Music Resource Item Type Metadata
Composer
Presser, William (1916-2004).
Gender
Male
Work
Partita. Bryn Mawr, PA: Tenuto (Theodore Presser)
I Andante
II Tempo di valse
III Alla Marcia
IV Allegro molto
I Andante
II Tempo di valse
III Alla Marcia
IV Allegro molto
Duration
5 minutes
Description
Comments: This piece was composed in Hattiesburg, MS in 1967. It is conservatively pitch-centric, and was composed to fill a pedagogical need for unaccompanied jury or recital material. A three-note cell [0,1,3] is used as a motive in each of the movements, sometimes as a prominent thematic unit and other times in an accompanying capacity. Considerable use is made of self-accompanying melody, sometimes with gentle humor. The music is moderately challenging, with a range up to C5.
Date Range of Work
1967