🇺🇸William L. Gillock ： Baroque Style Little Suite Minstrel’s Song

“Minstrel’s Song,” one of the pieces in the Baroque Style Little Suite, is an approachable, lyrical miniature that evokes a song from an earlier age. The music unfolds around the flow of its melody, while decorative movement and harmonic changes add expressive color. Keep the right-hand melody smooth, and treat the left hand as an accompaniment with a restrained dynamic so that the main line emerges naturally. At the ends of phrases, avoid rushing to a close; instead, connect the sounds carefully with a sense of breathing. Balancing lightness with poise and conveying the feeling of a minstrel telling a story will bring out the piece’s charm.