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Nine Little Preludes and Fugues

for piano

b

1995

Gary Bachlund

Gary Bachlund

Nine Little Preludes and Fugues

C O N T E N T S

i. Prelude and Fugue in C minor 1 ii. Prelude and Fugue in E major 6 iii. Prelude and Fugue in C major 9 iv. Prelude and Fugue in D major 14 v. Prelude and Fugue in B Flat minor 18 vi. Prelude and Fugue in G major 24 vii. Prelude and Fugue in F Phrygian 30 viii. Prelude and Fugue in D Aeolian 33 ix. Prelude and Fugue in E Flat minor 37

P E R F O R M A N C E N O T E S

“A propos de Mélisande.....” Golaud Debussy wrote that “après tout, Bach has said all there is to say in music. The rest of us only say it in different forms.” With this assertion in mind, these nine little preludes and fugues pose the stylistic question of spanning the performances styles and practices of Bach and Debussy, drawing source material from small gestures found in the score to Debussy's Pelleas et Mélisande. As such, pedal choices, sostenuto blurring of colors, phrases and tonalities are suggested to the performer which might bridge and meld the colors of Bach’s formalities and Debussy’s gestural intentions. With this, I respectfully ask that the performer’s interpretive skills and depths be applied to theses pieces as he or she sees fit and finds best illustrate Debussy’s above cited quote.

Copyright © 1995 by Gary Bachlund. All international rights reserved.

Unauthorized copying of this music in any manner violates the Federal Copyright Law.

Prelude and Fugue in C minorfor Eric Weimer

Nine Little Preludes and FuguesGary Bachlund

Copyright © 1995 Gary Bachlund (BMI), Monrovia. All international rights reserved.

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Prelude and Fugue in E majorfor Robert Morrison

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Prelude and Fugue in C majorfor Lenore Rosenberg

like the wind

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Prelude and Fugue in D majorfor John Keenan

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Prelude and Fugue in B-flat minorfor Ken Noda

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Prelude and Fugue in G majorfor Dennis Giauque

intimately

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Prelude and Fugue in F phrygianfor Jonathan Friend

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a tempo

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Prelude and Fugue in D aeolianfor Susan Webb

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come prima

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Prelude and Fugue in E-flat minorfor James Levine

9. mp

reflectively

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aggressively

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