Piano solo
SKU:
LB.206
Composed by
David Lovrien. Piano
solo. Lovebird Music
#206. Published by
Lovebird Music (LB.206).
The rags in
this collection are early
compositions of David
Lovrien, written when he
was as young as 16 years
old. Interlochen was
written in 1980 and is
dedicated to his
girlfriend of that summer
at the National Music
Camp at Interlochen,
Michigan. It also owes a
debt to another friend,
Gregory Loselle, whose
Broadway-musical-in-progr
ess inspired the trio
melody. Lewisville (1987)
is subtitled A Slow Drag
– referring to the
specific ragtime dance
style and probably not
the character of the town
of Lewisville, Texas
where the composer lived
when it was written. A
Shy Smile (1979) was
written after meeting a
particularly cute french
horn player in San
Antonio, Texas during the
TMEA All-State
convention.