composer
Thijs Dercksen studied piano with Herman Uhlhorn at the Utrecht Conservatory and composition with several teachers at the Rotterdam Conservatory. He works as a composer, teacher and pianist. He wrote ...
related works
Overstag : voor piano solo, 1998 / Thijs Dercksen
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Piano
Scoring:
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Notitieboek IV / Wolfgang Wijdeveld
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Piano
Scoring:
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Fantasia in G-sharp minor : for piano / Andreas Kunstein
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Piano
Scoring:
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Capriccio : voor piano / Rosy Wertheim
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Piano
Scoring:
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composition
A Short Stay : for piano / Thijs Dercksen
Contains:
Cramond Island
Halgows
Nightfall
Swift
Stay Near
Haze
On Hold
A Short Stay
An Abundant Recompense
Tell It Like This
To Bonn
A Personal Matter
The Marsh Fire
Antonym
Palfreno
Octagon
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