Product Description
Use: Prelude, Offertory, Communion
I have a nice view from my studio window on the second floor of my house. It overlooks our big backyard, some trees and brush, a couple of fields, and some small mountains in the distance. My studio is set up so that as I play I can look outside.
This year in Tennessee weve had more snow than normal. There have been many school closings. Even Tennessee Tech shut down at times, which hardly ever happens.
So Ive had some opportunities to sit in my studio in the middle of the day, look out my window at the beautiful falling snow, and write music.
I began todays piece a few weeks ago, during one of the largest snowfalls Ive seen since I moved here from Wisconsin. I composed a few measures that I liked, couldnt think of where to go next, and put it aside for a time. For the next few days I kept coming back to it, always liking what I had already written, but not able to add anything new.
Then we had another snowfall. This time I was able to finish the basic structure of the piece, but I got stuck when I started to polish it up.
A couple of days ago it snowed yet again, and I completed the work and recorded it.
Today is Saturday, and its not snowing as I write this. However, theyre predicting more snow on Monday, which is usually the day I edit my blog posts. [Last minute update: No snow on Monday, although we did get 2 inches of rain.]
Apparently, this piece owes its existence to frozen precipitation. I considered naming it "Paean to the Snow Muses," but I think Ill stick with my original title, "February."
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