Three Dances in Syncopation
Class: Original Piano Solos
Published: 1930.
Comment: The suite consists of three well-contrasted pieces:
English Dance is gently lyrical, while the middle section in a similar mood nonetheless manages to keep the right hand darting up and down the keyboard. It ends with a Gershwinesque phrase. mp3 clip
Cricket Dance in mainly
rhythmic while the middle part, in contrast, is more a mixture of melody and
harmony.
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Harmonica Dance is the
gem of the set. Its main theme, in Yale Blues style, has a languorous feel to
and really does sound as if it was meant to be played on the harmonica.
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mp3 clips played by Eric Parkin.
