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Si fallor, sum

for solo piano

Emily Koh

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Specifications

Region

North America (Canada - USA)

Estimated Duration

6 - 10min

Date

2008

ISMN : 979-0-2325-3622-4

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Notes on this piece

The foundations of Western philosophy can be seen in ‘Cogito, ergo sum’ (‘I think, therefore I am’), a philosophical statement used by René Descartes in his Discourse on Method (1637). Although the idea expressed in ‘Cogito, ergo sum’ is widely attributed to Descartes, many predecessors offer similar arguments — particularly St. Augustine of Hippo in De Civitate Dei: ‘Si […] fallor, sum’ (‘If I am mistaken, I am’) (book XI, 26).

“For if I am mistaken, I am. For one who does not exist cannot be mistaken either.” – St. Augustine of Hippo

Si fallor, sum is written as a concert-opening piece with its brash opening chords that wakes the audiences’ ears. These chords cast the foundations of the harmonic language and melodic motives to follow in the piece. Si fallor, sum is like a smorgasbord of sounds, created by the organic, spontaneous and continuous development of the opening gesture; like "Si fallor, sum" had developed into what we see as Western philosophical thought today.

Instrumentation

Piano

Recording

Performed by Khoo Hui Ling

Score Details

Format - A4 / US Letter
Pages - 22

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