Humoresque and Fugue in E flat minor - (2102) ![](images/01_Little_Green_Dot.gif)
for piano
for Dan Danielli
The leading tone in the minor informs most of the piece, melodically more than in terms of functional harmony. After a short introduction, the theme of the humoresque sings out over accompanying arpeggios. The left hand answers with the half steps of B-A-C-H, but not in their more normal tonic or dominant positioning. An episode of polytonal colors breaks the texture before a return to the first theme.
![](images_5/H&F_E_flat_minor_1.gif)
The fugue subject embraces both duple and triple possibilities of the meter, employing the leading tone to both tonic and dominant in its first gesture. A second phrase repeats an octave higher, before the answering voice introduced the subject in the dominant. A treatment in stretto ends the fugue.
![](images_5/H&F_E_flat_minor_2.gif)
3 pages, circa 2' 50" - 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.
![](images/score.gif)
Humoresque and Fugue in E flat minor
![](images/01_home_page_2005.gif)