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Moritz Moszkowski (1854 – 1925) was a German composer of Polish – Jewish descent who was an exceptional pianist and well known at the end of the 1 Read More...
Moritz Moszkowski (1854 – 1925) was a German composer of Polish – Jewish descent who was an exceptional pianist and well known at the end of the 19th century as a concert pianist, conductor, composer and teacher. He was also a competent violinist. He composed many small-scale piano works of which his 5 Spanish Dances Opus 12 set are probably the best known existing in several formats. After moving to Paris in 1897 his health deteriorated from 1908 and his career quickly went into decline. From being rich and famous he soon lost all his money as a result of exchanging the copyrights on his music for government bonds which became worthless at the outbreak of the war in 1914. The Spanish sound is referenced by use of the phrygian mode which has the semi-tones between the first and second and the fifth and sixth degree of the scale - D Eb F G A Bb C D. The rhythmic shapes are from patterns associated with the Bolero which originated in Spain during the C18th as a form of ballroom dance and became a template and form used by many composers of art music. Music associated with particular countries and regions of Europe particular on its fringes became very popular towards the end of the 19th century in a movement that was known as nationalism. Moszkowski was a very well known composer artist in his own time but after his death like many composers his music disappeared from concert programmes. Score detail is in place for the whole movement simply for clarity. The suggested tempo to play this movement from the music editor is 104 quarter note (crotchet) beats to the minute but a realistic and equally satisfactory tempo is 96 quarter note (crotchet) beats to the minute. There are two options as to how to play the trills . Either as in the video score which can be viewed on our YouTube channel or by playing semi quavers. One of the characteristics of a Bolero is that it they speed up at the end and this feature has been retained in the realizations and accompaniments. This Bolero is a great ensemble piece offering plenty of contrast and pianistic in the sense that it quite playable. The two piano parts Primo and Secondo can be downloaded separately as “accompaniments” enabling pianists to enjoy an ensemble music experience playing one of the parts. Accompaniment 1 plays at 96 quarter note beats (crotchet) to the minute, Accompaniment 2 at 100 quarter note (crotchet) beats to the minute and Accompaniment 3 at 104 quarter note beats (crotchet) to the minute. This is the page for downloading the PRIMO mp3. Just make sure that you are downloading the mp3 file that you require! When performing printing two pages of music onto one side of A4 offers a practical solution for players. For those who want to explore the music of Moszkowski Étincelles (Sparks) from the Opus 72 set of Études is quite a movement often played as an encore at the end of a concert. Close
Added: 14th March, 2020 07:03 AM |
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An arrangement for marimba and acoustic guitar of this charming character piece. This movement is in ABA ternary form with the A section playing back Read More...
An arrangement for marimba and acoustic guitar of this charming character piece. This movement is in ABA ternary form with the A section playing back at a tempo of 66 quarter note beats to the minute in the realisation and the faster B section at 108 quarter note beats to the minute. The music has a regular 4 bar phrase structure and there are some chromatic elements in the writing. There is opportunity for some subtle changes in tempo particularly at the ends of sections and these feature in the realisations. The melodic and rhythmic shapes of the movement are both strong and although concisely written there is plenty of contrast. It is an excellent performance piece with the opening melodic shape having an almost teasing quality. There is always a sense of movement in Grieg’s writing and the ranges of colour in his harmonic writing make his music eminently suitable to being played by many different combinations of instruments. The humour in the music also invites an exaggerated performance although this is not featured in the realisation. Players should listen to performances to form their own view and explore different approaches to interpreting the music. Grieg’s Norwegian Dance No.2 was published in 1880 as a piano duet or more correctly music for piano four hands. Grieg was fortunate in being able to access several folk music collections and much of this collected material was incorporated into arrangements and compositions. Acoustic guitar accompaniments are available with the following tempo options (1) 64/108/64 (2) 66/112/66 (3) 68/112/68 Numbers indicate the quarter note (crotchet) beats per minute for the ABA sections respectively. Close
Added: 2nd December, 2019 15:12 PM |
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In this two part version the ornaments have been written out in full above the symbols and also realised in the playback version. In baroque music per Read More...
In this two part version the ornaments have been written out in full above the symbols and also realised in the playback version. In baroque music performers often vary the ornaments in the repeat sections but this is not advised for this particilar movement. Close
Added: 27th July, 2017 11:07 AM |
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A two part version of this movement with no instruments specified. In this copy players are able to see the ornaments fully written out to clarify how Read More...
A two part version of this movement with no instruments specified. In this copy players are able to see the ornaments fully written out to clarify how they should be played. There is also an mp3 realisation of the score that can be downloaded. The binary AB form minuet is from the Orchestral Suite in B minor BWV 1067. Close
Added: 27th July, 2017 11:07 AM |
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A short piece in melancholy mood exploring the key of D minor. This is a two part version without any specified instruments although the realisation i Read More...
A short piece in melancholy mood exploring the key of D minor. This is a two part version without any specified instruments although the realisation is played on the harpsichord. Close
Added: 27th July, 2017 11:07 AM |
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A melody and chord chart of this familiar melody which could quite easily be played as a duet. No instruments have been specified so that it could be Read More...
A melody and chord chart of this familiar melody which could quite easily be played as a duet. No instruments have been specified so that it could be played by any melody instrument accompanied by chords possibly played on the keyboard or guitar. Close
Added: 27th July, 2017 11:07 AM |
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