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The Necromancer
By M Ryan Taylor on Feb 13, 2008 | In Piano, Organ | Send feedback »
The Necromancer
a fugue macabre
for piano or organ:
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The Necromancer
a fugue macabre for piano or organ
includes 3 other bonus works for keyboard
The Necromancer : a fugue macabre went through about five revisions before I was completely done with it, but it easily became my favorite of my own keyboard works. I wrote it in the spirit of the Sorcerer’s Apprentice by Dukas, and Danse Macabre by Saint-Saens : a little dark, but mostly fun.
A necromancer is a wizard that performs his magic through some kind of converse with the spirits of the dead. For the record, I don’t really believe in that kind of thing, but I love Halloween and all that kind of stuff for the humorous side of it all. If we can’t laugh at death, then we’re doomed to be afraid of it.
Performers!
Send me a recording and I’ll post it here.