This Particular Spring
by Richard Lane
Violin Solo - Sheet Music

Violin and piano - Grade 4-5

SKU: ET.VN37

Composed by Richard Lane. Contemporary. Score and parts. Editions BIM #VN37. Published by Editions BIM (ET.VN37).

ISBN 9790207010414.

In 1956, at the age of 23, Lane composed This Particular Spring for violin and piano and dedicated it to Anastasia Jempelis (1925-2005), his classmate at the Eastman School of Music. After graduating from Eastman, Jempelis continued to be a part of the Eastman community as a professor for six decades, and was responsible for bringing the Shinichi Suzuki string method not only to Eastman, but she pioneered the Suzuki method across America. In This Particular Spring, Lane showcases a lyrical-seeking, dolce violin melody over a dramatic backdrop of echoing piano accompaniment. Jempelis, being a Greek-American, it is possible that Lane was inspired by the “éntekhno Greek music popularized by Mikis Theodorakis and Manos Hatzidakis in the 1950s.
Demosthenes Dimitrakoulakos (2018).