Shy Ballerina
Class: Original Piano Solo
Published: 1948.
Comment: This title was suggested by a little girl who was asked to dance for Billy but was too shy. Soon after its composition it was included in a TV programme he did, with a miniature ballerina dancing on the piano. It is one of his easier pieces: even the cadenza with which it opens is so laid out as to present no real difficulty. This leads into a charming waltz with a slightly faster middle section.
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