Huit Épigraphes (2021) for piano solo

by Thomas Oboe Lee

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Colline de sucre Huit épigraphes noires et blanches au centre de mon piano.
Le charme debussyste exsude, opère dans ces notes perlées...
Éblouissant !

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	1.	Pour Pan, dieu du vent d'été ... Moderato 03:05
	2.	Pour un tombeau sans nom ... Adagio 04:11
	3.	Pour que la nuit soit propice ... Moderato 02:22
	4.	Pour la danseuse aux crotales ... Adagio 03:49
	5.	Poissons d'or ... Moderato 03:01
	6.	Pour Cléopâtre, l'Égyptienne ... Largo 03:35
	7.	Pour remercier la pluie du matin ... Presto, TRIO 03:59
	8.	Rêverie ... Adagio 02:03

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Last summer during the pandemic of 2020 I wrote "Préludes … Hommage à C.D." All 12 movements were inspired by Debussy’s Book I of the same title. I enjoyed it so much that I thought I would eventually do Book II as well.

As I got around to it I discovered that Book II did not resonate with me as did Book I. So, I went looking at the many, many other solo piano works by C.D. and I came across his “Six Épigraphes Antiques” which engaged me tremendously.

As I did with Book I, I took initial elements of Debussy’s music and then took off in my own direction from the original. The original “six épigraphes” has a duration of 15.5 minutes. That is too short for me. So I added two more pieces from Debussy’s works: “Poissons d’or” and the famous “Rêverie.” It is now ca. 26 minutes in duration.

I. Pour Pan, dieu du vent d’été … Moderato
II. Pour un tombeau sans nom … Adagio
III. Pour que la nuit soit propice … Moderato
IV. Pour la danseuse aux crotales … Adagio
V. Poisson d’or … Moderato
VI. Pour Cléopâtre, l’Égyptienne … Largo
VII. Pour remercier la pluie du matin … Presto, TRIO
VIII. Rêverie … Adagio

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released May 11, 2021

Jenny Lin, piano

Recorded @ Ja Wei Audio and Visual Co.
April 24, 2021
Jui-shun Jao, audio engineer
Antonio Oliart, post production editor

Music by Thomas Oboe Lee

© Departed Feathers Music, Inc. - BMI - 2021

Photo credit and artwork "Krazy Kwilt" by Deborah Kamy Hull

YouTube link: youtu.be/uiIRnu9Nf4g

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Thomas Oboe Lee Cambridge, Massachusetts

Thomas Oboe Lee was born in China in 1945. He lived in São Paulo, Brazil, for six years before coming to the United States in 1966. After graduating from the University of Pittsburgh, he studied composition at the New England Conservatory and Harvard University. He has been a member of the music faculty at Boston College since 1990. ... more

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