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Ennis Fruhauf
Serenade
for
Piano
or
Harp
Serenade for Piano or Harp is a
gentle venture into the Romantic tradition, presenting a plaintive melody in
the soprano line in 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 the return is altered by a transformation from minor to
major mode and further enhanced by the introduction of triplet
accompanimental patterns. Serenade ends with a briefly sweet
cadential reference to the fanciful escapades of the middle section.
Serenade
was originally written for performance on the harp
but has been revised and edited here for piano performance.
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