The composer, pianist, singer and actress Madeleine Dring (1923-1977) was born on the moon. Just kidding, she was born in Harringay, London, and wrote this line in one of her notebooks.
Since the late 1940s, she had written a steady stream of songs, chamber works, piano music and incidental music for television and radio. Notably, she associates musical keys with colours - for instance, the key of G minor is considered the "blue key", while C major is associated with red. Along with similarly titled pieces associated with colour, like "Red Glory", this piece, "Pink Minor" is part of her Colour Suite. Written in A minor, it is a lighthearted rondo reminiscent of a particular theme about a similarly coloured panther created at around the same time...
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