related works
Tangente : for viola and accordion / Roderik de Man
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring:
vla acc
Mo-do : for amplified clavichord or harpsichord, 1974 / Ton de Leeuw
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Harpsichord; Harpsichord
Scoring:
clav/cemb(ampl.)
Toccare for soundtracks and harpsichord : 1988 / Ton Bruynèl
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Harpsichord; Electronics with different instruments; Harpsichord with multimedia
Scoring:
cemb tape
Three minutes for harpsichord : 1991, revision 1998 / Roderik de Man
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Harpsichord
Scoring:
cemb
composition
Frenzy : for harpsichord, 1985 / Roderik de Man
Other authors:
Man, Roderik de
(Composer)
Description:
Program note (English): Frenzy is a short solo piece for harpsichord, written on request of (and dedicated to) Annelie de Man. The starting points of this work are typical characteristics of jazz (Bebop) on the one hand, baroque diminution techniques on the other hand. We find this expressed in the use of short melodic fragments being rhythmically repeated and varied. The way of playing is not the over-punctuated style from the baroque, but the free and easy one of jazz. The piece has a quick, nervous time; in this connection the title Frenzy means 'a burst of nervous, musical energy' or something. It was written for two-manual harpsichord with the following disposition: lower manual (I) : 8' + 4' ; upper manual (II): 8" + lute. The manuals can be coupled, the range of both manuals is: FF - g"'. - RODERIK DE MAN