related works
Voix étrangères : pour clavecin et deux pistes électroacoustiques / Roderik de Man
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Harpsichord with multimedia
Scoring:
hrpsc soundtrack
Siyâh Mashq III : for harpsichord / Idin Samimi Mofakham
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Harpsichord
Scoring:
cemb
Mythos : for harpsichord solo, 1992, revision 1994 / Willem Jeths
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Harpsichord
Scoring:
cemb
Cinq pièces de clavecin / Carlos Micháns
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