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ronde_des_sylphes

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Gloomy improvisation

on: October 04, 2020, 09:31:31 AM

Melancholy, remorse and a bit of anger, set to the backdrop of a funeral march - cheery stuff!

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Re: Gloomy improvisation

Reply #1 on: October 05, 2020, 05:23:15 AM

Indeed, remorseless I would have said ! It reminds me of why I stopped reading Thomas Hardy's novels and why I played ragtime at my father's funeral. Much of a muchness isn't in it. That said, beautiful playing Andrew, please keep posting these short improvisations.

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