Jiangnan sizhu in E♭ major

The task

Compose a Jiangnan sizhu ensemble piece in Eb major, 77 BPM andante, 4/4, about 64 bars and about three minutes, scored for dizi, erhu, pipa and yangqin in 4 voices. Texture: each instrument ornamenting the same melodic skeleton. Open with 8 bars of dizi alone, then layer the other parts in one at a time. The main…