33922 | Elegy and Dance (STRICTLY STRINGS) |
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| Meyer, Richard | Score mp3 audio
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| Category: String Orchestra |
| Grade: Easy |
| Instrumentation: str=8.8(3).5.5.5,pf |
| State Info: FL(E), NY(2) |
| Comments: Coordinated with Book I, page 29 |
| Description: Simple, yet mature-sounding, Elegy and Dance is a wonderful study in contrast for the first-year orchestra. A haunting, minor melody in 3/4 opens the piece, followed by a stately 4/4 dance in D major. Opportunities for teaching staccato, hooked bowing, dynamic contrast and changing tempi are abundant in this original work, which is perfectly suited for contest or festival. |