Lisa (Drehmer, Earl Richard)

Contents

Performances

Videos

MP4 file (audio/video)
Pseudotonal (2023/12/12)

Publisher Info. Earl Richard Drehmer, 2011.
Performers Finale 2008
Copyright
Misc. Notes score performed by Finale, recorded by Audacity, video created with Windows Movie Maker
Purchase
Javascript is required for this feature.
TN-PMLP1397597-Lisa-8172.jpg

Synthesized/MIDI

MP3 file (audio)
Pseudotonal (2023/12/12)

Publisher Info. Earl Richard Drehmer, 2011.
Performers Finale 2008
Copyright
Misc. Notes score performed by Finale and recorded by Audacity
Purchase
Javascript is required for this feature.
TN-PMLP1397597-Lisa-2170.jpg

Sheet Music

Scores

PDF typeset by composer
Pseudotonal (2023/12/12)

Publisher. Info. Earl Richard Drehmer, 2011.
Copyright
Misc. Notes notated in Finale
Purchase
Javascript is required for this feature.

Javascript is required to submit files.

General Information

Work Title Lisa
Alternative. Title
Composer Drehmer, Earl Richard
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IED 72
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1990
First Performance. 2011/07/29
First Publication. 2011
Dedication Lisa Lowe
Average DurationAvg. Duration 4.2 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Modern
Piece Style Modern
Instrumentation piano

Navigation etc.

This is a very sentimental piece. I hope you will experience the same sweet, tender, happy, yet sad feelings I have whenever I play it or hear it. I began to write this in my car, between piano lessons.

This is one of the most planned-out pieces of music I have ever written. However, it took on a life of its own as I wrote it. In one section I had written the first and last parts. The beginning and end of this section approached each other and eventually were only 1 measure apart. The problem with connecting them was that the first half ended in a different register from the beginning of the last half. For 1 full day I couldn't figure out how to connect them. Finally I realized that the piece has a common harmonic sequence that could be used there and it fit perfectly. Now I can't imagine how any two parts could fit together so well as this. This is a good example of how each piece of music is its own universe.