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2 Nov 2020 1 minute read 0 comments PhilipDaniel
A four-voice fughetta on two subjects in the F Aeolian mode. This fughetta is distinguished from its companions in the set for its length and breadth, and even more so for being composed in one of the ecclesiastical modes rather than in a synthe...
![Fughetta for Violin, Viola, Violoncello, and Bass Guitar in F Aeolian [Philip Daniel; 2017]](https://cdn.publish0x.com/prod/fs/cachedimages/1830583310-8559d42cf4efa9b5d793b6e791ef5b58ae3a18bc1b0be08f57a5b72c68c5cb69.png)
1 Nov 2020 1 minute read 0 comments PhilipDaniel
A four-voice fughetta in the B Blues Phrygian mode. This mode arises when combining the Phrygian mode (third mode of major / Ionian; alternatively, natural minor / Aeolian with a flattened supertonic) with the Blues scale (a hexatonic [six-note]...
![Fughetta for Violin, Viola, Violoncello, and Bass Guitar in B Blues Phrygian [Philip Daniel; 2017]](https://cdn.publish0x.com/prod/fs/cachedimages/1830583310-6ee7e6ae1580f961563de84ae9b2613e7d73bf7902a780d10fa89847155bb9fe.png)
1 Nov 2020 1 minute read 0 comments PhilipDaniel
A four-voice fughetta in the E Mixolydian ♭6 mode. This mode is also known as the Mixolydian ♭13 mode or Aeolian Major mode, and consists of the following intervals in its ascending form: tone, tone, semitone, tone, semitone, tone, tone. A somew...
![Fughetta for Violin, Viola, Violoncello, and Bass Guitar in E Mixolydian ♭6 [Philip Daniel; 2017]](https://cdn.publish0x.com/prod/fs/cachedimages/1830583310-a2dd24b9458af2ea24eec281a4ee5a0136e64899e47726e53e666ce393392033.png)
31 Oct 2020 1 minute read 0 comments PhilipDaniel
A four-voice fughetta in the G "Genus Chromaticum" mode. This mode, the third mode of Messiaen's 3ʳᵈ Mode of Limited Transposition, is also known as the Messiaen 3ʳᵈ Mode Inverse or the Tcherepnin Scale, and consists of the following intervals i...
![Fughetta for Violin, Viola, Violoncello, and Bass Guitar in G "Genus Chromaticum" [Philip Daniel; 2017]](https://cdn.publish0x.com/prod/fs/cachedimages/1830583310-836f6e786d479a3d95d91dce4d3dc3aeabb2603d50c471ebf804bf5a5693cdc4.png)
31 Oct 2020 4 minute read 0 comments PhilipDaniel
Although Arnold Schoenberg initiated the composition of his String Trio, Opus 45, as early as June 1946, unforeseen catastrophic circumstances would delay his progress and, ultimately, decisively influence the Trio's formal and expressive qualities....
![The Rending of the Heart: Schoenberg's String Trio [PART I]](https://cdn.publish0x.com/prod/fs/cachedimages/1830583310-27b8e2d94b8b7ea1e602e1b33183355d51868dce3dcf6de7180283b4277d75f1.png)
30 Oct 2020 1 minute read 0 comments PhilipDaniel
A four-voice fughetta in the F♯ Ionian Augmented ♯2 mode for an atypical chamber ensemble (string trio [violin, viola, violoncello] plus bass guitar). This mode, the sixth mode of the Double Harmonic Major scale, consists of the following interv...
![Fughetta for Violin, Viola, Violoncello, and Bass Guitar in F♯ Ionian [Philip Daniel; 2017]](https://cdn.publish0x.com/prod/fs/cachedimages/1830583310-19b0bbf1b382088ca1becb8bad0bdd270cfe206cf013e6731d417838dc462666.png)
30 Oct 2020 1 minute read 0 comments PhilipDaniel
A setting of the sacred song "Es glänzet der Christen inwendiges Leben" from "Schemelli's Gesang-Buch", for SATB choir with clarinet and pipe organ instrumenti obbligati. You may find the original hymn melody used in my own setting within th...
![Chorale Harmonization on "Es glänzet der Christen inwendiges Leben" [Philip Daniel; 2019]](https://cdn.publish0x.com/prod/fs/cachedimages/1830583310-b831dda9ebe08cb7eda3274510d742fbe6a7263d2a3b88f3a3c097572c8d4ed7.jpeg)
29 Oct 2020 1 minute read 0 comments PhilipDaniel
NAÏADIC INTIMATION Wavers, flickers, shutter-likeThe distant light, through fog aflight ... Oft sit you, there;A piercing stareDoes splice all heavens and all hells and purgatories, too,In state transfixed, in common bliss, because your iris blueAn...
![NAÏADIC INTIMATION [Philip Daniel; 2020]](https://cdn.publish0x.com/prod/fs/cachedimages/1830583310-da18834d2680c62e2b2d2349a26e746d80eedfe75e8139181151ff4441263521.jpeg)
29 Oct 2020 1 minute read 0 comments PhilipDaniel
The philosopher/political scientist/author/blogger/podcaster Justin Murphy commissioned me to compose intro music for his podcast "The Other Life". Within a short period, I composed a sweet tune that nonetheless possesses a certain roiling chr...
!["Das melodische Rezitativ" (Intro Music for #JustinMurphy's podcast #TheOtherLife) [Philip Daniel; 2020]](https://cdn.publish0x.com/prod/fs/cachedimages/1830583310-3d23e564a66fb868c28ab4a43d61a4eaefd3198c74be11fd019f81dab9739a7a.jpeg)
29 Oct 2020 1 minute read 0 comments PhilipDaniel
A fugue composed right at the onset of (or perhaps just prior to) my compositional maturity, in October 2015, containing within it the seeds of my later style as it proceeded to develop over the ensuing years. (Though the term "fuga in consequen...
!["Fuga in Consequenza" for Pipe Organ [Philip Daniel; 2015]](https://cdn.publish0x.com/prod/fs/cachedimages/1830583310-2d3e93a878f1cf676aa4fd012ff967a0962afec09e9e019193e9d83db24ff4b5.png)
