For My Parents

solo piano - duration c. 10'

Matthew Lee Knowles
June-July 2022

q = 70 retenu
e = 250
4 7 4
4 8 4
ff mf
ff
4 7 4
4 8 4
lots of
pedal

8
4 2 4 3 4 2
rubato

4 4 4 4 4 4
f

4 2 4 3 4 2
4 4 4 4 4 4
some pedal

E F
slower

13 rubato
2
4
3

2
4
3

q = 80
Bb
Eb

18

mp
F

dreamy
pedal
2
A

26
3

F
Db
C
A

becoming excited
32

take these two bars

as slowly as you wish

ppp
39 q = 90

mp mf mp mf

simple
pedal

mf sim.
53 rubato

mp mf pp

f
63

mp pp mp
f f

A
 3

73

lots of
pedal
C

74 q = 150
3 x4-6

mf
3 3
4
normal
pedal

retenu
78
x4-6

3 3
ff
LH f 3
3 over 3 3

q = 140
82
2 3
3 2 3
4 4 4 4
3 3 mp
f
2 3 2 3
4 4 4 4
3
minimal
pedal

F# G Ab

88
4 3
4 4
f
4 3
4 4
3
4

q = 70 accel. q = 210 uneasily

91
3 x3 x3
4
ad lib. p mf

3
4
no pedal dreamy pedal pp

98 x4 x5 x4 x4

mf
mf ff pp

q = 130 sehnsucht
105
x5
4 3
4 4
p
4 3
retenu f
4 4

111 accel.

ff

[q = 130] mp
119 slower then accel.
3
4
4
f
4
4
 5

[q = 130]
122
3
slower then accel.

4
f 3
3
mf
4

125 q = 100
2 x4-6 mp x3-5 x3-5

4
ppp
2
4
minimal pedal

suddenly
131 x2-3 excited
x2-3

mf

137 q = 90 retenu
3
4
ff f
3
4
lots of
pedal

142 slower
3
2
p
3
2
6

149
3
2
mf f mf
3
2

153 q = 210 playful

3
4
f mf 3

3
4
minimal
pedal

160
2 3
4 4
f ff mp
2 3
4 4

becoming a little frantic

168

veloce
174
12
8
4-5''
12
8
176
q. = 50 7

12 4
8 4
mp
12 4
8 4
lots of
pedal

C
G
E

q = 70
C

179
4
4
ff
4
4

q = 100
182

183

184 q = 90

mf f
10 10

lots of
pedal
8

q = 50
186
5 3 x4
4 4
fff
accel.

5 3
4 4

q = 180 q = 210
189 x4-6 x3-5 x3-5

192

fff