Sarasate - Miramar (Zortzico), Op. 42 in C Minor (Sheet Music)

Composer: Pablo de Sarasate Dedicated “à mon ami et compatriote Lorenzo Pagans“ Violinist: Tianwa Yang Conductor: Ernest Martinez Izquierdo Orchestra: Navarre Symphony Orchestra I do not own this audio. Miramar (Valencian pronunciation: [miɾaˈmaɾ]) is a municipality in the comarca of Safor in the Valencian Community, Spain. The zortziko is a dance rhythm that originates in the Basque Country. It is also used as an accompaniment rhythm for vocal melodies, such as “Gernikako arbola“, the unofficial anthem of the Basques, composed in 1853 by José María Iparraguirre. The zortziko has a distinctive 5/8 time signature, consisting of three subdivisions of 1, 2, and 2 beats. Some theories hold that it is in 5/4 time, “like the Rueda except that the 2nd and 4th beats are almost always dotted notes“, or that it actually is a double compound meter combining an irregular binary (5/16 divided 2 3) and an irregular ternary