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Composer's Website: kristianomaronnes.com
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"Variations et Les Folies d'Espagne" / "Variations and La Folia"
Composed by: Kristian Oma Rønnes
2013-2014
An article about my piece has been written on "La Folia, a Musical Chatedral", it can be read here: http://www.folias.nl/html5r.html#RON
Les folies d'Espagne variations were first published by Jean-Baptiste Lully, but the theme has been composed variations over by an uncountable amount of composers, both before and after Lully.
My idea with the piece was that the La Folia theme should gradually appear, not be obviously played at once as the Folias often tend to do. The piece is also written in a-minor, not the normal d-minor, which I think suits it better. (despite that the midi file performs it in a-flat minor, for making it sound as the Baroque tuning of 415)
The piece starts in the wrong time signature (2/4) and without the La Folia chord progression. The correct chord progression appears first at bar 18, but still in the wrong time signature (2/4). The first theme goes threw several variations and almost unnoticeable get it self into the correct time signature of the La Folia (3/4) in bar 66. The full La Folia theme can now finally appear since the correct time signature and chord progression have been presented. Finally on variation no. 5 as a result of the previous development of the earlier variations the main theme appears in a proud fortissimo.
The piece ends with an quiet extreme contrapuntal Coda later named: "Chaos" in bar 267. Here several of the earlier variations meet and blends them selves in with some of the newer variations, where all the parts should be played as individualistic solo parts; non should be hidden away, all the parts are equally important!
Composer's Website: kristianomaronnes.com
Facebook: facebook.com/omaronnes
"Variations et Les Folies d'Espagne" / "Variations and La Folia"
Composed by: Kristian Oma Rønnes
2013-2014
An article about my piece has been written on "La Folia, a Musical Chatedral", it can be read here: http://www.folias.nl/html5r.html#RON
Les folies d'Espagne variations were first published by Jean-Baptiste Lully, but the theme has been composed variations over by an uncountable amount of composers, both before and after Lully.
My idea with the piece was that the La Folia theme should gradually appear, not be obviously played at once as the Folias often tend to do. The piece is also written in a-minor, not the normal d-minor, which I think suits it better. (despite that the midi file performs it in a-flat minor, for making it sound as the Baroque tuning of 415)
The piece starts in the wrong time signature (2/4) and without the La Folia chord progression. The correct chord progression appears first at bar 18, but still in the wrong time signature (2/4). The first theme goes threw several variations and almost unnoticeable get it self into the correct time signature of the La Folia (3/4) in bar 66. The full La Folia theme can now finally appear since the correct time signature and chord progression have been presented. Finally on variation no. 5 as a result of the previous development of the earlier variations the main theme appears in a proud fortissimo.
The piece ends with an quiet extreme contrapuntal Coda later named: "Chaos" in bar 267. Here several of the earlier variations meet and blends them selves in with some of the newer variations, where all the parts should be played as individualistic solo parts; non should be hidden away, all the parts are equally important!
