related works
A Short Stay : for piano / Thijs Dercksen
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Piano
Scoring:
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Arenabah : for piano / Erik Lotichius
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Piano
Scoring:
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Men go their ways : for piano, (1964) / Ton de Leeuw
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Piano
Scoring:
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Veronica wals : piano solo, 1983 / Cor de Groot
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Piano
Scoring:
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composition
A Short Stay : for piano / Thijs Dercksen
Author(s):
Dercksen, Thijs
(Composer)
Contains:
Cramond Island
An Abundant Recompense
Tell It Like This
To Bonn
A Personal Matter
The Marsh Fire
Antonym
Palfreno
Octagon
Halgows
Nightfall
Swift
Stay Near
Haze
On Hold
A Short Stay
Description:
In 1994 I wrote a work for piano that was based on one of the forty rudiments of the Percussive Arts Society. Rudiments in music are small percussion patterns that can be put together to form rhythmic phrases. The name of the rudiment I used was 'Paradiddle'. Throughout the years many Piano Paradiddles followed. The style has developed and broadened.
This book is a first selection from a very large number of pieces. It contains four suites of four parts each. They are not, as you will understand, all composed in the same period.
Except for a single indication, I have refrained from writing pedal signs. The title of the book refers to the rapidly changing characters and atmospheres of the various pieces of this album.
Thijs Dercksen