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In the Autumn Foliage

from Palettes by Taylor Joshua Rankin

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string quartet and electronics

In the Autumn Foliage was written in the summer of 2016 as a gift for the union of two very special people, to be premiered at their Seattle wedding in October later that year. The piece first introduces the two violin voices and the initial melody stated in the warm key of D major, the "key of the golden sun" as once described by Russian composer Alexander Scriabin. As the pieces moves forward, this melody is re-introduced with a variety of rhythmic and tonal variations, finally completing its last statement in the bright and effervescent key of A major at the finale of the piece.

The electronic track was created by recording and then manipulating takes of myself "playing and bowing" wine glasses filled with water in the kitchen of my Oakland home. The glasses were filled with just enough water to produce as close to a D major triad as possible. When the piece shifts to A Major near the end, the electronic track, once serving as a comfortable blanket of the home key, brings a lifting, heightened sense of elevation to the strings A Major. Recommended listening at dawn or dusk, with or without falling leaves nearby; with or without thoughts of regret/nostalgia/hope.

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from Palettes, released October 7, 2019
Friction Quartet,

Kevin Rogers - violin
Otis Harriel - violin
Taija Warbelow - viola
Doug Machiz - cello

Taylor Joshua Rankin - electronics

Recording and mixing by Jason O'Connell
Mastering by Jacob Winik at Tiny Telephone, Oakland

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Taylor Joshua Rankin Los Angeles, California

Taylor Joshua Rankin (b. 1991) is a composer of new music based in Los Angeles, CA.

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