The final movement of the Grimm Sins Suite is a Passepied that retells the story of Hansel and Gretel. It starts off with just the father melody alone. Then the children Hansel and Gretel enter. And everything is in a major light, but with the introduction of the step-mother's line the music grows minor, and after a pass of the melody, the father theme is devolved into the step-mother's and the minor feel becomes stronger. Then the mother and father themes disappear entirely and the children are left alone, in a minor key and in a slower rhythmic tempo. then the witch begins to entire the scene, slowly. Until she fully comes in as a variation of the step mother's theme and grows even more sinister as it turns to the half-diminished scale.  Gretel is left alone as her brother Hansel is removed from the scene, until she outwits the witch in her gluttony and pushes her into the oven, which is signified by a terrible screaming figure. Then Gretel finds Hansel and they continue to find their way home, finally reuniting with the father bring it back to the original melody figure from the beginning of the piece.

Grimm Sins Suite IX. Passepied (Hansel and Gretel)

Anthony M Virgilio Music is an experience in story telling through the musical language. Always in different voices, always varying tales, but always written to convey a story. Message me on here or on my site to inquire about commissioned work. I enjoy working with artists and other composers. I would also love your feedback on the work I post on here. Most of the recordings on here are midi renderings and could use live recordings in order to truly bring them to life. If there is a piece you fancy to perform send me a message and maybe we could work something out.

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