
Ken Benshoof's latest work is 24 Preludes for Piano (2003).
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From the Foreword:
These pieces were composed without interruption over several months. As a consequence they exhibit a fairly narrow range in style and expressive intent, rather like a collection of short stories that take place in a restricted time and location.
I chose to call the set “Preludes” partly because of the joy I still derive from sets with the same title, most notably those from Bach, Chopin and Rachmaninoff. I have not intentionally borrowed material from those composers but I did steal the key relations from Chopin—his way of going through the 24 major and minor keys.
These pieces are of intermediate to advanced difficulty. A sample prelude (number 16 in B Flat Minor) may be seen in MSN's Classical Piano Community as the piece-of-the-month for November 2003.