puzzle canons & other counterpoint

(Puzzle Canon XV in diatessara supra a6)

2006 / Arranged for two oboes, two English horns, and two Bassoons, 2013

I have collected fifteen favorites among my interval canons and called the collection Ænigmata Harmonia, meaning harmonious enigmas. Each canon uses a different interval. I plan to have the score to the full set of fifteen typset and available early in 2017, but for now, this arrangement of just one of those canons is available on its own. This arrangement was made for Double Entendre Music Ensemble who performed it several times in the New York area and recorded it on their 2014 CD "Double Take".

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2007 for chorus SATB / (2 of 3 canons are from Ænigmata Harmonia*)

Another puzzling title? Hint: 'Receipts' is an archaic word for 'recipes' which is what this piece is all about. The three recipes which comprise the texts of these canons are taken from The Forme of Cury, A Roll of Ancient English Cookery, compiled by the Master-Cooks of King Richard II in the fourteenth century.

Full score for chorus includes program note, performance indications, and the enigmatic forms of the canons. Minimum duration: 4' 30"; maximum duration: forever. These are perpetual canons.

1. Funges (Mushrooms), canon in hypodiatessera a4 (from Ænigmata Harmonia*)
2. Grewel of Almaundes (Almond gruel), canon in diapason a4
3. Peeres in Confyt (Pears in comfit), canon in epidiapente a4 (from Ænigmata Harmonia*)

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1992, revised 2016 / Chorus, SATB

A humorous and energetic contrapuntal mashup of two dozen well-known traditional Christmas songs, hymns and carols. Four voices, occasional divisi to 8.

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compiled 2015

Each piece is a puzzle canon, solved and arranged in full score. Of these seven canons, two are arrangements of four-voice canons from Ænigmata Harmonia*. The remaining five are for five guitars. Great for classical guitar ensembles.

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