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Fantasy, Scherzo and Nocturne for Saxophone Quartet (SATB).(Book review)
Fantasy, Scherzo and Nocturne for Saxophone Quartet (SATB), by Daniel Dorff. Theodore Presser Company, 2007. www.presser.com; score: 12 pp., parts: 4pp. each.
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Fantasy, Scherzo and Nocturne is a three-movement piece approximately 10 minutes in duration. It is modern sounding but not to the degree that you cannot understand it while listening, as it is melodic most of the time. Upon hearing the first movement, "Fantasy," the listener will immediately notice the metric freedom of the opening melodic statement. This emotive improvisatory technique continues in subsequent melodies in the first and third movement and is briefly punctuated by areas with a strong rhythm pulse. Harmonically it is supported by quintal harmonies (stacked fifths), which create open and dissonant sonorities.
The "Scherzo" contrasts the outside movements because of its overall "playful" character and strong rhythmic pulse outlining an arpeggiated quintal harmony. Like the first movement, it uses a triple subdivision of the beat and often creates tension by pitting duple against the prevailing triple metric ...
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