Score & Part
Retro rag : for violoncello and piano / Ann Carr-Boyd.
Library shelf no. 787.4/CAR 5 [Not for loan]
Score
Australian women composers' piano anthology : Grade 4 to Diploma / edited and pedagogical notes by Katie Zhukov.
Version: This product features the Solo Piano version of this work
Library shelf no. 786.2/AUS 10 [Not for loan]
Work Overview
Retro Rag for cello and piano was composed for Susan
Blake, cello and John Martin, piano.
Retro Rag follows in the footsteps of many other Ragtime
pieces, in offering melodies set with the familiar syncopated
rhythm, and a rhythmic drive which is evident throughout.
The section in D flat major presents a nostalgic melody which
dips in and out of semitones in the same way as a Victorian
handkerchief wafting the scent of lavender.
The C minor section is equally nostalgic with its falling
melodies and plaintive major and minor thirds.
The combination of cello and piano provides an exciting
opportunity for me to bring back the nostalgic raindrops of piano
sound which I once heard as a very small child walking along the
streets of Sydney at night with my parents and listening to piano
sounds drifting into the street from the building above. And the
cello of all instruments can evoke nostalgia at any time.
As with any Ragtime music the performers should feel free to
improvise a little, and to play with a varying tempo to suit the
mood of the piece.
Ann Carr-Boyd
Work Details
Year: 2014
Instrumentation: Cello, piano.
Duration: 12 min.
Written for: John Martin, Susan Blake
Subjects
- Influenced by: Ragtime
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