Selected Piano Works
 

Selected Piano Works

composer: Bohuslav Martinů
editor: Maria Zeidler-Kröll

Publisher: Schott Music
Difficulty: intermediate
Series: Schott Piano Collection
80 Pages - Paperback/Soft Cover
ISMN: 979-0-001-15375-1
Order number: ED 20455

Price: £12.50
plus delivery
Add to basket


Description

Of the 400 compositions which make up Martinu's oeuvre, 97 are dedicated to solo piano.  The 50th anniversary of the Czech composer's death falls in 2009, and is the perfect occasion to present a small selection of his works in an anthology.
Martinu's music shows many influences and styles: the folk music of his Bohemian-Moravian home country, (neo-) Impressionist impressions of his French fellow composers Debussy and Ravel, modern influences of Stravinsky, the Group de Six but also of jazz music. His style is characterised by elaborate rhythms, pushing melodies as well as harmonies which mainly remain in the tonal space and are enriched with tonal sharpening and polytonality.
The compiled pieces, composed between 1913 and 1936, give an overview of the stylistic variety of Martinu's tonal language, forming a multi-faceted overall picture. The pieces are not arranged in chronological order but in order of increasing difficulty.

Content

The Cats' Procession in the Solstice Night (H. 122 , 1919) - For Dancing(H. 158, 1927) - Valse and Poco andantino (No. III and IV from: Esquisses, H. 203, 1931) - Dumka (H. 250, 1936) - Poco allegro and Andante (No. II and V from: Jeux, H. 206, 1931) - Prélude (H. 86, 1913) - Scherzo (H. 138bis, 1924) - Par T.S.F. (H. 173bis, 1928/29) - Three Sketches of Modern Dances: Tempo di Blues, Tempo di Tango and Tempo di Charleston (H. 160,1927) - Allegro moderato and Poco Andantino. Allegretto (No. I and II from: Esquisses de Danses, H. 220, 1932) - Andante. Poco allegro (No. IV from: Les ritournelles, H. 227. 1932) - Butterflies and Birds of Paradise (H. 127, 1920) - Prélude (H. 140, 1924)

Print view
Print view

Send to a friend
Send to a friend

Basket

There are currently no products in the basket.
Go to basket

Advanced Search

If you still have not found what you were looking for
try our
Advanced Search 
more

Help

 

Further questions?

Have a look at our
help section for answers
to the most frequently asked questions.

more