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Laurence Scott Bitensky
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Laurence Scott Bitensky, piano
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Sheet Music
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Silly Black Dog Music
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General Information
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The Alchemy of Solitude
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| Composer
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Bitensky, Laurence Scott
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| I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.
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ILB 1
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| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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1
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| Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.
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2006
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| First Performance.
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2007-03-04
- L. Bitensky, piano, Centre College
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| First Publication.
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2006 Silly Blsck Dog Music
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| Average DurationAvg. Duration
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7 minutes
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| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Modern
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| Piece Style
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Modern
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| Instrumentation
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Solo Piano
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The Alchemy of Solitude was written during my sabbatical break of 2006. I wrote this short but weighty work in order to have a new piano work for me to perform and as a way to explore some new compositional ideas. It is somewhat of an essay on the melancholic, in which a deeply sad melody and mood gain momentum and build to a rhythmic groove and climax, only to fall back to melancholy again.
