- Klavierstuck XI (Sheet+Audio)

In the earlier analysis of Piano Pieces 5-10, I described the isolated phrases in those works as being in a way “snowflakes in a snowstorm“. In this 11th piano piece, that analogy becomes more appropriate than ever. However, from a pianist’s point of view, it may be more apt to use an “autumn leaves“ analogy. Here, 19 musical “leaves“ are spread in front of the player. He picks one up, “plays“ it, returns it to the pile, and then picks up another to play (however, the way he plays this new leaf is affected by what he saw in the previous leaf). Sometimes he will pick up one that he’s chosen before, but he plays it anyway. However, if he realizes that he’s picked up the same leaf 3 times already, he stops, and the performance is over. In Piano Piece 11, each leaf is a few measures of score, and at the end of each score fragment is the indication of how to approach the next chosen musical fragment (in the terms of tempo, dynamic, and articulation). Instead of a “pile of leaves“, all of these musical frag