Joking Fugue on Jingle Bells and my Friend’s Theme

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Dedicated to my friend Vince Meyer
This piece is really a joking fugue which uses Jingle Bell and my friend Vince Meyer‘s “How the Shopper Stole Christmas” as the subjects to form a double fugue. (It’s great to escape from the pressure of the 6 voice fugue of the Sextet Second movement LoL….) I know Vince hates fugue, so I deliberately manipulate his theme with all sorts of fugal techniques to troll him muahahaha!!! I dedicate the piece to him since I have trolled him! I also include some quotations throughout the piece haha. However, the more I compose this one it appears to me less of a joke…
The Structure of the piece is:
00:02 Jingle Bell Section. Includes troll stretto, troll inversion and troll retrograde. Crushed by the Hammer at the end… And we need some help with the “festive mood”.
02:10 Shopper Section: Includes troll stretto, troll inversion and troll retrograde (the same LoL). The bell is repaired at 04:03 so the Jingle Bell theme returns to combine with the shopper theme but appears in minor. Some interesting polyrhythms happen there too, maybe Vince’s prelude style secretly invades. Tension building (but still have time to quote my own work LoL) for the…
05:28 Overly-Triumphant return of the theme which quotes the texture of the Emperor Concerto, another counterpoint of both themes and ends in a learned way LoL!
Thx to Vince for this perfect audio! Hope you all enjoy this one and Christmas!
Henry

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I know this is supposed to be a joke but there are some actually really beautiful parts

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dammn

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Hey thx for listening! Henry