Peasant Song (viola duo)

Title: Peasant Song

Composer: Felix Mendelssohn, arr. David Gable

Instrumentation: Two Violas

Printout: 2 pages

Note: This is one of Mendelssohn’s many piano pieces that transfer readily to strings. Lyric in character, it is excellent music for quiet occasions. It is also easy enough to be performed by intermediate level students. The two instruments trade voices occasionally to give the piece a conversational quality.