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Tiento de Batalla, Op. 65

ByAlejandro Román

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I had long wanted to write a piano work from a "tiento de batalla" (“battle piece”) of a Spanish composer. In this work I used the initial melody of the "Tiento de Batalla 5º Tono Punto Baxo" by Juan Cabanilles (1644-1712), which I make appear in the central part of the piece, starting from bar 76. A "tiento" is a piece for keyboard with a certain of virtuoso character of the Spanish music of the sixteenth centurie that tries to exploit the possibilities of the instrument, being considered as an ancestor of the study, reason why I conceived the work as a study based on arpeggios of chords that are repeated and are gradually changing within a somewhat minimalist style and with sonorities of rock in "moto perpetuo". As a tribute to the South Korean composer, in measure 86 the arpeggio contains the six notes of the initial motif of Isang Yun's "Symphony No. 3" treated by reduction in sixteenth notes. The piece is impregnated with pentatonic sonorities, scales much used in traditional Korean music.

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Publication Date
Dec 28, 2016
Language
Spanish
Category
Art & Photography
Copyright
All Rights Reserved - Standard Copyright License
Contributors
By (author): Alejandro Román

Specifications

Pages
28
Binding
Saddle Stitch
Interior Color
Black & White
Dimensions
A4 (8.27 x 11.69 in / 210 x 297 mm)

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