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     “Trio“ (c.1936) 

          Cyril Power

                ______

my Month of the Sonata might be over,

November, 2023, but I still abide by the 

belief that a sonata a day keeps the 

doctor away, so I’ve continued, more 

or less, my medicine

but a sonata exceeds its definition, a 

piece of music, consisting of more 

than one segment, called movement,

for one or two instruments, the second,

should it be included, being harmony 

for an instrument that can play only 

one note at a time, which is to say, 

everything except the piano

but a piece of music written for three,

instead of just one or two, instruments 

is also called a trio

a work consisting of more than one

movement, but performed by three, 

instead of just one or two, usually 

different, instruments, is as well 

called a trio, just to confuse you

here’s one, for violin, cello, and piano,

by César Franck, a Romantic composer, 

his Opus 1, No. 1

I didn’t expect much, it being, manifestly, 

his first composition, Opus 1, No. 1, but it 

was part of the program I got tickets for

coming up at our recital society here in

February, I had to investigate

to my surprise, it was, is, magical

enjoy

R ! chard