by barbarah_admin | Oct 10, 2021
The form of the first movement of Sonata III in E Major, Allegretto, is sonata-allegro form. The exposition has three thematic areas with the violin and keyboard part alternating melodic materials. The third theme is in the submediant, C-sharp Minor. The development...
by barbarah_admin | Oct 10, 2021
The form of the first movement of Sonata II in B-flat Major, Allegro moderato, is sonata-allegro form. The exposition has three thematic areas with a short keyboard cadenza before the recapitulation. The phrases are symmetrical, and the melodic lines have a downward...
by barbarah_admin | Oct 10, 2021
The form of the first movement of Sonata I in E-flat Major, Allegro moderato, is sonata-allegro form. The exposition has three thematic areas with theme one abbreviated in the recapitulation. The second movement, Andante, in A-flat Major, is a gracious rondo, ABACA,...
by barbarah_admin | Oct 10, 2021
Irene Britton Smith’s Sonata for violin and piano continues the HMP series Music by African American Women, edited by Helen Walker-Hill and inaugurated in 1995 with Five Interludes for Piano by Rachel Eubanks. The Sonata, in three movements, is conservative and...
by barbarah_admin | Oct 7, 2021
Frontier Fancies for Violin and Piano, and exuberant set that showcases the interaction between the violin and the piano. In Fiddleflirt, the two instruments are protagonists in a duel of speed and energy. Twilight Dream is an evocative aria and lush respite before...
