Composer's Note
Fantasia On An Ostinato is based on a famous repetitive passage by Ludwig van Beethoven (Symphony No.7, second movement). That music is unique in Beethoven's output because of a relentless ostinato that continues, unvaried except for a long crescendo and added accompanimental voices, for over four minutes. Beethoven's near-minimalistic use of his material and my own desire to write a piece in which the performer is responsible for decisions concerning the durations of repeated patterns led to my first experiment in so-called minimalist techniques.
Fantasia On An Ostinato
| Instrument | Piano |
| Genre (Fx Pop, Rock, Barn m.m.) | Post-1900 |
| Typ (fx Lärobok, samling m.m.) | Instrumental Arbete |
| Niveau | Prof. |
| Sidor | 12 |
| Media | Noter |
| Publisher/Producent | G. Schirmer |
| Bidragsgivare | Corigliano, John (Composer) |
| Språk | Engelska |
| ISBN | 9798350107555 |
| UPC | 0073999759846 |