minute read 0 comments PhilipDaniel
First in my suite-in-progress of virtuoso études for guitar. An "eccentric galliard" that unfolds from a single motivic cell at the beginning into a wayward and animated dance with highly unusual extended harmonies. You may find the score here. Th...
![Études-tableaux pour la guitarre: I. Galliarde excentrique [Philip Daniel; 2020]](https://cdn.publish0x.com/prod/fs/cachedimages/1830583310-aaa5164744469871b6166348981ceead6e9d85266a059ae3a81b8f32e3b6083b.jpeg)
20 Oct 2019 1 minute read 0 comments PhilipDaniel
An art song I composed for soprano and harmonium (or piano), setting the first stanza of the poem "Ich kann wohl manchmal singen" by Prussian Romantic poet Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff in a musical idiom reminiscent of pre-World War I German Expre...
