Canon in F minor (Drehmer, Earl Richard)

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Publisher Info. Earl Richard Drehmer, 2023.
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General Information

Work Title Canon in F minor
Alternative. Title Ploddings
Composer Drehmer, Earl Richard
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IED 52
Key F minor
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1970
First Performance. 2023/03/13
First Publication. 2023
Dedication Gregory O'Donnell
Average DurationAvg. Duration 5.6 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Modern
Piece Style Modern
Instrumentation organ
Extra Information 3-voice canon

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I wrote this when I was in High School for my private piano teacher, Gregory O'Donnell, who was also an organist. He taught me how to practice. He was the best piano teacher I've ever had.

The voices enter twice as fast as the previous voice, so the top voice becomes the one creating the new material. However, when I composed it, I had each voice creating new material and then copied it into the other voices at the appropriate augmentation or diminution. I made some changes this year to make it more musical. The original had the first 5 notes of the canon in the top two voices. But that would have created a situation where all 3 voices moved from a C up to an F! So, I just erased those 5 notes in each voice of the Swell and Great manuals. The main canon voice is chopped up and split between the 3 voices in their octave registers. So, the voices trade places numerous times, keeping the slower-moving voice in the pedals, the medium one in the Great staff and the faster notes in the Swell.