Joest-Rhapsodic Aprismatism-M
Joest-Rhapsodic Aprismatism-M
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Joest-Rhapsodic Aprismatism-M

C. Alan Publications SKU: 16880
2 reviews
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" Rhapsodic Aprismatism was a response to a lot of turbulence in my life during a recent summer. Its conventional harmonies, peaceful textures, and simple melodic line and motive were a much needed bright spot of order within the chaos. The five-note motive is transformed and twisted into almost unrecognizable forms before returning to the main key and melody. Throughout the piece, the home key has been tainted by the dominant key (the home key's diametric opposite) in the bassline. The final elegant statement of this motive is at once a final desperate cry for order and an emotional scream of frustration. The tension becomes so thick, it becomes almost unbearable, until everything breaks and the simplicity of the main melody returns for an intensely satisfying conclusion, moving the bass into the home key, not only releasing the tension of the melody, but the piece itself. It provides a happy ending, a way to escape from the violent emotional struggles of that period of my life.

The title is a reference to the piece's form, a rhapsody, and my mild synesthesia – I see notes and chords in color. The root of the fabricated word "aprismatism" is "prism," which references these color changes. - Kevin Joest

Medium
Solo 5-octave Marimba
4-mallet
Duration ca. 4:45

Product Info

SKU 16880

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Customer Reviews

Rhapsodic Aprismatism

Rating
Posted by
Mr. Dupree
Date Posted
06/02/2011

This piece was a lot of fun for me to play. It's relatively simple but can pose a lot of challenges for those who really want to add textures and colors to the piece. The first couple pages of the piece are simple enough mostly revolving around a simple 1234-234-234-234-234 permutation but it requires some moving interval control of the right hand. After the first couple pages there is a cadenza section that will be fun to play around with. Following the Cadenza section there is a recap that modulates keys and starts to build tension. it builds and builds till a maestoso section where you have octaves in the right hand which are fairly simple. Finally The pieces ends with a restatement of the original theme which moves into the home key of Db major. Overall the piece is beautiful sounding and has a a lot of subtleties that a performer can toy with. A lot can be done with coloring and shading to build tension and phrase some of the repeating measures( Forgot to mention Molto rubato tempo mark) But in the end use your imagination and enjoy the piece. I learned it in under two months so its good for an intermediate mallet player but a more advanced player can do ALOT with the piece. Hope this helped!

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Rating
Posted by
Mike
Date Posted
10/14/2010

This piece is pretty frikkin awesome.