Music Resource Item Type Metadata
Composer
Thimmig, Les (b. 1943).
Gender
Male
Work
Three Fagotelles. New York: G. Schirmer.
Duration
7 minutes
Description
This piece was composed in 1967 for William Douglas, and premiered by him at Yale University in November of that year. The music is atonal and based on trichord cells, although the most notable features are the rhythmic complexity and sudden dynamic contrasts. Each of the three movements is modeled on other composers, but conceptually rather than musically. The first emulates early Webern, the second, early Schoenberg, and the last echoes middle Stravinsky. The music is challenging and complex, and covers the full range up to Eb5. A single m6 tremolo is the only extended technique called for in this piece.
Date Range of Work
1967