Obstinate Duet
Obstinate Duet
Flute and Clarinet
Composer's Note:
Obstinate Duet (2012, rev. 2020) is built from a melodious 12-tone row. It owes its style to many early 20th-century 12-tone pieces, which I find have a certain verve, playfulness and sense of discovery. In order to achieve a result in keeping with that period, I closely followed standard serialist procedures and employed none of the later, more advanced row operations.
I was reading Gustave Flaubert's unfinished final novel Bouvard and Pecuchet at the time of composition. I'm sure the music was unconsciously influenced by it. The music seems to ponder itself, arguing and agreeing at turns, dabbling in activities meaningful or reckless while being"”I hope"”quite entertaining, perhaps much in the way we are lead to view Messrs. Bouvard and Pecuchet in the course of their incessant endeavors. Hence the double meaning of the title of this music: it's a duet on an ostinato figure while also being a character piece on the theme of Flaubert's hilariously obstinate heroes.
Authored (or revised): 2012
Duration (minutes): 6.0
First performance: New Paltz, NY, April 27th, 2014 by Marcia Gates and Larry Tietze
Book format: score and parts
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Composer's Note:
Obstinate Duet (2012, rev. 2020) is built from a melodious 12-tone row. It owes its style to many early 20th-century 12-tone pieces, which I find have a certain verve, playfulness and sense of discovery. In order to achieve a result in keeping with that period, I closely followed standard serialist procedures and employed none of the later, more advanced row operations.
I was reading Gustave Flaubert's unfinished final novel Bouvard and Pecuchet at the time of composition. I'm sure the music was unconsciously influenced by it. The music seems to ponder itself, arguing and agreeing at turns, dabbling in activities meaningful or reckless while being"”I hope"”quite entertaining, perhaps much in the way we are lead to view Messrs. Bouvard and Pecuchet in the course of their incessant endeavors. Hence the double meaning of the title of this music: it's a duet on an ostinato figure while also being a character piece on the theme of Flaubert's hilariously obstinate heroes.
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