The Earthling by Franklyn Grace Sheet Music for Piano Solo at Sheet Music Direct

Product Details

Artist Franklyn Grace

Score Type

PDF, Included with PASS

Composer Franklyn Grace

Format Digital Sheet Music

Pages 2

Arrangement Piano Solo

Publisher Franklyn Grace Creative Arts

Level 4

Product ID 1264612

Genre Festival Contemporary Contest

Instruments Piano

Product Description

The Earthling is a short contemporary piano solo written by Franklyn Grace in 2016, while she was still a high school student. In 2017, it was selected as the winner of the Indiana Federation of Music Clubs Junior Composers Contest.

Performance Notes: I have particularly fond memories of The Earthling because I remember it as the first piece I composed that truly helped me believe in myself as a composer. I was inspired to compose The Earthling based on an idea I had for a sci-fi/fantasy story when I was in high school. In the story, the main character is a young girl from the planet Earth, who finds herself transported to a galaxy not her own. This piece serves as her character theme. The ending has been described as "throwaway," in comparison to certain works of the French composer Francis Poulenc. I very intentionally crafted this ending to allude to an eerily ethereal feel.

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