A LITTLE RENAISSANCE MUSIC, 1996

Duration, 8 minutes

Violin, oboe, clarinet, cello, double bass
(Other treble and bass instruments may be substituted)

MOVEMENTS:

Rondeau Squared

Five Part Canon

Rondeau Squared follows the rondeau form of the 13th century French Trouvères which, simply put, exploited the alternation between chorus and soloist and had two thematic ideas. My contemporary version is elaborated so that each section of the large rondeau form is, in itself, a small rondeau form.

Five Part Canon is a five-voice strict canon, with two voices (the clarinet and cello) in augmentation, which evolves through tonal and non-tonal harmonies. It culminates in a stretto before the final coda.

Performances

Daedalus, New Music group of the U of Akron, Guzzetta Recital Hall,Akron, OH, 4/10/98

Bennington Chamber Music Conference and Composers' forum, Bennington College, Bennington, VT, 8/17/96