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25 Oct 2020 1 minute read 0 comments PhilipDaniel
Third in a series of "chromatic" canons for varied instrumentation, here scored for violin and viola duet. Note the presence of what the estimable Bernard S. Greenberg calls "the 'call-response' earmarks of 'canons at the subdominant.'" Belo...
!["Canone cromatico terzo" [Philip Daniel; 2018]](https://cdn.publish0x.com/prod/fs/cachedimages/1830583310-ff04d20e52a917c020825fc1290e3ee93bca10a0a6463d55f5f3a567e6586888.png)
24 Oct 2020 1 minute read 0 comments PhilipDaniel
The second of my "Bottled Leaves" for Pianoforte, composed in 2016. A quaint piece, perhaps; certainly one preceding my musical maturity, though laying the groundwork for it. The full engraved score, for your perusal: Th...
![Two Bottled Leaves for Pianoforte: II. Passacaille [Philip Daniel; 2016]](https://cdn.publish0x.com/prod/fs/cachedimages/1830583310-312a42ce4877ac1c0c14ba0cc6c205f5565174dcfc5268fff1123b3ba82f2f61.png)
24 Oct 2020 1 minute read 0 comments PhilipDaniel
The first of my "Bottled Leaves" for Pianoforte, composed in 2016. Though arguably somewhat naïve, this work's harmonic language, voice-leading / contrapuntal procedures, motivic economy, and approach to developmental variation presage my later wo...
![Two Bottled Leaves for Pianoforte: I. Mottetto elegiaco [Philip Daniel; 2016]](https://cdn.publish0x.com/prod/fs/cachedimages/1830583310-477bb29408004ee98ee13b62cb266d306a4a066f5a199c51aa18efd020ca83bc.png)
23 Oct 2020 1 minute read 0 comments PhilipDaniel
A mystical chorale harmonization of the sacred song "O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort", scored for SATB choir and tenor trombone obbligato. The engraved "conductor's score", posted for perusal: At the following hyperlink, you may find the...
![Chorale Harmonization on "O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort" [Philip Daniel; 2020]](https://cdn.publish0x.com/prod/fs/cachedimages/1830583310-6e55f2b16a599ccba63b5062361ff7e321bc111b9eff99f5b537990f6fa58a14.png)
22 Oct 2020 1 minute read 0 comments PhilipDaniel
The third of five movements of a "Sinfonia concertante" in an expressionist / late romantic idiom for string orchestra. A scherzo in a modified rounded binary form, contrasting an ecstatic (Scriabinesque?) outer section thematic complex with an es...
![Sinfonia concertante for String Orchestra: III. Scherzo e canzone (Scrolling Score) [Philip Daniel; 2017]](https://cdn.publish0x.com/prod/fs/cachedimages/1830583310-c536ac944ade42b6c3b85f0b8fa1b8cf462e54fff074870f1d3946761db15fe1.png)
22 Oct 2020 1 minute read 0 comments PhilipDaniel
The second of five movements of a "Sinfonia concertante" in an expressionist / late romantic idiom for string orchestra. A somber, tenebrous fantasy on the Lutheran chorale "Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir" ("From deep affliction I cry out to you...
![Sinfonia concertante for String Orchestra: II. Choralfantasie (Scrolling Score) [Philip Daniel; 2017]](https://cdn.publish0x.com/prod/fs/cachedimages/1830583310-d3bfb33d3edafc38554453bc95878a3b0ea9349c46fa536a2dfe68be1eb3f4ee.png)
22 Oct 2020 1 minute read 0 comments PhilipDaniel
The opening of a five-movement "Sinfonia concertante" in an expressionist / late romantic idiom for string orchestra. This "Capriccio tenebroso" functions as a modified sonata-allegro form in itself, as well as an exposition of sorts for the work...
![Sinfonia concertante for String Orchestra: I. Capriccio tenebroso (Scrolling Score) [Philip Daniel; 2017]](https://cdn.publish0x.com/prod/fs/cachedimages/1830583310-1b4218801aec78f08aab985ae85dafc22fb3e2de46dfd6e2aa2fadf6be82cd5e.png)
21 Oct 2020 1 minute read 0 comments PhilipDaniel
An intricate, yet compressed, Aequale for two soprano bugles, two alto bugles, and B♭ Sousaphone that veers between joy, bombast, melancholy, angst, and even sarcasm. The finale, in some sense an epilogue, of the first volume of Aequale. You may...
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21 Oct 2020 1 minute read 0 comments PhilipDaniel
A fugue with canonic elements? A canon with fugal elements? In any case, my Aequale "Vermischte Fuge" (scored for flugelhorn, F alto horn, E♭ alto horn, and baritone horn) is a highly theatrical work of imitative counterpoint, its subject characte...
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21 Oct 2020 1 minute read 0 comments PhilipDaniel
A sonorous and rhapsodic Aequale for alto flute, horn in E♭, and cimbasso (or bass trombone), dedicated to my friend the composer Evan Bennet. Below, you will find the engraved "conductor's score": The painting in the video is Jul...
![Aequale "Arioso per tre" [Philip Daniel; 2020]](https://cdn.publish0x.com/prod/fs/cachedimages/1830583310-f329063f9b23204ae845f6d2dc26432aa00ebd77fcb6683fe953d1b284a5e137.png)
