Clarinet and Piano
SKU: ST.H486
Composed by Edmund
Jolliffe. Wind & brass
music. Standard: Easy.
Score and part. Stainer &
Bell Ltd. #H486.
Published by Stainer &
Bell Ltd. (ST.H486).
ISBN
9790220224478.
CONT
ENTS
1. Baby
2.
Brother
3.
Grandmother
4.
Grandfather
5.
Mum
6. Dad
The composer has written
extensively for film and
television, and his gift
for musical
characterisation
illuminates every bar of
My Family and Other
Animals. Here is a
delightful human
menagerie, a family
circle with its typical
variety of awkward and
amiable relatives,
beautifully portrayed in
music of beguiling
simplicity by Edmund
Jolliffe. Technically,
for beginners and
early-grade players,
there is an important
lesson that musical
expression is in essence
the expression of
personality, often from
the most basic musical
resources. Brother is a
cool repeated phrase - a
bit detached. Mum is a
gentle lullaby, and
Grandmother a soothing,
dependable tune.
Grandfather turns sweet
too, but not before a
spiky introduction. From
his breezy melody Dad
seems on his way
elsewhere. Perhaps off to
wash the car!
