Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Bach’s Minuet in G

I’ve found a new arrangement of famous Bach’s Minuet in G major. This arrangement was written by American composer Michelle Diehl, the member of the International Alliance for Women in Music (IAWM), the American Music Center and the American Composers Forum.

If you like to read more about Michelle look here Michelle Diehl. The arrangement is for two trumpets in B flat. There are articulation and dynamic marks in the sheet music. The piece is written in the binary form and is one page long. But there's some special appeal in this arrangement. All the matter is that it is written in minor mode, so actually this piece is Minuet in G minor.

And really I think it is an interesting idea to change the mode of this well known piece. Musicians can play it in G major, if it is sunny joyful day, and play it in minor if the weather is not so nice today. It can be a good exercise for young musicians. Are you already enough intrigued? Then you can find and download for free this and some other arrangements at Michelle's page as well.

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