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between the left and right hands of the piano, and between the viola and the piano. Harmonically, the piece employs many chromatic passages and jazz-style melodies

while maintaining its “romanza” singing character (see Figure 1 and Figure 2 for reference).

Figure 1. Excerpts From Piano Score of Blas Atehortua’s Romanza for Viola and Piano.

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