Chamber Music Work of the Day, Installment 25:
"Demented Music"
(Pervertimento for Cello Quartet or String Quartet)
(2014)
The year of "composition", 2014, is not actually accurate. For all intents and purposes, "Demented Music" is a genre crossover transcription of a Rock song titled "My Foldout Lady" about a man alone with a pornographic magazine which, if I recall correctly, I created in the very late 1970s.
During that time, I rehearsed but never performed with a no name Rock band to which I belonged made up of two students from The Boston Conservatory including me, and two from The New England Conservatory. (Don't ask for their names; I'll never tell!) The two from NEC quit the band right before we could even be ready as an opening act, which is when I decided to permanently abandon Rock music for Classical Music as a career.
The music features an unusual mix of the Hungarian Minor scale combined alternating with Blues harmonies. The former results in the presence of shifting diminished chords, which help imbue the music with its demented mood.
The form of the piece is Intro-A-A'-B. The B section contrasts with the music that precedes it in every way that I could imagine, resulting in what I would term a purposeful "throw away" ending, painting in music the man in "My Foldout Lady" achieving "a happy ending" ;-), and then tossing aside the magazine. (Don't ask for the lyrics to the song; I'll never divulge those either!)
Follow the next URL to view a scrolling score music video of the version of "Demented Music" for cello quartet on my alternative YouTube channel.
Follow the next URL to view a scrolling score music video of the version of "Demented Music" for string quartet on my alternative YouTube channel.
Both versions of this title are available for licensing from me, and for sale from Sheet Music Plus. Follow the next URL to visit the distributor's product page for the version of "Demented Music" for cello quartet.
Follow the next URL to visit the distributor's product page for the version of "Demented Music" for string quartet.
Thank you for your time and attention, and have fun listening to "Demented Music"! #RockOn
Stanley M. Hoffman, PhD
Link to my website: https://www.stanleymhoffman.com
Biography Published in Grove Music Online (The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Oxford University Press)
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