Scraps

True to my name, I have always been fascinated with miniatures. An earlier chamber piece of mine, Twelve Snippets, consists of individual movements no longer than ten seconds each. Loosely following this model, Scraps is a grab bag of teeny bits of blues and jazz. Note particularly no. 10, a thirty-second fugue, and no. 11, a fantasy, both of which feature echoes of earlier ideas. A five-second coda serves as the works finale. Scraps was written for the Dutch pianist Marcel Worms as part of his multi-national Blues Project, and is published by Peer International in both its original piano solo form and in a transcription by the composer for orchestra.

For more information:
http://www.marcelworms.com
http://www.haskellsmall.com

Category:

Music

Tags:

• piano
• piano solo
• contemporary classical
• jazz
• blues
• Haskell Small
• miniatures
• Marcel Worms

[haskellsmall]

Yes, I can't help it! Thanks for your comment, hs

[TheKeenanBoy]

cool :) this is a style of jazz I haven't heard. It's so dissonant.