tagline = ##f
}
-\tocItem \markup { "1. Vivace" }
+\tocItem \markup { "1. " \bold "Vivace," \italic "volante; non legato" }
\score {
\header {
title = \markup { \fontsize #1 \xtitle }
}
-\tocItem \markup { "2. Presto" }
+\tocItem \markup { "2. " \bold "Presto," \italic "bruscamente" }
\score {
\include "manuscripts/2i.ly"
}
-\tocItem \markup { "3. Allegro moderato" }
+\tocItem \markup { "3. " \bold "Allegro moderato," \italic "giocoso" }
\score {
\include "manuscripts/3i.ly"
}
-\tocItem \markup { "4. Largo" }
+\tocItem \markup { "4. " \bold "Largo," \italic "dolce; espressivo" }
\score {
\include "manuscripts/4i.ly"
}
-\tocItem \markup { "6. Tempo giusto" }
+\tocItem \markup { "5. " \bold "Andante," \italic "rubato" }
+\score {
+\include "manuscripts/5i.ly"
+}
+
+\tocItem \markup { "6. " \bold "Tempo giusto," \italic "spianato" }
\score {
\include "manuscripts/6i.ly"
}
-\tocItem \markup { "7. Allegro moderato" }
+\tocItem \markup { "7. " \bold "Allegro moderato," \italic "semplice; secco" }
\score {
\include "manuscripts/7i.ly"
}
-\tocItem \markup { "8. Presto" }
+\tocItem \markup { "8. " \bold "Presto" }
\score {
\include "manuscripts/8i.ly"
}
-\tocItem \markup { "9. Largo" }
+\tocItem \markup { "9. " \bold "Largo," \italic "dolce; espressivo" }
\score {
\include "manuscripts/9i.ly"
}
-\tocItem \markup { "10. Presto" }
+\tocItem \markup { "10. " \bold "Presto," \italic "staccatissimo/legato" }
\score {
\include "manuscripts/10i.ly"
}
-\tocItem \markup { "11. Tempo giusto" }
+\tocItem \markup { "11. " \bold "Tempo giusto," \italic "spianato" }
\score {
\include "manuscripts/11i.ly"
}
-\tocItem \markup { "12. Tempo giusto" }
+\tocItem \markup { "12. " \bold "Tempo giusto," \italic "spianato; piu enfatico" }
\score {
\include "manuscripts/12i.ly"
}
-\tocItem \markup { "13. Con moto" }
+\tocItem \markup { "13. " \bold "Con moto," \italic "feroce" }
\score {
\include "manuscripts/13i.ly"
}
-\tocItem \markup { "14. Quasi ad lib" }
+\tocItem \markup { "14. " \bold "Moderato" }
\score {
\include "manuscripts/14i.ly"
}
-\tocItem \markup { "15. Poco rubato" }
+\tocItem \markup { "15. " \bold "Poco rubato," \italic "semplicemente; sotto voce" }
\score {
\include "manuscripts/15i.ly"
}
\concat { \if \on-page #10 \evfoot }
\concat { \if \on-page #12 \evfoot }
\concat { \if \on-page #14 \evfoot }
+ \concat { \if \on-page #16 \evfoot }
}
tocTitleMarkup = \markup { \null }
tocItemMarkup = \markup { \center-column {
\fill-line {
- \left-column { \concat { " " \fromproperty #'toc:text } }
- \right-column { \concat { \fromproperty #'toc:page " " } }
+ \left-column { \concat { " " " " \fromproperty #'toc:text } }
+ \right-column { \concat { \fromproperty #'toc:page " " " " } }
}
}
}
\vspace #0.5
\line { \hbracket \bold "performance notes"}
\vspace #0.2
-
+ \line { In invention one \italic "(Vivace)" accidentals apply only to the note they precede. }
+ \line { In inventions two through fifteen accidentals carry through the bar. }
}
}
\right-column { \vspace #2 }
\override PianoStaff.Arpeggio.arpeggio-direction = #UP
\new Staff = "u" \with { \consists "Merge_rests_engraver" } {
\accidentalStyle piano
-\relative { \tempo 4=82 \numericTimeSignature
+\relative { \tempo Moderato 4=82 \numericTimeSignature
<<
\relative {
\voiceTwo
r8. f'''16~^\p 8 r8 ees,,4~\mp |
ees1 |
ees4. f8~\< f8. b16~ b8. c,16~ |
-c8 a'8 fis16 cis8.~\f 4
+c8 a'8 fis16 cis8.~\f 4 c'4~ |
+c16 r8. r4 r2 |
+R1 |
+\time 3/4
+f'16
}
}
\new Staff = "d" \with { \consists "Merge_rests_engraver" } { \clef treble
aes16 bes8. d8 g,8~\mf g4 r4 |
R1 \clef bass |
r16 aes,16-.\p r8 r4 e16-. r16 r8 g16-. r16 r8 |
-r4 d16-. r16 r8 ais16-. r16 r8
+r4 d16-. r16 r8 ais16-. r16 r8 r4 \clef treble |
