Romantic Miniatures for Piano Volume Two
1: Sarabande from Celebration Suite (2006)
2: Gigue from Celebration Suite (2006)
3: Distant Lands, Prelude for LH (2007)

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Sarabande
From Celebration Suite for Louise Bunce

'Celebration Suite' is a suite of dance pieces that I am writing for Louise Bunce for various occasions such as birthdays. The set will eventually have 5-6 movements and will form the first set of pieces for my second book of 'Romantic Miniatures for Piano'.

So far, a Sarabande has been composed and the finale Gigue, which were both written for Louise's birthday on the 29/10/06.

The Sarabande was started on the 29/9/06 and worked on in my lunch breaks - being completed on the 4/10/06. The piece employs the standard sarabande rhythm with its triple metre, dotted rhythm and emphasis on the second beat of the bar. The Sarabande is in rounded binary form and would be ideal teaching material for someone learning the piano between Grades5-6. The melody is arranged in such a way to strengthen the right hand and improve voicing. Note that the developed melody of bb9-16 has the main theme in the lower part of the right-hand with a descant above and that later (bb25-29) this writing is reversed with the secondary theme played by the the 4th and 5th fingers with a counter melody using the rest of the hand.

You can view the score on my Sibelius website by clicking here. If you wish to purchase the score, please email me for a price list. Upon receipt of the fee, a PDF of the score will be emailed to the purchaser.