Product Description
Two pages of music.
Neve (pronounced NEEV) is an ancestral name within my family,
to whom this piece is dedicated. The word appears in multiple languages and has
a variety of meanings. In British English, Neve has two definitions, both of
which have long been out of common usage. The first definition refers to a younger
male relative such as a nephew or grandson. The second refers to a spendthrift.
Neve is also found in Irish as a girls name. In various Latin and Romance
languages, it refers to snow or glaciers.
Neve is one of a set of four pieces composed in late 2019
and early 2020. The publication of the entire set is forthcoming, but I am also
offering Neve here as a short standalone work.
Composed for guitar solo, Neve evokes a young boys
leisurely daydream. The 3/2 time signature, marked andante, and opening G major
tonality convey the sense of a lazy weekend day outside in the woods or by the
water. Like many daydreams, Neve starts out simply before wandering off into
different moods and ideas. A recurring transitional passage (set as a quasi
hemiola) serves to modulate to new tonal areas, each of which has its own
distinct character.
The brief section in A Dorian is marked con moto and evokes the thoughts of excitement and adventure. This
is followed by a contrapuntal section in E minor with hints of Dorian. The mood
here is more subdued and perhaps even melancholy. The penultimate section in C#
minor (with hints of pentatonic and Phrygian) suggests a longing for faraway
exotic places before returning to G major to end the piece.
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