Antebellum Suite for Violin & Piano
John Craton
About this work: For violin in 1st position and piano.
Movements:
“Country Dance” (Vivace)
“Mockingbird’s Song” (Allegretto grazioso)
”Filipe Dances the Canarios” (Allegro)
“Maggie’s Cat and the Music Lesson” (Allegro)
“Alabama Minuet” (Allegretto)
“In the Cotton Fields” (Moderato)
“Hush-a-bye” (Andante cantabile).
Published by Wolfhead Music.
Year composed: 2002
Duration: 00:18:00
Ensemble type: Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice:Keyboard plus One Instrument
Instrumentation: ,1 Piano soloist(s), ,1 Violin soloist(s)
Instrumentation notes: Level: violin, easy to moderate; piano, moderate to advanced. Each movement is designed to present its own set of technical challenges for the young violinist including double-stops, left-hand pizzicato, glissando, trills, harmonics, and various rhythmic patterns. (NOTE: If listening to the Scorch files, it may be necessary to adjust the tempo bar as Scorch sometimes fails to recognize metronome markings. The harmonics in “Mockingbird’s Song” have been rendered as sounded for this demo.)