K-91
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 Bulma cries over the stolen Hoi-Poi capsules. | |
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| Tonality | F Minor |
| Length | 0:10 |
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| Catalog Number | K-91 |
| Composition | Fryderyk Chopin |
| Arrangement | Shunsuke Kikuchi |
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| Debut Year | 1986 |
| First Appears | Dragon Ball Episode 10 |
| Debut Release | Unreleased |
K-91 is the Kanzenshuu catalogue number assigned to an unreleased piece of background music (BGM) arranged by Shunsuke Kikuchi for the Dragon Ball anime in 1986. The piece debuted in Dragon Ball Episode 10 which was broadcast on 30 April 1986.
Overview
K-91 is a short arrangement of a well-known melody from the second movement of Fryderyk Chopin's Sonata in B-flat Minor Op. 35, "the most famous funeral march in the world".[1] Chopin himself appears to have resisted calling it a funeral march, referring to it only as a "march" in his personal correspondence and insisting that the first edition (where it was called a Marche funèbre, perhaps by his publisher) be corrected to Marche; however the piece is firmly within the funeral march genre, and Chopin is well-known to have simply disliked overly descriptive titles for his pieces.[1]
The arrangement of the Chopin melody is simple, but a few facts suggest that the piece was personally arranged by Kikuchi:
- The piece is transposed to the arc's main key of F minor;
- The instrumentation and performance are consistent with Kikuchi's studio musicians;
- This is one of three well-known pieces arranged by Kikuchi for episode 10, and his arrangement of the Jaws theme (K-94) has his compositional marks all over it.
K-91 is given the title "The Death March?!" on The Suburbs of kenisu's Magicant,[2] the most common source for fan titles of Kikuchi's compositions.
Form and Analysis
Kikuchi alters the Chopin melody in a manner that is consistent with most popular references to the tune.
While Chopin stays on the root (B♭) in the second bar of the melody and maintains the dotted 8th/16th rhythm, the popular renditions generally drop to straight 8th notes in the second bar, dipping down to the leading tone (always an accidental in a minor key). This particular alteration is present in the Chopin reference at the very end of Duke Ellington and Bubber Miley's 1927 jazz hit "Black and Tan Fantasy" (B♭ Minor), recorded before Kikuchi was born in 1931.
Usage and Variations
Notes
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kallberg, Jeffrey. "Chopin's March, Chopin's Death". 19th Century Music. Berkeley: University of California Press, Summer 2001. (pp. 12-17)
- ↑ "The DragonBall BGM Daizenshuu" (11 June 2008). The Suburbs of kenisu's Magicant. Retrieved: 30 June 2019.
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