"An Egg on the Wall"

This character piece musically tells the story of "Humpty Dumpty." The first section (4/4) is stately ("The King's Parade"); the second (6/8) is "Wobbly" ("The Egg is losing its balance"); the third (6/8) portrays the egg falling through the use of descending three-note repeated patterns that are played hand over hand; and the fourth (4/4) is a funeral march. Harmonic intervals are not larger than sixths and the shortest notes are eighths. This composition was successfully performed by a 5 1/2-year-old student.