Elizabeth Bell (1928-2016)
Second Sonata
Year: 1972
Duration (in minutes): 10'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: piano
Publisher: American Composers Alliance
Description: Four movements in classical forms, but in a very contemporary idiom. Written for, and premiered by, Malcolm Bilson at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY in 1973. "A solid, well-constructed, and affecting small sonata...the high point of the concert."(The Cornell Daily Sun). Frequently performed. Recorded by Camille A. Budarz on a CRS LP.