Humoresque and Fugue in B minor - (2012) ![](images/01_Little_Green_Dot.gif)
for piano
The interval of the twelfth modifies the simple opening gambit into an interesting Klang. This little gesture is extended with a motet-like set of voices in parallel movement, and then the larger arch is extended, the two phrases linked together into one, as at measure twelve. An episode of a four-part chorale texture provides gentle contrast.
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The fugue subject is related to the opening gambit of the humoresque, now in a Gestalt of triads in first inversion, altered to many more minor chords than suggested by the key signature. The answer at measure forty-five adds a single voice as counterpoint, and thereafter until the last statements in which the fugue subject is played out with its twelfth above in a complex polytonal color, ending in the whisper of the minor tonic.
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2 pages, circa 4' 00" - an MP3 demo is here: ![](images/01_demo.gif)
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 piano score.
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Humoresque and Fugue in B minor
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