Sunday, May 25, 2008

Episode 19: The Craft of Composition ("Fantasy On An Old English Air")

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Many folks imagine that composers are suddenly struck with a lightning bolt of creativity as they sit at their pianos, enabling them to pour out divinely dispensed notes onto the page. In reality, inspiration plays a much smaller role than you'd think. It's the 'craft of composition' - the nuts and bolts work that transforms a small idea into a cohesive and musically satisfying whole - that takes up the majority of a composer's time and energy. In this episode, I'll share some of the craftsmen-like decisions at work in a piece of mine, Fantasy On An Old English Air, in an effort to demystify the process of composing music.

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