This piece comes from a set of three short pieces entitled "Three Miniature Portraits of Uncle Ned". It is unclear who Uncle Ned was, but nonetheless, the personal nature of these three pieces is very clear. All three movements share common motives — most importantly the descending G – E – D – (B) motive heard at the outset — but the character of these motives changes as the "uncle's" personality develops over time. The jovial tone of the first movement yields to what Price termed a "pompous" character in No. 2 and then to a character of serene reflection or recollection redolent of stile-antico polyphony in No. 3. The last movement, with long and expressive lines, uses a traditional counterpoint style to create a profound and serene character.