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Skin : for flute, bass clarinet and piano, 1995 / Geert van Keulen

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Woodwind ensemble and keyboard instrument
Scoring: fl(pic) cl-b pf

Streetchicks : for ensemble, 1989/1991, revision 2008 / Chiel Meijering

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Large ensemble (12 or more players)
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Woeha : voor 13 instrumentalisten, 1984 / Guus Janssen

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring: 1000 3sax 1330 pf cb

The organ of Tömösvary : for ensemble, 1997 / Bart de Kemp

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Subgenre: Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring: 1011 1110 perc pf 2vl vla vc cb

composition

Wals : voor 12 instrumentalisten, 1979/80 / Geert van Keulen

Author(s):
Keulen, Geert van (Composer)
Description:
Program note (English): Wals is not a waltz, but the work is based upon the same rhythmic tension between double and triple time which is characteristic of the Viennese waltz. Although Wals is almost entirely 2/4, the rudiments of a waltz can be perceived here and there and with increasing distinctness towards the end. The culmination of this process is that the last two bars are written in 3/4 after all: "Tempo di Valse". Thus the development is the reverse of that of "La Valse" by Ravel, where the waltz breaks off in the last two bars. The second principal element is a three-part canon with the parts played in hocket style. In overall terms this hocket technique becomes increasingly complex as the work progresses, until shortly before the end total fragmentation is achieved. - GEERT VAN KEULEN