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Three
Studies
for piano (1973)
American Composers Alliance, 3 minutes
"It is a pleasure to meet
these three arresting pieces." (The Piano Quarterly)
" Mirrors is a study in melodic inversions; Daydream has a languid,
imaginative
use of fifths... All three short pieces are contemporary in sound." (Clavier)
The Three
Studies were written for the composer's most talented piano
students in the early 1970's, and received a professional premiere
at Boston University by pianist Andy Kraus in 1975,
the year they
were
published.
Teachers have sometimes used
these imaginative pieces in piano classes with different students
playing the three different
movements.
The first piece is entitled "Mirrors" and is a short and rather playful
study of inversions. "Daydream" is a miniature consisting of only
a few measures and containing only fifths. The closing "Fugue" is
the fastest, longest, and most demanding of the three pieces, but
all three are intended for intermediate level piano students.
See score
sample below. To
order the score: elizvercoe@yahoo.com
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