Gauguin joue sans pantalon  - (2018)    

for harmonium

 

 

Indeed Paul Gauguin posed for a photograph taken by artist Alphonse Mucha in his studio, circa 1895. While little is known of the moment, it seems quite human to apply that paint brush of whimsy to the moving canvas of life, for which a photograph captures but a instance. The whimsy suggested a wrong note piece, in which at first the right hand plays white notes and the left the black notes. After a center section, the white and black reverse for a moment, and the whole ends with a simple, popular-styled cadence.

 

 

  

2 pages, circa 2' 15" - an MP3 demo is here: 

 

The score is available as a free PDF download, though any major commercial performance or recording of the work is prohibited without prior arrangement with the composer. Click on the graphic below for this score.

 

Gauguin joue sans pantalon