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The short answer
A Deserted Farm, Op. 51 No. 8 is a character piece by Edward MacDowell from the Romantic era. PlayPiano puts it at Level 6, an estimate.
- character piece
- Romantic
- dreamy
- melancholic
- voicing
History
The opening asks for deep feeling, with longer notes surrounded by small gestures. Its later as heard from afar instruction gives a specific source cue for changing the sound, not an invented event from the composer's life.
Sources
How to practise it
- Keep the opening sustained notes connected while the small grace gesture remains gentle.
How hard is it
Level 6, estimated
Overlapping longer values, grace notes and later expressive timing require developed lyrical control.
About this piece
- Licence
- publicdomain
- Source
- musescore.com
More by Edward MacDowell
- To a Wild Rose, Woodland Sketches, Op. 51 No. 1Level 3, estimatedWith Maestro
