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'The Convalescent'

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Gwen John: Self Portrait, 1902. Tate Britain.

This is my attempt musically, perhaps in the style of Edvard Grieg's Lyriska stykke,* to capture the essence of Gwen John's lovely masterpiece, 'The Convalescent'  (c.1923/24), held in The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. It is one of ten similar paintings showing the same girl silently sitting in a room suffused with soft, pale light. One of my latest original compositions.

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*Op.12 1866/67; Op.38 1883; Op.43 1886; Op.47 1888; Op.54 1891; Op.57 1893; Op.62 1895; Op.65 1887; Op.68 1899; Op.71 1901.

Press the Black Arrow to play. Scroll down or up to read the whole score. Courtesy of Noteflight.

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