Ah! Where was my brain? Of course, Peace Piece is a good example and
it's wonderful music. One could argue that the LH ostinato is only two
chords (and one tonality) throughout, but that the RH explores
increasingly distant tonalities as the piece progresses and then moves
back "home" as it ends. Shame on me for forgetting what I consider a
masterpiece of the genre.
Chuck
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On Oct 6, 2009, at 7:55 PM, Bruce Petherick <[email protected]> wrote:
Matthew Hindson (gmail) wrote:
Can anyone recommend some works or significant parts of works that
are based on one or two chords only?
So far I have:
Monteverdi: Prelude to L'Orfeo (D major)
Wagner: Prelude to Das Rheingold (Eb major)
Ross Edwards: Maninya V (two chords)
Stockhausen: Stimmung (1 chord)
I'm sure there are many others I'm missing: any suggestions?
I teach this thing quite a bit. The two examples that are always
cool are "Peace Piece", Bill Evans long, aborted intro to
Bernstein's "Some other time" (Surprised that Chuck didn't mention
this one) and the Chopin Berceuse Op 57.
You could also argue that most 11C - 16C pieces are one "chord" but
that may be pushing the boundary. There is also examples of the New
Complexity composers only using one chord or tonality, but their
definition may be rather extended as to what a chord or tonality is.
B
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