Alastair Lewis

In music, a suite is defined as an ordered set of orchestral or instrumental pieces, more often than not performed in a concert setting rather than as an accompaniment. Some examples of suites are :

1. Extracts from a ballet (Nutcracker suite)
2. Incidental music to a play (L'Arlésienne Suites), opera, film (Lieutenant Kije Suite) or video game (Motoaki Takenouchi's 1994 suite to the Shining series), or entirely original movements
(Holberg Suite, The Planets).

The suite was more precisely defined in the baroque era : the pieces were all of similar key signatures, and consisted of dances usually preceded by a prelude or overture. Suite were known by a variety of names including Suite de danses, Ordre (the term favored by François Couperin) or Partita. In the 18th century the term overture was sometimes applied to the entire suite, as was the case with the orchestral suites of J.S. Bach.

This work by Alastair Lewis is a suite in the consisting of a :

1. Fantasia
2. Minuet
3. Bouree.

The middle movement is of a slow tempo, while the other two are faster. The total duration of the work is about 6min 30s. The key signature of the work is C minor, which has 3 flats.

This is a free sheet music for violin and cello duet.