Eine Kleine Ragtime

Ten original rags, scored for piano and ragtime orchestra.

The Trinity According to Bach

Sacred organ music of Bach, telling the story of the Trinity in music.

Original Synth

Some favorites from Bach to Liszt.

Here is a digital rendering of Bach's great contrapuntal masterpiece. I have realized the complete work, including the canons, by gracious permission, the completion of Contrapunctus XIV by Zoltán Göncz. You can download the whole thing (109 MB) or the individual parts. You can also play any of the parts in a Flash player and read accompanying notes about the music.

This is my realization of the minimalist classic In C, composed in 1964 by Terry Riley. Comprising 53 melodic fragments that can be performed by any number of any kind of instruments, the work is a beautiful and slowly changing cloud of sound. This performance is about 50 minutes, scored for a classical symphony plus pipe organ.

The genius of Scott Joplin shines in this early but always popular classic, which more than any other piece launched the ragtime craze in America. It also launched Joplin into a career exploring ragtime as true art music.

Here's my arrangement of this fine work from the French Baroque. Rameau writes six variations, or Doubles, on the A minor dance tune, building from a stately beginning to a thrilling conclusion.

This is a realization for strings and organ of the famous Canon by Johann Pachelbel. It also includes the Gigue originally paired with this work; this second part is not often heard today, but it makes a delightful foil to the canon.

Art of Fugue for sale!

Buy my realization of The Art of Fugue at my online store. This realization includes all fourteen contrapuncti and the four canons, though it does not include the completion of Contrapunctus XIV served from my AOF pages on this site. I will donate all proceeds from sales of this CD to the Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra. Buy and enjoy Bach's masterpiece, and support the performing arts as well!

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My new Ragtime portal will serve as an index for the various classic and original ragtime clips I've uploaded.

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