Scott D. Farquhar

Domenico Scarlatti composed well over 500 keyboard sonatas. These single-movement works are usually in a binary form and intended for performance on the main keyboard instrument of his time, the harpsichord.

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Another one of Bach’s greatest hits. This prelude from the first volume of The Well-Tempered Clavier is studied by almost every piano student at some point. It provides the harmonic backdrop for the Bach-Gounod Ave Maria. Well-Tempered tuning is still not quite the same as our modern equal tempered system, but is closer than the mean-tone temperament mentioned in the notes for the Bach Invention in F.

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The release schedule for Royalty Free Music Collection offerings will be sporadic over the next 8-12 weeks.

I am currently in the process of moving and getting my house ready for rental. Shortly after this process is done, I’m going to be in the middle of the busiest time of year for work and will probably be working 6 days a week.

I’m hopeful that things will settle down by about the second week of October. My current goal is to have enough music by the end of November to prepare and release the first volume of the commercial CD version of this collection.

Thanks, and happy listening!

Time for Sting Week once again. This piece is intended to be a “somebody just said something funny” type of musical sting. For some reason, I always feel like I need to use a double reed instrument in this type of situation.

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This very well known melody was originally written by Haydn (to words by Lorenz Haschka) for a birthday celebration for Emperor Francis II. This set of variations was composed shortly after for his string quartet Op. 76, No. 3, now referred to as the “Emperor” Quartet. Haydn intended to write music to rival Britain’s ‘God Save the King’ and his music now serves (with different words than the original) as Germany’s National Anthem. It has been used in works by Paganini, Tchaikovsky, Czerny, and Rossini. The melody appears in Hymns and University Alma maters. This music was the last thing Haydn played before he died, a testament to the composer’s fondness for his very stirring creation.

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An updated version of a musical sting originally written for The Arbiter Chronicles episode “Dreamer”. Another instance of words being used to inspire the rhythm in the musical idea. In this case, the line just before the sting, “Well, I never!”

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Haydn’s Symphony No. 94 was first performed in 1792. One of his later “London” symphonies, these works were created at the height of his popularity and were incredibly well received. This 4th movement is a rondo, often used by Haydn for his finales.

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A short musical sting providing a little taste of suspense or even creepiness. A musical version of the hairs sticking up on the back of the neck.

This composition marks the first for Sting Week in The Royalty Free Music Collection podcast. Every other week will be a short (less than 10 second) piece that can be used as a sting, bridge, or transition segment.

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This piece has probably been used for almost every cartoon segment showing Spring with birds chirping and flying about. So, most people probably haven’t heard more than the first 17-20 seconds. Still fewer probably know that it was composed by Felix Mendelssohn.

The piece is actually from Book V of the Songs Without Words (Lieder Ohne Worte), Op. 62, No. 6, and is designated as Allegretto grazioso.

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Another slight extension outside the norm for The Royalty Free Music Collection so far. The main goal here was… to get funky… And have more fun playing with mixing and transposing different loops to create a piece of bed music.

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