Emma Lou Diemer, Icicles-1
Emma Lou Diemer
This piece certainly conveys the delicateness and mystery of glittering icicles. Diemer employs bitonality: the left hand is C major, while the right hand is in E-flat Major. This creates a fascinating combination of pitches that students will love. Both hands are in treble clef, so this is good practice for playing the left hand in an unfamiliar clef. The articulations are mostly marked as staccatos, which need to be extremely dry and separated in order to capture the character of the piece.
Composer/Publisher Information[]
Complete bio can be found at http://www.fjhmusic.com/composer/ediemer.htm
Reaching Out, for Solo Piano is available through The FJH Music Company INC, 2004.
http://www.fjhmusic.com/piano/contemp_int.htm
Author[]
Caroline Krause, Iowa Center for Research by Undergraduates Fellow