But I Want the Harmonica
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SKU: PE.PREPE062
Composed by Stuart Greenbaum. This edition: softcover. Piano (Solo). Performing score. Composed 2002. 12 pages. Duration 00:07:45. Edition Peters #PREPE062. Published by Edition Peters (PE.PREPE062).ISBN 9790674520737.
Suitable for pianists of medium ability, But I Want the Harmonica (1996) is one of Greenbaum’s most recorded works for piano. As a child, the composer was asked which item he would choose if stranded alone in a boat: a fishing rod, a cake, a harmonica or a book – the work’s title is taken from the composer’s response. Constructed on minimalist procedures, at its core is a falling motive of gradually expanding intervals, all extracted from the D major scale which is the piece’s harmonic centre.