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Serenade
for Carillon
Notes
Serenade for Piano or Harp is a gentle venture into the Romantic tradition of keyboard literature. With a conservative approach that explores the upper and lower ranges of the instrument, Serenade presents a plaintive melody in the soprano line with rising and falling waves of intensity. This thematic presentation gives way to a light and fancifully contrasted middle section. Where Serenade’s first theme is set in the courtly meter of a sarabande, the second theme is marked by dancing triplet rhythms and elusive episodic development. The strains of the opening sarabande are recapitulated, but they are tempered upon repetition by a transformation from minor to major mode, and are further enhanced by the introduction of triplet movement in the accompaniment. Serenade ends with a brief and sweet cadential reference to the fanciful escapades heard in the middle section.
Serenade was originally conceived for performance on the harp, but it has been revised and edited for piano performance in this publication.
Copyright © 2003 Ennis Fruhauf
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