Album of Old Photographs

This set of short pieces begins in a contemporary (although tonal) harmonic language and gradually carries the listener “back in time” to a more romantic tonality. The five “photographs” hint at a possible story connecting the different images, but these connections are intentionally ambiguous. During the postlude, the harmony gradually shifts back to a contemporary style to finish the composition as it began.

Program Notes

Prelude
Portrait of a Little Girl
At the Fair
Pleasant Evening on the Beach
Young Man in Uniform
A Path Through the Trees
Postlude

This is a set of short pieces written mostly in a romantic style. The prelude begins in a contemporary (although tonal) harmonic language and gradually carries the listener “back in time” to a more romantic tonality. The five “photographs” hint at a possible story connecting the different images, but these connections are intentionally ambiguous. During the postlude, the harmony gradually shifts back to a contemporary style to finish the composition as it began.

Grade Level: 4
Copyright: 2010
Number of Players: 2
Duration: 12:00
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Type: Duet
Category: Percussion

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Instrumentation

Marimba (4.3-octave)
Piano