Lo pont de Sant Martí | Cerdanya piano

Lo pont de Sant Martí (Waltz for piano)

Waltz in rondo form dedicated to the members of the Casino Ceretà. It is a simple and lively waltz in E flat major with the following structure: Introduction, A, B, B, A, C, C, D, A, A, E, A, Coda. The Pont de San Martí is a Gothic bridge that crosses the Aravó river, joining the municipalities of Puigcerdà and Guils de Cerdanya.

[i] In the Catalunya Nord region ménétriers are still called jutglars today.

[ii] “The repeated note in the left hand represents the tamboret played by the same musician playing the flaviol in the cobla” (Fàbregas i Marcet 2002, 42).