City Awakens, City Sleeps Set Type:Score

City Awakens, City Sleeps Set Type:ScoreHaving taught in the New York City area for most of his career, much of David Bobrowitz's writing is indelibly marked by his experiences in the great city. The composer opens this work with a quiet principal theme depicting a city that is in overnight slumber. Little by little the piece begins to pick up energy as the city becomes alive with activity. Now a catchy rhythmic melody holds sway as the daylight hours unfold. As the day begins to wind down

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The texture is characterized by lush but mild dissonances and the melodic material is distributed widely among violins

This "throwback" style string work was inspired by the many great can-cans

this composition captures the essence of a burst of energy

"Far Away There in the Sunshine" is a piece composed by Sarah Siegler and inspired by the well-known Louisa May Alcott quote

In a fugue-like middle section

Focusing on dynamic changes

The piece has a double-stop intro and interludes to provide that country fiddle tune flair

feel and play deeply

Featuring an accentuated spiccato rhythmic melody

With easy rhythms

It gained a following in the United States over 60 years later in film and popular music under the title "The Anniversary Song"