A Country Memory
by Alan Lee Silva
String Orchestra - Sheet Music

Orchestra Violin I, Violin II, Violin III (Viola T.C.), Viola, Cello, Bass, Piano - Grade 1.5

SKU: CF.FAS54

Composed by Alan Lee Silva. FS - SWS. First-Plus String Orchestra (FAS). Set of Score and Parts. With Standard notation. 8+16+16+4+10+10+10+3 pages. Carl Fischer Music #FAS54. Published by Carl Fischer Music (CF.FAS54).

ISBN 9780825869365. UPC: 798408069360. 8.5 X 11 inches. Key: D major.

This piece is written in a truly American style reminiscent of composers like Copland and Bernstein, with its wide-open sound and flowing lines. A Country Memory will remind you of Sunday drives in the country on a beautiful warm day. String teachers have come to expect great pieces from composer Alan Silva and this one won't disappoint!.
Written in a modern Americana style, A Country Memory begins subtly with a lyrical violin melody over triads and open-string fifths in the other sections of the string orchestra. A pastoral country-feel is established in the introduction and continues throughout the piece. The eightmeasure folk tune at m. 5 in violin I, played legato, is featured in each section of the ensemble. The cello plays the melody in m. 25 and then hands off to the high strings in m. 29.In the interlude at m. 35, violin I states a two-measure melody. The rest of the ensemble joins in harmony two measures later, and the full group builds to the ritard. in m. 42. Low strings carry the melody in m. 43, as violin I plays an ostinato above them. The ensemble builds, playing ascending, scalar melodies and moves to the Maestoso section at m. 53. This is the final grand statement of the main theme before the ending begins at m. 61. From there to the end, the group plays vigorously with a full sound, highlighted by repeated sixteenth-note figures in violin I as the piece soars to the final chord.