Preludes & Fugues Opus 2: Fugue in G major "Homage to Dhamma"


A special fugue on the verse of a Buddhist chant: Homage to Dhamma (บทสรรเสริญพระธรรมคุณ). Composing a classical music based on traditional prayer chant melodies is incredibly difficult. Melodies tend to be monotonous and repetitive. There needs to be deviations from the original melodies, not to mention musical development which adds further to the departure. As the piece develops, there is some point that the piece becomes almost unrecognisable, therefore a composer has to bring back the original 'tune' into the developed and departed music.

This piece is a loose interpretation of the original melody. It is however filled with symbolic meanings which are very open to personal interpretation. It is pure music and applied music at the same time. At least this is what I hope has accomplished with this one.


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