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String Orchestra - Digital Download SKU: AX.00-PC-0000570_VA1 Viola. Composed by Rick England. Instructional. Part. 1 pages. Alfred Music - Digital Sheet Music #00-PC-0000570_VA1. Published by Alfred Music - Digital Sheet Music (AX.00-PC-0000570_VA1). UPC: 038081228419.Variations on an English Pastoral Theme is based on the tune Brother James's Air. At the heart of the piece is the opening violin solo melody, which is rather free-form in a wistful, quasi-improvisatory folk style-as if played while sitting outdoors on a rock. The melody wanders in and out of modal territory in the manner of early 20th century English string suites. Subsequent variations feature guitar-like accompaniment, duets, fragments of melodic material for each instrument, and a wide range of sweeping dynamic contrasts. The piece closes quietly, as it began, but in a new key with the solo in the cello.Concert/Contest. About Digital Downloads Digital Downloads are downloadable sheet music files that can be viewed directly on your computer, tablet or mobile device. Once you download your digital sheet music, you can view and print it at home, school, or anywhere you want to make music, and you don’t have to be connected to the internet. Just purchase, download and play! PLEASE NOTE: Your Digital Download will have a watermark at the bottom of each page that will include your name, purchase date and number of copies purchased. You are only authorized to print the number of copies that you have purchased. You may not digitally distribute or print more copies than purchased for use (i.e., you may not print or digitally distribute individual copies to friends or students).