related works
Norwegian Mood : for detuned classical guitar / Kees Arntzen
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Guitar
Scoring:
gtr
Preludium en fuga no. 4 : voor orgel, 1955 / Henk Badings
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Organ
Scoring:
org
Movements : for organ, 1990 / Jan Welmers
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Organ
Scoring:
org
Machina ex Deo : for harmonium and CD / Roderik de Man
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Organ
Scoring:
harm CD
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