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Mark Vigil
2. Schlagzeug (Passacaglia Ma Un Poco Fantasia)
UES103820-502-02
Type: Solostimme(n)
Format: 210 x 297 mm
Pages: 4
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The passacaglia form is pretty much indistinguishable from the chaconne form. Both originate in the Baroque era.(circa 1600-1750) Both forms were originally dances and they came to denote music (usually variations in short diverse sections) erected over or upon a ground bass or an ostinato bass. An ostinato is a constantly repeating musical motif. A Passacaglia or Chaconne is therefor a piece characterized by a musical motif being constantly repeated in the bass part while embedded above it a set of ever evolving refashioned variations.
Ideally, the variation form begins with slow note values and progresses gradually to much faster note values. These types of compositions originated in the cantus firmus practices of choral music during the 17th century. However, this composition “Passacaglia Ma Un Poco Fantasia” is a thoroughly 21st century rendering of this Baroque form or model.
Variation form tends to bring out the best in my compositional process. It inspires my creative flair. It sparks my interest in building collections of instrumental timbres and then combining them and mixing them into new timbral colors. It is a passion of mine. This piece, when I wrote it, was a passion of mine.
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Type: Solostimme(n)
Format: 210 x 297 mm
Pages: 4