+r16 c''8.~ c2. |
+ees1-> |
+\time 3/4
+aes,2.-> |
}
}
>>
--- /dev/null
+%fifteen inventions project
+\new PianoStaff \with {
+ instrumentName = \markup { \large "№" \number 5 }
+}
+<<
+ \set PianoStaff.connectArpeggios = ##t
+ \override PianoStaff.Arpeggio.arpeggio-direction = #UP
+ \new Staff = "u" \with { \consists "Merge_rests_engraver" }
+ {
+ \set Staff.pedalSustainStyle = #'mixed
+ \accidentalStyle piano
+ \relative {
+ \numericTimeSignature
+ \tempo Andante 4 = 66
+ \time 7/8
+ r4^\markup { \tiny \italic "rubato" } d''8([\p\< c bes a g])\! |
+ r2
+ <<
+ \relative {
+ \voiceOne
+ e'4.\mf |
+ b'2~ b4. |
+ }
+ \new Voice \relative {
+ \voiceTwo
+ r8 dis'8~\fermata dis8 |
+ r8 c8~\fermata c4~ c4.|
+ }
+ >>
+ \oneVoice
+ des'8([\> aes] ges4. f8[ ees])\p |
+ r2 r4 d8\fermata |
+ g2~ g4. |
+ f8([\< g aes bes] c4.)\! |
+ r2
+ <<
+ \relative {
+ \voiceOne
+ r8 ees''4\mf |
+ r4 fis4~ fis4. |
+ }
+ \new Voice \relative {
+ \voiceTwo
+ r8 r8 aes'8\fermata |
+ r4 r8 e8~\fermata e4. |
+ }
+ >>
+ \oneVoice
+ gis'8([\> ais b cis] dis4.)\p |
+ \ottava #1 e4.(\< c8[ d f g])\! |
+ r2 r8 r8 a8\fermata |
+ }
+ }
+ \new Staff = "d" \with { \consists "Merge_rests_engraver" }
+ {
+ \set Staff.pedalSustainStyle = #'mixed
+ \accidentalStyle piano
+ \relative {
+ \numericTimeSignature
+ \clef bass
+ \time 7/8
+ <<
+ {
+ \voiceOne
+ \once \override Staff.TextScript.outside-staff-priority = #1500
+ r8\sustainOn_\markup { \lower #10 \tiny { "[slight ritard into fermatas, which should be short]" } } f8~\fermata f4~ f4. |
+ }
+ \new Voice {
+ \voiceTwo
+ ees2~\mf ees4. |
+ }
+ >>
+ \oneVoice
+ cis8([\> b gis fis8~] 4\sustainOff ais8)\p |
+ r4 d8([\< e f g a])\! |
+ r4 r8
+ <<
+ \relative {
+ \voiceOne
+ c'4~\mf c4 |
+ s2 r8 a4^\mf |
+ r4 b8([^\> cis d e fis])^\p|
+ r2 r8 r8 des8\fermata\sustainOn
+ }
+ \new Voice \relative {
+ \voiceTwo
+ r8 bes8~\fermata\sustainOn bes4 |
+ e8([\p\< cis b gis] fis4.)\! |
+ r8 a8~\fermata\sustainOff a4~ 4. |
+ r2 r8 ees4\mf |
+ }
+ >>
+ \oneVoice
+ d,8[(\> c bes g] f4.)\p |
+ b8[(\< a8~] a4 g8[\sustainOff c d])\! |
+ r2 r8
+ <<
+ \relative {
+ \voiceOne
+ r8 fis'8\fermata \clef treble |
+ r8 a4~ a2 |
+ s2 r8 b4 \bar "|."
+ }
+ \new Voice \relative {
+ \voiceTwo
+ f4\mf \clef treble |
+ r8 r8 bes8~\fermata\sustainOn 2 |
+ cis8([\> dis e fis] gis4.)\p \bar "|."
+ }
+ >>
+ }
+ }
+>>
+%\midi { }
+\layout {
+\context {
+\Score
+\override BarNumber.font-size = #1
+\override SpacingSpanner.base-shortest-duration = #(ly:make-moment 1/10)
+}
+}
%fifteen inventions project
-xpnote = \markup { \override #'(line-width . 90) \justify {
+xpnote = \markup \column { \override #'(line-width . 90) \justify {
At the start of 2022, I composed a short piece for piano constructed from descending
-diatonic scales and the 15 partitions of the 7-pitch diatonic set. This invention
+diatonic scales and the 15 partitions of the integer 7. This invention
would inspire me to write more inventions. These \bold \italic "Fifteen Inventions"
correspond to one of the 15 partitions and, as such, have between 1 and 7 strands or
-voices.
-}}
+voices. Each invention explores ways of permuting and separating the diatonic
+collection, creating many types of musical expression within a simple framework.
+}
+\vspace #0.7
+\override #'(line-width . 90) \justify {
+I worked on these inventions for over a year and I feel a connection between
+the process of design and discovery throughout this period to the cultivation
+of a garden. I have titled the collection \bold \italic "Circumnutation," a term most
+commonly used in botany to describe the continuous elliptical motion of stems
+and tendrils as they grow.
+}
+}