Product Description
Rhapsody Wind of the Sea
By Brendan Reeves
This piece, Rhapsody Wind of the Sea, takes the listener
on a melodic ride over the waves and winds of the ocean. The piece is grounded in an E major 7th
chord which, despite being a 7th chord, serves tonic function
throughout the piece.
The piece begins with several arpeggios in moderato, which
are meant to symbolize rolling waves. Much
like waves, they are not in perfect time.
The piece is very felt and performed with passion rather than strict
attention to meter. Dynamic is the
primary focus.
The melody is presented three times in the beginning of the
piece, after which the dream sequence begins.
The dream sequence is characterized by stanzas differentiated by dynamic
marking.
This crescendos into the next section symbolizing the wind
on the sea, beginning on Measure 53. The
transition is from a previously stable tonic E major 7th chord. With the naturalization of the D, it becomes
an E dominant 7th chord and becomes the V7 chord of A major
(Secondary Dominant). In an instant
flourishing A lydian scale, the listener is taken into a new melodic world in A
lydian.
The piece then diminishes back down into the waves of the dream
pattern at measure 70.
The piece finishes off tempo with one last final, symbolic,
arpeggio; a calm after the tempest.
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