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Chorale Harmonization on "Auf, auf! die rechte Zeit ist hier" [Philip Daniel; 2018]

7 Nov 2020 1 minute read 0 comments PhilipDaniel

A pastoralesque setting of the sacred song "Auf, auf! die rechte Zeit ist hier" from "Schemelli's Gesang-Buch", for SATB choir with organ obbligato. Below, the full engraved score of this chorale harmonization: ...

Chorale Harmonization on "Auf, auf! die rechte Zeit ist hier" [Philip Daniel; 2018]

Chorale Harmonization on "Der lieben Sonne Licht und Pracht" [Philip Daniel; 2018]

7 Nov 2020 1 minute read 0 comments PhilipDaniel

A setting of the sacred song "Der lieben Sonne Licht und Pracht" from "Schemelli's Gesang-Buch", for SATB choir with organ obbligato. For reference, the full engraved score: If you enjoyed this, please consider becoming a p...

Chorale Harmonization on "Der lieben Sonne Licht und Pracht" [Philip Daniel; 2018]

Concert Fantasy "in Stylus Fantasticus" for piano [Philip Daniel; 2016-2017]

6 Nov 2020 1 minute read 0 comments PhilipDaniel

At the following link, you may access the full engraved score of this work. If you enjoyed this, please consider becoming a patron at https://www.patreon.com/philipdaniel or https://www.subscribestar.com/philip-daniel

Concert Fantasy "in Stylus Fantasticus" for piano [Philip Daniel; 2016-2017]

"Fourteen Fairy Tale Pictures" for Piano [Philip Daniel; 2016-2017]

5 Nov 2020 1 minute read 0 comments PhilipDaniel

Fourteen little tone poems for solo piano, composed in 2016 and 2017. I. Ciaccona 0:00 II. Valse 5:48 III. Bagatelle 8:02 IV. Sarabande 11:09 V. Toccata 14:01 VI. Fantaisie 19:42 VII. Fuga patetica 24:57 VIII. Spielfuge 28:04 IX. Canzona-Fug...

"Fourteen Fairy Tale Pictures" for Piano [Philip Daniel; 2016-2017]

"Eight Monologues" for Piano [Philip Daniel; 2017]

5 Nov 2020 1 minute read 0 comments PhilipDaniel

In the words of esteemed Bach scholar Bernard S. Greenberg ... This magnificent oeuvre is so beautiful, skillful, and original that I don't feel competent to praise it sufficiently. This level of art deserves the attention of live concert audie...

"Eight Monologues" for Piano [Philip Daniel; 2017]

"Sonata da Chiesa" for piano [Philip Daniel; 2017]

4 Nov 2020 1 minute read 0 comments PhilipDaniel

A tetrapartite "chamber sonata" for piano, often densely contrapuntal, with a heavily chromatic "extended" harmonic language growing out of late romanticism, impressionism, and expressionism. The full engraved score, for your per...

"Sonata da Chiesa" for piano [Philip Daniel; 2017]

Chorale Harmonization on "Die güldne Sonne voll Freud und Wonne" [Philip Daniel; 2019]

4 Nov 2020 1 minute read 0 comments PhilipDaniel

A setting of the sacred song "Die güldne Sonne voll Freud und Wonne" from "Schemelli's Gesang-Buch", for SATB choir with viola obbligato. The full engraved score: You will discover the hymn melody upon which I based this choral work...

Chorale Harmonization on "Die güldne Sonne voll Freud und Wonne" [Philip Daniel; 2019]

Fughetta for Violin, Viola, Violoncello, & Bass Guitar in C Lydian Augmented [Philip Daniel; 2017]

4 Nov 2020 1 minute read 0 comments PhilipDaniel

A fughetta for four voices, comprised of an exposition and coda without episodes and counter-expositions, in the C Lydian Augmented mode. This is the third mode of the familiar Melodic Minor scale, and is notable for the absence of a functional...

Fughetta for Violin, Viola, Violoncello, & Bass Guitar in C Lydian Augmented [Philip Daniel; 2017]

Fughetta for Violin, Viola, Violoncello, & Bass Guitar in A♯ Prometheus Neapolitan [Philip Daniel; 2017]

3 Nov 2020 1 minute read 0 comments PhilipDaniel

A four-voice fughetta in the A♯ Prometheus Neapolitan mode which shares motivic similarities with its sibling in C♯ Enigmatic. This hexatonic [six-note] mode, the third mode of the Blues Dorian Hexatonic scale, fuses aspects of the esoteric Prom...

Fughetta for Violin, Viola, Violoncello, & Bass Guitar in A♯ Prometheus Neapolitan [Philip Daniel; 2017]

Fughetta for Violin, Viola, Violoncello, and Bass Guitar in C♯ Enigmatic [Philip Daniel; 2017]

3 Nov 2020 1 minute read 0 comments PhilipDaniel

A four-voice fughetta on two subjects in the C♯ Ascending Enigmatic mode. This striking mode, the discovery of which many attribute to Giuseppe Verdi, consists of the following intervals: semitone, augmented second, tone, tone, tone, semitone, s...