Prima Materia
Prima Materia
Solo Piano
This brief etude is not overtly virtuosic, but its challenges are threefold: (1) rhythmic complexity, compounded by (2) a widely-distributed contrapuntal texture requiring subtle utilization and gradations of the damper pedal, as well as (3) rigorous adherence to its gradations of dynamics.
Authored (or revised): 2001
Duration (minutes): 4
First performance: October 25, 2015 - Gayle Blankenburg (piano); Harvey Mudd College (Claremont, California)
Book format: Score
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