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TaleSpin

April 6, 2017

for Yamaha Disklavier and Electronic Sounds

Composer: Russell Pinkston

Year of Composition: 1999
Instrumentation: Yamaha Disklavier or Piano
Type of Electronics: Fixed

Number of Channels: 2
Duration: 8:36
Video Component: None

Score ResourcesRecording

TaleSpin was commissioned by the Montague/Mead Duo (Philip Mead, Piano & Stephen Montague, Electronics). It is a short musical fantasy, written in a quasi-romantic style. It has something of a program, too, whose subject may be evident from some of the section titles: Telltale, Hot Topic, Blissful Ignorance, Morning After Songs, Still Spinning, and Picking up the Pieces.  Many of the electronic sounds are processed sounds recorded inside the piano, included stopped and bowed notes, plucked and struck notes, prepared notes, etc. In the outer fast sections, it is similar to a piano 4 hands piece, with the computer responsible for the middle two “hands.” The computer part is relatively simple and accompanimental, however, while that played by the performer – the outer two hands – is soloistic and quite virtuosic.

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