Partita on "Detroit"

Theme: The first two systems of the opening theme are notated here. The melody of "Detroit" is notated in the bottom staff! (Note: Composers, what is happening in the two staves above the melody?)

Variation 1: Listen for a musical canon for two, then three voices!

Variation 2 and 3: The organist plays two different ostinatos in the left hand, one for each variation. Can you hear them?

Variation 4: Another canon is performed, this time in inversion! Watch for the ascending passages in the right hand, and mirror image descending passages in the left hand.

Variation 5: The theme is played in the right hand, and chords are played in the left hand

Variation 6: This quick variation features chords are played in both hands, this time with the theme played in the pedals!

Variation 7: The theme is played in inversion! The first two systems of Variation 7 are notated here.

Look at the sheet music for both the Opening Theme and Variation 7. Can you see the mirror image?

Variation 8: The inverted melody can be heard in right hand, and then in the pedals.

Variation 9: A fugue begins! First, the right hand enters with a subject in D Minor. Then, the left hand enters with the same subject a fourth lower, in A Minor. Soon after, a third voice is played by the left hand, with the subject in D Minor once again. Lastly, at 10:25 the pedals enter with a brief version of the subject in D Minor.

Theme: Once more, the opening theme is performed to conclude the piece!