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SKU: A0.869149
Composed by Thomas Oboe Lee. 20th Century,Baroque,Classical,Contemporary,Romantic Period. Score. 15 pages. Thomas Oboe Lee #30951. Published by Thomas Oboe Lee (A0.869149).Program note:
Carson P. Cooman, a sophomore at Harvard College, is a composer who plays the organ. I was very surprised when he e-mailed me asking what my commission fee is for a solo organ work. I gave him a price and he said, "Fine. Write me a five-minute piece." I later looked at his web site at www. carsoncooman.com and noticed that he has commissioned solo organ works from twenty-plus composers. He is also a very prolific composer in his own right, producing some twenty works in 2001 alone.
This is the second work for solo organ in my portfolio. The first, "Toccata, Adagio & Fugue," written for organist James David Christie, was finished only a couple of weeks ago. I felt very energized by that work, so I jumped right into the next, my "Fantasia." J.S. Bach's "Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C Major, BWV 564" had a direct influence on my "TAF."
Likewise, Bach's "Fantasia in G Major, BWV 572" was the inspiration for my own "Fantasia." Both Bach and I begin with a series of rapid sextuplet arpeggiations, followed by a chorale-like section. In Bach's case, the rapid figurations return for a conclusive ending resulting in a simple A-B-A form. In my case, the "chorale" returns a second time before a final recapitulation of the arpeggiations, and ends in a decisive F major; a symmetrical A-B-A-B-A structure.
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