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Ordo ex Chaos
Fuga-Toccata in C-sharp minor for solo piano · approximately 6:39 minutes
A fuga-toccata for solo piano: melodic fragments become a theme, countervoices and a dramatic arc between unrest and order.
Composition: Raphael René Lugmayr. Digitally rendered with Alexander Holm’s Salamander Grand Piano V3 (CC BY 3.0). Not a live recording.
What must be audible
I write music for the same reason I build software and businesses: to create something that did not exist and might endure. Music is a hobby I take seriously, with its own language.
- A clear, singable main melody.
- Driving energy through ostinatos, sequences and rhythmic momentum.
- Independent countervoices that relate to one another.
- Dramatic arcs of calm, density, rupture and resolution.
- Acoustic credibility: piano, strings, concert guitar and organ.
Further works are developing in three imagined families: Vigilia for night, work and concentration at the piano; Tempestas for movement and conflict in an ensemble; Devotio for sacred and reflective works.
The Ascent
D – A – B♭ – G | A – C♯ – D, in 6/8, D minor. Four ideas: foundation, leap, resistance, resolution. The fifth leap stands for resolve; B♭ and the descent to G add friction; C♯ leads to the higher octave.
The motif connects the pieces through a shared musical idea.
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