Name: Dream of Spring Peonies by Skyler Baysa String Ensemble Digital Sheet Music
Brand: Skyler Baysa
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Dream of Spring Peonies
by Skyler Baysa Piano Trio - Digital Sheet Music

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Product Details

Title Dream of Spring Peonies

Artist Skyler Baysa

Score Type

PDF, Included with PASS

Composer Skyler Baysa

Format Digital Sheet Music

Pages 29

Arrangement String Ensemble

Publisher Skyler Baysa

Level 3

Product ID 1629079

Genre Traditional World Classical Multicultural Chamber 21st Century

Instruments Cello Piano Violin

Performance Group Piano Trio

Product Description

Ages 18-25 winner of the Oriens Composition Competition 2024.

Dream of Spring Peonies is an arrangement of three Kunqu opera tunes as they appear in the tenth scene of The Peony Pavilion, in which Du Liniang experiences the beauty of a garden for the first time, the flowers blooming and birds chirping in the spring. The music illustrates the original text, full of vivid imagery, in addition to feelings of nostalgia and sentimentality. The piece may either be interpreted as a straight-forward setting of the opera melody, with Du Liniang falling asleep at the end, or an expression of Du Liniang fondly recalling the wonder she felt when she first truly experienced the spring.

The use of the instruments in this piece mimics the sound of Chinese traditional instruments, with the Violin and Cello akin to Erhu, and the Piano being used like a Guzheng. There is also an Indonesian influence, with the fluctuating tempo and certain musical textures being inspired by Keroncong Langgam Jawa, and Gamelan-inspired gong-like bass notes punctuating the major sections of the piece.

This product was created by a member of ArrangeMe, Hal Leonard's global self-publishing community of independent composers, arrangers, and songwriters. ArrangeMe allows for the publication of unique arrangements of both popular titles and original compositions from a wide variety of voices and backgrounds.