Hurlstone: Four Characteristic Pieces

Includes accompaniments for:

1. Ballade

1. Ballade (practice)

2. Croon Song

3. Intermezzo

4. Scherzo

4. Scherzo (practice)

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William Hurlstone wrote his four Characteristic Pieces in 1899. The Ballade is the most substantial of the four, written in a rich Romantic style, while the Croon Song brings out the clarinet's melodic qualities. The Intermezzo and Scherzo are lighter in tone, and quite virtuosic in places.

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