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The title of this
work, Silhouette, is taken from my idea to create a short piece
in the style of Mozart or Haydn, but certainly not an exact picture. Set
in a moderate 2/4 time and opening with the primary
melodic statement in the cello, the piece develops quickly into
a cannon as a new voice enters every eight bars. After a
brief interlude of trading sixteenth notes between voices,
the original statement returns for development before moving into a contrasting
3/8 section. An accompanimental ostinato is established in the cello and
viola over which the violins play in thirds. This new
idea is taken over by the lower voices as the violins
accompany with
sixteenth-note arpeggiated figures.
The original material returns via another interlude for a final statement and
brief coda. This piece in an excellent selection for intermediate high
school string quartet performance. click on the cover page to view an excerpt of the piece
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