Solidaritat de flors - Nupcial

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Solidaritat de flors, by Joan Lamote de Grignon
The autographic score of this piece is dated in March 1907, so it would appear to be Joan Lamote de Grignon's first sardana.
In this sardana Lamote de Grignon uses two very typical tonalities of this musical genre: F for the curts (short measures) and B flat for the llargs (long measures), both in the classic major mode.
This sardana's structure and development present a clarity and simplicity that make unnecessary any formal analysis.
Nupcial, by Ricard Lamote de Grignon
This was the first of the seven sardanas composed by Lamote de Grignon, who wrote it to commemorate the first anniversary of his wedding.
In my opinion this is the most luminous of all Ricard Lamote de Grignon's sardanas. The curts (short measures) are written in the tonality of C major while the llargs (long measures) are mainly in F major. This piece contains three clearly differentiated themes:
1. The theme of the curts, of an epic character, presented in octaves by the woodwinds and brilliantly concluded in a tutti.
2. The opening chorale of the llargs, with a duration of 16 measures, exposed in F major and repeated in C major (E to F) with greater harmonic and instrumental richness.
3. The children's theme, also of 16 measures (F to G), which is dominated by the tibles (a kind of tenora, or flageolet) and presented in the tonality of C major.
(Extract from comments by Jordi León, conductor of Cobla Sant Jordi)