Sonata No. 5 in G Minor

Started: 4-16-2000, 5:15 PM
Completed: 4-16-2000, 6:06 PM
Huntington Beach, CA

I was happy to see this sonata in the bunch that my friends picked out because it stands out to me as particularly Spanish-sounding, and Spanish music is great. I leave it up to the listener to determine whether my Spanish music is great.

This sonata really benefits from a double manual instrument because I think the changes in tone color/dynamics enhance it.

Sometimes I leave messages on the backs of my manuscripts when they're done, remarking on particular aspects of the sonata that were hard for me to write or discussing what I'd hoped to convey when I wrote it, but there's nothing at all to that effect on the manuscript for this sonata, so I think the goal was just to write something very Spanish-sounding and appealing to play.

I hope I did just that. :o)

Enjoy!