{"product_id":"afw-01340076","title":"Sestina","description":"“The Sestina is a fixed verse poetic form dating from the 12th century. It has a fascinating, very strict structure, consisting principally of six stanzas of six lines each, and requiring that the six line-ending words of the first stanza be re-used as end-words in each of the following stanzas in specific places, determined by an algorithm. In this musical Sestina, which is partly based on a Hungarian folk tune found in Kodaly's 7 pieces Op. 11, my six 'end-motifs' are a mixture of musical cryptograms and slices of the folk tune. The piece unfolds over three main sections, book-ended by an introduction and a short coda. There are mainly two contrasting types of music, one dreamy and legato with melody over a moving accompaniment, the other chordal and pointillistic. The Hungarian tune is found throughout at both micro and macro levels, and over the course of the piece the six end-motifs undergo a variety of transformations, from changing rhythm to altering the order of their individual notes.” (Josephine  Stephenson)","brand":"Alphonse Leduc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50541345177679,"sku":"AFW-01340076","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0686\/1271\/8671\/files\/AFW-01340076.jpg?v=1790636174","url":"https:\/\/amadeussheetmusic.com\/products\/afw-01340076","provider":"Amadeus Sheet Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}