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This is not a dance suite, but is made out of old pieces in my dance suite folder that didn't make the cut (back when I was writing into the sequencer). The 1st movement - Serenade - is a fast ternary form in Ab major. Originally it was meant to be a prelude to a dance suite. It is in 4/4. The 2nd movement - Lament - was originally meant to be a Courante, but it doesn't satisfy the requirements of the kind of dance that a Courante is meant to be (and it's in 2/4). This piece is in Ab minor and binary form. The 3rd movement - Intermezzo - was also conceived as a prelude to a dance suite. It is in F# major. It is in 4/4 and binary form. The 4th movement - Postlude - was originally meant to be an Allemande but ended up being too slow to be any kind of dance, even though it has some characteristics of an Allemande. It is in 4/4 and E major. The overall form is fast, slower, slower, and even slower. Let me know what you think! I appreciate any of your constructive comments, suggestions or critiques!

Hello all! This is a Piano Quartet (Violin, Viola, Cello and Piano) I just finished which would probably not exist in it's current form if I hadn't found a Piano Quartet on this website. Originally I thought I would make this a solo violin and orchestra piece but found that this ensemble, once I was made aware of it, was the perfect match for my melodic material! I came up with the melodies for this piece as I was falling asleep. Luckily I keep a musical notepad next to my bed in just such a case. This is also my first attempt to write in sonata form although I'm sure I break quite a few rules if you'd like to point them out. I welcome your criticisms, suggestions or even just observations would be great. Hopefully this will be the first movement in a multi-movement work. Enjoy! EDIT: Thanks to some much needed advice from a discord server I recently joined I have transposed this piece (again) to the key of A minor (from the original key of G minor) which will be much easier for the strings to pull off some of those triple stops. If you'd like the score message me!