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Next Dance

Jean Hasse

Commission made possible by Colin Senior

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Piece length: 3' 10"
Scored for: Piano, Violin, Viola (or Violin 2), Cello

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Next Dance (1999) is a series of three short dance-like pieces, each with melodies that are heard twice, with some variation in the accompaniment. The last ‘dance’ was written first, taken from a piano piece composed in October 1998, one my Pocket Pieces. I called this ‘Tanec’ or ‘Czech Dance’ because I was influenced by some of Janacek’s sonorities. The first two ‘dances’ grew from this melody and accompanime

Jean Hasse

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