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Valse
no. 7 is not actually a waltz. The title comes from a short poem by the
Peruvian-Finnish poet Maritza Nuñez, which I set as part of a larger
song cycle for female voice and viola da gamba in the summer of 2013. A
piano adaptation seemed inevitable, given that the music pays shameless
homage to Érik Satie’s early piano idiom. A tip of the hat to another
composer I greatly admire also somehow found its way into the song. When
I was later offered a chance to write a piece to be performed in his
home, on his own piano, I couldn’t resist.

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