Five Diversions for Piano |
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Date of composition | 1949/1950 |
Opus number | 1a |
Type of work | Concert music |
Duration | 13½ mins |
Musical forces | Piano |
Publisher | Modus Music |
Archive location | Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library) |
Archive contents | MS / BLYTON 14 [Original Four Diversions] |
Notes | Originally Four Diversions (withdrawn); subsequently A Little Waltz from Two Waltzes, op. 8 was added; movements are: 1. Vacilación (Habañera); 2. The Lake at Evening; 3. The Girl with the Auburn Hair; 4. Twilit Willows; 5. A Little Waltz |
The music is peaceable, subtly textured and blessed. The sequence ends with a Little Waltz which is dedicated to Blyton’s piano teacher of his teenage years.