An Inness Sky
by Elaine Fine
- Instrumentation
- Cello Ensemble
- Composed
- 2006
- Duration
- 4'
- Publisher
- Composer (self-published; free on IMSLP)
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About this piece
An Inness Sky is a four-minute trio for three cellos that Elaine Fine wrote in March 2006 and dedicated to Don, Gretchen and Erika Tracy. Marked 'Moderate but moving' in 3/4, it opens with a rocking bass figure in the third cello and rising arpeggios in the first, while the second cello enters with a sustained tune; the parts then trade quick quintuplet and sextuplet runs. Fine has posted the score and parts free on IMSLP under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 licence.
Technical overview
On page 1 (bars 1–14), all three parts stay in bass clef. Cello 1 plays slurred arpeggios and quintuplet and sextuplet runs that climb above the staff, cello 3 carries the bass line, and the meter changes from 3/4 to 4/4 and back at bars 13–14.
Technical focus
- Ensemble Skills
- Slurs
- Rhythm
- Meter Changes
- Accidentals
- Dynamics
- Hairpin Dynamics