Two/Three
Faye-Ellen1 Silverman
About this work:
Two/Three is a piano bagatelle that plays with the rhythms of groups of two and groups of three. Within the first phrase, eighth notes (twos) and triplets (threes) alternate. As the work continues, groups of twos are sounded against groups of threes. Then the twos become fours (sixteenths), and threes and fours alternate. In the next phrase, the right hand has the melody with eighths and triplets, while the accompaniment plays steady sixteenths. The threes next evolve into groups of sixes, and sixes (three sixteenths in the space of two sixteenths) alternate with groups of fours. At the end, the internal acceleration stops, as sixteenths slow to triplets, then to eighths, to quarters, and finally to even slower units.
Year composed: 1996
Duration: 00:03:00
Ensemble type: Keyboard:Piano
Instrumentation: 1 Piano