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Comeau, Donald Trump is a Wanker (Fugue)

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Published on Oct 25, 2018

"We have the best fugues, believe me. Bach is one of those people, that we've been hearing about, that is doing a fantastic job. On many sides, many sides. The notes that are coming out of these many beautiful, beautiful pieces of music are beyond what you would believe. Just, top to bottom, the best notes." --- W.T.F. Bach

FAQ

Q: Where can I learn more about the person who wrote this?
A: Ben Comeau is a composer, pianist and organist, active in the UK and Germany. He has a diverse array of creative projects across classical music and jazz, often involving political themes. Deeply immersed in the tradition of western classical music, he taught harmony and counterpoint at Cambridge University for several years, but is also a zealous experimenter, drawing on styles as diverse as Klezmer, Tango and free jazz in much of his work. Still a student, he is passionate about immersing in different traditions in order to better understand and even alter the cultural relevance of classical music in the 21st century. You can learn more about him (and follow him) here:
https://bencomeau.co.uk/
https://www.facebook.com/Ben-Comeau-1...
https://twitter.com/ben_music
Also, this video (and another, showing the conventional notation) was originally posted on Comeau's YouTube channel ...
https://www.youtube.com/user/PianoBen...

Q: Where can I get the sheet music for this piece?
A: You can purchase a score here (50% of the proceed will go to organisations and charities providing meaningful opposition to the Trump administration's policies):
https://bencomeau.co.uk/

Q: How did this piece happen to be written?
A: Comeau writes: "[T]he idea was spawned on an anti-Trump protest march a couple of years ago (I think this one, London version, but might have been earlier: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Wo...) - thousands of people were chanting 'Donald Trump is a Wanker' to the Seven Nation Army theme, and my friend, knowing my propensity for fugues and musical humour, suggested I write a fugue on the theme to those words, as a satirical high-brow-meets-low-brow political statement. I then wrote the fugue itself in the summer of 2017, but didn't get around to recording it until August this year.

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