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Fughetta for Violin, Viola, Violoncello, and Bass Guitar in G "Genus Chromaticum" [Philip Daniel; 2017]

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]

The Rending of the Heart: Schoenberg's String Trio [PART I]

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]

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

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]

Chorale Harmonization on "Es glänzet der Christen inwendiges Leben" [Philip Daniel; 2019]

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]

"Das melodische Rezitativ" (Intro Music for #JustinMurphy's podcast #TheOtherLife) [Philip Daniel; 2020]

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]

"Fuga in Consequenza" for Pipe Organ [Philip Daniel; 2015]

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]

Harmonic Timbres, Timbral Harmonies in Anton von Webern's (1883–1945) "Five Pieces" (1909), Opus 5, #4 [PART I]

28 Oct 2020 7 minute read 0 comments PhilipDaniel

In the first measure of this early Webern masterwork, the first and second violin enter on the second ♩ (quarter-note, or crotchet) beat. Both violinists bow near the bridge of the instrument (what the Germans call am Steg, what the Italians call su...