ABRSM 2023 & 2024 - Grade 6 Piano exam - A:2 Giga in D ~ Elisabetta de Gambarini
Elisabetta de Gambarini was an English composer, singer and keyboard player, whose parents were Italian. As a singer, she took part in performances of some of Handel's oratorios. As a composer, she published keyboard music and songs.
A 'giga' is a gigue written in the Italian style - that is, with running quavers in compound time. In this example, Gambarini adds crotchet-plusquaver rhythms. Dynamics are left to the player's discretion, since there are none in the source.
