This piece was written in response to the "satiE
obsessionS" 2022 Composers Call – more specifically
to “Restarting Pitch Space Variations on Themes by
Ennio A. Paola (Comets and Shadows)”.
It complies with the two constraints of the call for
scores:
• It is based on the rhythmic cue of
“ShimmyJazz‘n’wall|paperTango” from the
original album “Comets and Shadows” by Ennio A.
Paola.
• It uses Carson Cooman’s Restarting Pitch Space
(RPS) modal harmony syste...(+)
This piece was written in response to the "satiE
obsessionS" 2022 Composers Call – more specifically
to “Restarting Pitch Space Variations on Themes by
Ennio A. Paola (Comets and Shadows)”.
It complies with the two constraints of the call for
scores:
• It is based on the rhythmic cue of
“ShimmyJazz‘n’wall|paperTango” from the
original album “Comets and Shadows” by Ennio A.
Paola.
• It uses Carson Cooman’s Restarting Pitch Space
(RPS) modal harmony system.
An RPS is defined by an initial mode and a fragment
length: the piece uses the third of Olivier
Messiaen’s Modes of Limited Transposition with a
fragment length of 9. This yields the complete set of
pitches to be used in the piece.
The work is a tribute to three great composers: Erik
Satie who inspired the original piece, Olivier Messiaen
whose work “Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant-Jésus”
inspired the harmony, and George Gershwin, because
there is a kind of “Blue” section in the middle of
the piece. Hence the title “Regard… in Blue”.
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