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On "Die Liebe" - (2019)
for Christopher Ward
Over a pleasant dinner of roast duck and enough to drink, conversation over music aplenty, I requested a theme from our guest and it was quickly jotted down, a single melodic line. The next day, I fashioned this little rhapsody by adding an antecedent phrase and then fleshing out the repetitions and variants. What shall the melody be called, I asked, and as he left, came the reply.
2 pages, circa 3' 30" - 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 piano score.
