Prelude #51 by Allen Rickel

I started dropping notes onto a staff, something like throwing darts at at a dartboard, on January 26th, 2021. After a few minutes, I realized that I had stumbled onto a fragment of a melody. After listening to it a couple of times, I thought that it was too much of a pastiche to bother with and nearly discarded it. After a minute's consideration I decided that I'd see where the fragment wanted to go. After about 3 hours, the piece was finished. Again, I thought it was too derivative and debated whether or not I should publish it. Gradually, as I listened to it several times from beginning to end, I began to change my mind. Maybe it was a pastiche, but I liked it anyway!

I sincerely hope that you'll find something to like in this little piece. If you do (or don't, I guess) I hope you'll drop me a line to tell me about it.

Thanks so much for taking the time to listen. It means a great deal to me.

Best, Allen

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