Blithe Bells
composer: Percy Aldridge Grainger
musical motifs: Johann Sebastian Bach
a free ramble on J. S. Bach's aria Sheep may Graze in Safety
for 2 pianos (4 hands)
Instrumentation: 2 pianos (4 hands)
Publisher: Schott Music Ltd., London
Duration: 3' 30''
Year of composition: 1930/1931, rev. 1931
ISMN: 979-0-2201-2477-8
Order number: ED 12901
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Description
A free ramble by Percy Grainger on Bach's aria "Sheep may graze in safety when a goodly shepherd watches o'er them" (from the Secular Cantata "Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd"). The ramble is coloured by the thought that Bach, in writing the melody in thirds that opens and closes the number, may have aimed at giving a hint of the sound of sheep bells.
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