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“dance of the skeletons”
by David Kenstad
“Dance of the Skeletons” is the 5th symphonic poem for orchestra by American composer, David Kenstad. Published in plenty of time for Halloween 2023, this piece suggests the holiday and presents intricate harmonies, first in sustained chords during the introduction, then in quick succession in the dance section marked “Con Spirito” at first. Its motifs are then developed into various permutations until a sense of urgency arises with an “Accelerando” moving to the final section marked “Agitato”. The influence prevalent throughout the piece is obvious – Jazz, or more accurately described, African-American Classical music, though lacking the main ingredient, Improvisation, which is simulated in the score, demanding virtuosity from the performance. Copyright ©2023 David Kenstad Compositions, All Rights Reserved
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About the composer
A graduate of the School of Music at the University of Wisconsin, David Kenstad studied with Les Thimmig, who was a student of Mel Powell, who studied under Paul Hindemith, who was a student of Bernhard Sekles, who studied under Engelbert Humperdinck, who studied under Ferdinand Hiller, who studied under Johann Nepomuk Hummel, who studied under Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as well as Ignaz Moscheles, who studied under Ludwig von Beethoven. Mr. Kenstad brings those European classical music traditions of aesthetics, expression, and variation, along with African-American classical musical influences, to his imaginative and complex film scores, piano works, and orchestral compositions.
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