related works
Tucholsky – Lieder : 9 songs for soprano and piano / Kees Arntzen; on poems by Kurt Tucholsky
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring:
sopr pf
Cinq études légères : for organ, 1995 / Joep Straesser
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Organ
Scoring:
org
Tre movimenti a uno : for organ / Frans Mulder
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Organ
Scoring:
org
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Organ
Scoring:
org
composition
Fammi Mi-Fa : for organ / Kees Arntzen
Other authors:
Arntzen, Kees
(Composer)
Description:
Fammi Mi-Fa is loosely based on the canon ‘Mi-Fa est tota Musica’ from the ‘Leuke Spreuken’ (Merry Maxims) collection. The piece has been added as an organ canon in a three-voiced version. The starting point of the composition is the half tone, or rather the juxtaposition of the half and the whole tone which has been so fundamental to our tonal system. The whole tone row, the chromatic scale (also manifested as a twelve tone row) and the two hexachords with b and b-flat respectively (b molle and b durum) form the composition’s building blocks. The piece unfolds freely into a number of variations of mostly sixteen bars, to be fittingly registrated by the performer. A few suggestions are included as a guideline.
Kees Arntzen