Miriam Hyde: Sonata In G Min

Composer: Miriam Hyde

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Miriam Hyde: Sonata In G Min

Date

1941

Authors

Composer: Miriam Hyde

Publisher

Canberra School of Music, Australian National University

Abstract

The Sonata in G Minor was very much a product of the war years. It was composed while my husband, Marcus Edwards, was a prisoner of war in Germany. The slow movement reflects this sombre period, but the work ends jubilantly, anticipating triumph and return. The lyrical second subject of the first movement, with its falling third, is like a call to the distant beloved. It appears in different guises throughout the sonata as a unifying element. There are three movements: 'Allegro energ1co', 'Andante solennemente', and 'Allegro con brio'.