Violin Sonata No. 4: Children's Day at the Camp Meeting - Violin and Piano

This sonata is the fourth for violin and piano. It is called "CHILDREN'S DAY AT THE CAMP MEETING." It is shorter than the other violin sonatas, and a few of its parts and suggested themes were used in organ and other earlier pieces. The subject matter is a kind of reflection, rememberance, expression, etc. of the children's services at the out-door Summer camp meetings held around Danbury and in many farm towns in Connecticut, in the 70's, 80's, and 90's. There was usually only one Children's Day in these Summer meetings, and the children made the most of it-often the best of it. They would at times get stirred up, excited and even boisterous, but underneath there was usually something serious, thou Deacon Grey would occasionally have to "Sing a Caution."