Snap Two

Piano3 min2021Available for world premiere

Technical level 5 of 7rhythm and metre

Fast tempo, mainly 8th notes, with many repeated notes and meter changes and some odd meters.

Snap Two is for 2 pianos. Though the piece has not been publicly premiered or performed, it has been recorded and will be released by New Focus Recordings in 3/27.

Recording

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Score preview

6 of 20 music pages: at least three, never the last. Performance notes at the start are always shown in full and do not count towards this limit.

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Details

Line-up: Piano
Ensemble: Duo
Duration: 3 min
Year: 2021
Setup: Acoustic
Premiere: Available for world premiere

Performance note

Technical level 5 of 7 (rhythm and metre).

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Composer

David Lipten

Tallahassee, United States

David Lipten's music explores motion, compression, accumulation, and interruption, earning praise for its “strong sense of direction, a fluid syntax, and an inventive linear-abstract melodic gift” (Gapplegate Classical–Modern Music). His works have been performed by Axiom Brass, Volti, the New York Virtuoso Singers, and the New York New Music Ensemble, and presented at Carnegie Hall and throughout the U.S. and Europe. Honors include the American Prize, the Fromm Music Foundation, and the Jeffrey Jacob Piano Music Competition. A fellow of Yaddo and MacDowell, he holds a Ph.D. from Duke Univ.

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