Metamorphosis (Drehmer, Earl Richard)

Composition Year	1977

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Pseudotonal (2023/12/12)

Publisher Info.	Earl Richard Drehmer, 2012.
Performers	Finale 2008
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Pseudotonal (2023/12/12)

Publisher Info.	Earl Richard Drehmer, 2012.
Performers	Finale 2008
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Pseudotonal (2023/12/12)

Publisher. Info.	Earl Richard Drehmer, 2012.
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Work Title	Metamorphosis
Alternative. Title
Composer	Drehmer, Earl Richard
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.	IED 73
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.	1977
First Performance.	2012/12/17
First Publication.	2012
Average DurationAvg. Duration	3.8 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Modern
Piece Style	Modern
Instrumentation	piano
Extra Information	The metamorphosis is thematic and metric. Building upon a single beat with 2 notes, every measure up through the 16th measure an extra beat is added. As this occurs, the previous notes and rhythms undergo a gradual variation so that by the time the 17th measure is reached the original notes and rhythms have become completely unrecognizable. Then the music is retrograded and the beats that were added gradually drop off, finally leaving the original two notes, albeit highly varied. In essence this is a study on variation and is an etude in difficulty of performance.