Napoli '92!

Instrumentation

Piano Solo

Score, download - 1.13MB

Other Information

This piece evokes the bustle of Naples experienced during a visit with my wife in 1992, when the first bars were composed at a piano in our apartment - although it has taken until latterly for the composer to develop the Neo-tonal style sufficiently to realize the whole piece.

Amongst the bustling sounds the careful listener will even hear a snatch of Italian opera: as very early one morning my wife and I heard a street cleaner below our apartment (see photo below, a typical Neopolitan grilled gate and balconied apartment building), brushing in the dazzling sunlight, whistling Verdi!

For an essay on Neo-Tonal Harmony used in Napoli ´92!, click on Appendix 1.

For a Linear Analysis of Napoli ´92! , click on Appendix 2.

For a Motivic Guide of Napoli ´92! click on Appendix 3.

For a description of a seminal lecture by composer Robin Holloway which set new directions for his own writing and enthused Philip Joy leading to "All these notes" - preparing the ground for neo-tonal harmony click here: "ALL THESE NOTES" blog