Music Resource Item Type Metadata
Composer
Goodman, Alfred (b. 1920).
Gender
Male
Work
Zwei Studien. Frankfurt: Litolff/Peters.
I Rubato commode
II Ritmico
I Rubato commode
II Ritmico
Duration
4 minutes
Description
The music is pitch-centric although the motives feature large intervals that tend to obscure tonality, such as the tritone and M7. Hence the music tends to be rather angular, in spite of some small interval glissandi and pitch bending. This aspect is enhanced by a wide variety of rhythmic patterns found throughout, and a wide range (to Eb5). The piece is challenging.