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from the Composer for Little Fugueing
The famous fugue is set for four accordions. The 1st, 2nd and 3rd
play elaborate melodic lines in the right hand only while the 4th
accordion divides responsibility between right and left hand. This
is a complicated fugue, deemed "little" only to distinguish
it from another Bach fugue of the same tonality. In reality, it
is huge and requires considerable practice not only to master the
notation but to perform with the musicianship and registrations
required in all of Bach's composition. The result, however, rivals
a performance on any pipe organ. |
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James P. O'Brien
has been a Professor of Music at The University of Arizona School
of Music faculty since 1975.
Since his retirement, he holds the academic rank of Professor Emeritus.
He received his B.S. in General Studies from Portland State University
and an M. Ed. in Music from Central Washington State College. In 1969
he was awarded the Ph. D. in Music Education at the University of
Colorado. He also holds an MBA. from Arizona State University (1986)
in marketing and finance.
Before coming to The University of Arizona, he taught public school
music and math in Oregon and served as an Associate Professor of Music
at Oregon College of Education as well as a Senior Lecturer at Torrens
College of Advanced Education in South Australia.
Dr. O'Brien has authored 8 published textbooks and several articles
in national journals. He has been the recipient of numerous grants
dedicated to the improvement of classroom music teaching through technology.
His performance specialty is the keyboard and he is an avid accordionist
as well as an arranger/composer of accordion music including over
150 original compositions and arrangements.
He has produced three accordion CDs as a soloist and founded the Accordion
Club of Tucson in 1998.
Since retirement from The University of Arizona in 2003, he has traveled
extensively throughout the U.S., volunteering at lighthouses as a
guide/interpreter as well as providing lectures on the history of
accordion, which incorporate live performance and demonstration. He
has written and directed numerous musicals for community groups and
is also the author of a book on retirement: The Realities of Retirement.
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