Donemus Webshop — Prismatic blues

Other authors:
Beethoven, Ludwig van (On a theme by)
Johnson, James P. (On a theme by)
Spann, Otis (On a theme by)
Oorebeek, Christina Viola (Composer)
Contains:
Primary blues
Indigo
The Prussian boogie
Description:
Program note (English): 'Prismatic blues' consists of three parts. - 1. 'In Primary blue' a four note motive with the ambitus of a perfect fourth, forms the basis of the melodic development in the piece. This short motive is being continually modulated (loosely following the 'circle of fifths') and uses rhythms taken from a number of typical boogie woogie patterns.The form follows the classic 12-bar blues in a very free manner. - 2. 'Indigo' is based on a polytonal blues pattern used as a musical 'object', in the sense of material with little variation. Between each repetition of the pattern, however, a process is set into working by changing one or more notes of the 'musical object', resulting in a harmonic transformation of the material into something new. - 3. In 'The Prussian boogie', I wanted to study how broken triad patterns in the European classical tradition might have influenced the early blues. I placed several motoric patterns from the second movement of Sonate op. 54 by Beethoven against
a bass line used by blues pianist Otis Spann in 'Run, run, run, baby, but you can't hide'. This results in polyrythmic effects, because the phrases have different lengths and accents. I also juxtaposed transitional sequences from op. 54 against a 3-2-3 bass pattern from (early) jazz pianist James P. Johnson. - CHRISTINA VIOLA OOREBEEK

Sheet Music
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Score	Download to Newzik (B4), 20 pages	EUR 15.60
	Download as PDF (B4), 20 pages	EUR 18.72
	Hardcopy, normal size (B4), 20 pages	EUR 31.20
	Hardcopy, study size (A4), 20 pages	EUR 25.60