Six Miniatures for Cello
- Instrumentation
- Cello, Piano, Cello Ensemble
- Composed
- 1984
- Duration
- 10'
- Publisher
- Waterloo Music (per RCM syllabus); CMC says printed copies come from Mayfair Music; also in CMC library (MI 3213 A672sx)
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About this piece
Violet Archer wrote Six Miniatures in 1984 on commission from the Talent Education Society of Edmonton, and Suzuki cello students premiered them at the Suzuki International Conference in Edmonton in August 1985. The six short pieces are Peaceful Song, Spooks, Jig, Folk Song, Country Dance and Prayer. Nos. 1–2 are for cello and piano, nos. 3–4 for two cellos with optional piano, and nos. 5–6 for three cellos. The set lasts about ten minutes, and the RCM's 2013 Cello Syllabus lists Peaceful Song and Spooks together at Grade 4.
Technical overview
A graded teaching set that moves from solo with piano to duets and trios. The first two pieces are at about RCM Grade 4 level; the ensemble pieces were written for Suzuki student groups.