Derek Strahan

Composer/Writer

Perpetual Emotion

SM-000080938
Composer
Derek Strahan
Publisher
Derek Strahan
Genre
Classical / Instrumental
Instrumentation
Flute, Electric guitar
Scored for
Duo
Type of score
Full score
Movement(s)
1 to 1 from 1
Duration
3'50"
Difficulty
Advanced
Year of composition
2005

Description
“Perpetual Emotion” depicts the 5th of 22 meanings of the word “Love”, of which most are either incompatible with the others or inherently self-contradictory. The work evinces that self-eviscerating state of constant emotional excitation known as “being in love” which, as G.B.Shaw astutely noted, leads to a “state of temporary insanity” in which the application of rational thought is impossible. Fast chromatic passages are propelled by urgent guitar chords, and self-propagating phrases are hurled around with decreasing regard for either form or structure (though the latter are sufficiently indicated to show what is being disregarded). D.S.

Upload date
29 Oct 2011

Price

Sheet music file
12.00 USD
PDF, 286.9 Kb (13 p.)

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