7 Fun Facts about Prelude No. 7
1. Within my Nine Preludes for Piano Solo, Prelude No. 7 is symmetrically opposite the other scherzo-like prelude, No. 3,
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Works by Robert Cunningham
Prelude Sets and the Circle of Fifths
The Circle of Fifths is usually used to illustrate the keys associated with key signatures, with increasing numbers of
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The Structure of Romance
The romance genre is by nature lyrical, and the two themes in my Romance for Oboe and Piano both fit
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Vibrations of Sympathy
The violin was the first instrument I studied formally, and I took my first lessons around the time of my
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The Forgotten Nocturne
Many of my listeners are familiar by now with my two piano nocturnes, both of which can be heard on
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Vincenzo Galilei and the Lament
I composed my Lament for Flute and Piano in 1991 but did not attempt to get it performed at the
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A is for Ambiguity
An intriguing feature of my Romance for Oboe and Piano is the ambiguity between A-natural and A-flat. In the piece’s home
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Rhapsodic Harmonies
Harmonically, a typical classical work begins by defining the tonality to the listener, through the use of tonic flanked by
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Music of the Night
We usually think of piano nocturnes as tranquil pieces, typically featuring a lyrical melody over left-hand arpeggios. Yet some of
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Waxing Rhapsodic within Tonality
My Rhapsody for Woodwinds and Piano is harmonically adventurous in places, even flirting with exoticisms such as octatonic, but the
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Structure of the Nine Preludes
The preludes in my set of Nine Preludes for Piano Solo can be played independently, but in some ways the
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The Composer and the Performer
Sergei Rachmaninoff is widely recognized as one of the finest of all pianists, with technical and interpretative powers of the
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Prelude No. 6: Unity within Diversity
The human mind thrives on perceiving unity in the midst of diversity, and that perception is at the core of
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The “Arch”-itecture of a Rhapsody
One might expect a “rhapsody” to be a sprawling affair in which new ideas are invented in the enthusiasm of
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I Have a Star!
“Midway through life’s journey,” writes Dante at the beginning of the Inferno, “I found myself in a dark wood.” The
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