Written in 2008
A brief survey of recent trends in contemporary art music
Piano
5 minutes
Difficulty level: Student or professional
I began to write four short piano pieces which were intended entirely
seriously. I noticed that, as often with my music, they were in quite different
styles from one another, and that each related to a different style of twentieth
century music.
I then added the titles of the separate pieces, and came up with the title of the
whole piece. In doing so I have probably destroyed any possibility of the
music being taken seriously.