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Papilionian Dance
SM-000185046
| Composer | Gary Nash |
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| Publisher | Gary Nash |
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| Genre |
Classical / Chamber music
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| Instrumentation |
Oboe, Cor anglais |
| Scored for | Trio |
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| Type of score | Full score, Parts |
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| Key |
B flat minor |
| Duration |
4'21" |
| Difficulty |
Advanced |
| Year of composition |
2011 |
| Description |
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| Papilionian Dance is a single movement fast tempo work based on and inspired by West African popular folk music. The quick tempo and consistent fast note passages are meant to create an allusion to butterflies, hence the title. It consists of two ostinato bass motifs that respectively support section 1 and section 2. Papilionian Dance is mostly in a Bb minor mode with several chromatic mediant relationships in section 3, causing a shift to an F# minor mode. The final closing section, in Bb minor, combines the ostinato motifs used for sections 1 and 2. |
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