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Anatolian Fantasy for solo guitar by Mesut Özgen
Commissioned by and Written for Mark Wilson
TGE 007
ISBN: 978-1-934361-06-1
12 pages
Anatolian
Fantasy is my first composition that doesn't include any traditional
folk tunes, though I added some folk-like melodies. Irregular rhythms, harmonics,
and ostinato melodic patterns are used throughout the first section. The middle
section, andante sostenuto, is in 9/8 meter with 5+4 grouping. The melody
is comprised of long sustained notes at the top and a counter melody is in
the bass. The arpeggiated inner voices contribute to the harmony with occasional
major and minor second intervals. In the last section, I included some rhythmical
patterns that imitate a performance technique used in playing saz, a plucked
Turkish folk instrument, and integrated them into idiomatic guitar techniques.
Some of the thematic material from the first section is also included in the
last section.
Mesut Özgen
December 1999
Santa Cruz, California
Duration: ca. 8:00 min
First Performance: February 19, 2000 by Mark Hilliard Wilson, Christian Scientist Church, Seattle, WA.
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