Partita for Oboe and Piano- (2022) ![](images/01_Little_Green_Dot.gif)
for organ
for Patricia Emerson Mitchell
Clusters and some light tonality underpin a jaunty oboe as an exposition of gestures begins, and then the oboe and piano share these materials.
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The allegro yields to a lyric adagio, an adaptation of a romanesca harmonic structure, sweetly cluttered by some logical dissonances.
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As polytonal colors fade, a simple diatonic scale appears as subject for a fughetta. Taken up as answer by the piano first in the tonic and then farther afield.
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A long lined, elegiac melody at the largo replaces the presto tempo for a time, as the fast-slow alternation continues for additional variety..
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Them what follows is a variant of a setting of three short poems by Mitchell, which are not herein published, now adapted to the solo oboe with accompaniment. The first begins in 6/8.
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The second of these three is a three quarter time in the parallel harmonic minor.
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The third is a return to the livelier 6/8, yielding to a simple waltz in 3.4 time.
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The finale mixes elements from the opening with the little fughetta subject for an energetic conclusion.
12 pages, circa 9' 00", 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 organ score.
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Partita for Oboe and Piano
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Oboe Part
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