More Notes on "Piano Duet"

   The composition and recording of "Piano Duet," and the revision of it, both dated 1975, stand out as cornerstone pieces of music not only in the Snufmeg canon, but simply as music in general. It would not be altogether inaccurate to celebrate "Piano Duet" as a piece of nativistic organic music, that which has no precedence. However, as no such music exists, this selection falls as closely into that category as any. It must be noted that the arrangement and frame of presentation (being a recording) greatly infer influence from external sources - after all, pianos of themselves indicate at the very least a tradition of music in Europe going back generations, and the art of recording were by no means unheard of in musical environments prior to 1975. The point, however, is that to identify concrete musical influences for this piece is virtually impossible due to both the general level of apparent simplicity, and therefore universality of the composition, and also that to absolutely identify a specific influence at that time on the nascent creativity of WK is virtually an impossible task, for no such codification was structured at that time in his creative environment.
   Influences aside, "Piano Duet" consists of a simple motif, an accompanying melody and closes with a rhythmic pattern of tone clusters. These ingredients found longevity in Snufmeg, as they have throughout musical history.
   The era in which the "Piano Duet" and remixes was created and recorded was a groundswell for WK. As these recordings, his first, were collaborations with Ginhead (later to appear on "The Gavotte"), the greater body produced during the "pre-Cheese Mite" phase was also collaborative. A significant body was produced in solo fashion, but his submersion in the developing Tenafly scene was richly inspired by works produced with others such as John D, Todd R, and Beegs, all of whom shall appear later.

Sources:
https://youtu.be/9L4Vr09zzHk
https://youtu.be/4KaDt7hVrd8
https://snufmeg.bandcamp.com/album/the-history-of-wk-1975-to-1982-part-1-the-early-years