Three Winds

Last weekend, while at a local coffeehouse, I transcribed ambient sounds other than the background music. Two fragments became the two opening motives of this (larger) fragment for wind trio. The harmonies are tonal and progressions primarily Classical, while the rhythm at first alternates between two and three, then layers three over two.

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Two-Part Invention in B-Flat, Part Two

Last night, I finished the walk, returning through G major, G minor, and that domineering F major to home at B flat.

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Two-Part Invention in B-Flat, Part One

Tonight, I took a brisk walk from B-flat through F to d minor and then to the neighboring D major.

End of a Duet

This is the remainder of the violin and piano duet started last Tuesday. It has a simple three-part structure that starts in G major, modulates to the dominant, then modulates back.

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A Completed Movement

Most of the work on the Moderato movement of a string quartet in D minor was finished back in January, but I left it to age in the mind for a while. Today, I posted the score at Finale Showcase, though it probably won't be visible until Monday or Tuesday. An MP3, performed by the resident computer quartet, can be found here.

Ali Bom Bali

During dinner, I read Alex Ross’ account of Sibelius in “The Rest is Noise”. That, combined with a recently heard phrase “Ali Bom Bali”, of obscure origin but not, I am reliably told, associated with the east Indies or neighboring lands. It may, though this is pure speculation, have something to do with the Swedes, but I am at best a rank amateur philologist.

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