Serenade
Op. 35
by Howard Hanson
Flute Solo - Sheet Music

Chamber Music flute, piano

SKU: CF.W1923

Op. 35. Composed by Howard Hanson. SWS - Not on Insert. Set of Score and Parts. With Standard notation. Opus 35. 16+4 pages. Carl Fischer Music #W1923. Published by Carl Fischer Music (CF.W1923).

ISBN 9780825809415. UPC: 798408009410. 9 X 12 inches. Key: A minor.

Howard Hanson composed Serenade, Op. 25 as a wedding present to his wife, A couple of somewhat darker sections provide some contrast, but the clouds lift rather quickly, leading back to the more pastoral music that dominates this work as well as the Pastorale. This piece is everything a composer's wedding gift to his bride should be: ardent, romantic, and lovely. Despite the tenderness of the music, it flows along with a considerable rhythmic impulse. Using one of the special scales that Hanson sometimes devised for himself, it possesses unusual and original twists to the melodies which give it an indefinable flavor. This gentle six-minute work is a genuine treasure in the flute's repertoire of short pieces, second only to Griffes' Poem among American contributions to that literature.