From The Third Book of the Harpsichord Master$$$$$$With its energy and character, this King William's March in D Major is a great favorite amongst young piano students. Jeremiah Clarke's King William's March was composed during the Baroque period. It has a simple A-A-B-B musical form : Mm. 1-8 : Part A (played twice) in the key of D Major Mm. 9-16 : Part B (played twice) starts in the dominant key of A Major, modulating back to D Major in measure 11 Please take note of the following points concerning the performance practice of the Baroque period: Most quarter notes in both the left and right hands should be played slightly detached Cadential trills are required in measures 8 and 16, even though not indicated by Jeremiah Clarke Also, in such final cadences, all dotted quarter notes should be double dotted, so that the eighth note following the dotted quarter note becomes a sixteenth note → the editor has included in this score suggested realizations for these two cadential trills (which English composers called shakes) As was customarily done during the Baroque period, the player can add notes to embellish certain passages, as can be done here in measures 3-4, 7-8, 12 and 15-16 Jeremiah Clarke, like all other composers of the Baroque era, did not provide any dynamics in his autograph score. Hence the dynamics given in this score are editorial $$$$$$Duration : 01:09$$$$$$Source : Jeremiah Clarke, Miscellaneous Pieces for the Harpsichord or Spinnet$$$$$$CUTnwhr4s9g
