Antonio Martinez

Alternative title

Sielujen Jäljet

Composer

Antonio Martinez

Publisher

Antonio Martinez

Genre

Classical / Incidental music

Instrumentation

Piano

Scored for

Solo

Type of score

For a single performer

Key

A sharp minor

Difficulty

Difficult

Year of composition

2006

Description
This is part of the first collection of pieces that would become known to be the "Anarchist Rhapsodies," a collection of 12 pieces that share a common melody and are very similar to each other. What makes this collection different is that each of the 12 pieces are written in a different key signature.
At the time I wrote this piece in 2006, I always believed that key signatures can set the mood for any piece. For e minor, I have always believed that a# minor, or its enharmonic b-flat minor, has often been a scale related to the individual at a crossroads. More to come in the coming months.
More importantly, I wanted to write a collection of melodies for which two main themes were the basis for this collection of pieces: one of the main themes from the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy and Philip Glass's "Einstein on the Beach." There is a subtle influence of Johann Sebastian Bach's "Toccata and Fugue in D minor" early on, as well as two relatively little-known Russian composers in Genrikh Pachulski and Anatoly Lyadov. Listening to its repeating pattern, I wanted to emulate this feat, while also having influences from other musicians who are more notable for their methods of piano studying, especially Czerny and Schaum.
This piece is dedicated to the American citizen. The basis for this piece was Deuteronomy. More to come in the coming months.

Upload date

05.02.2019