Complete fairy tales for solo piano
Author | : Nikolay Karlovich Medtner |
Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | : 338 |
Release | : 2001-01-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 0486416836 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780486416830 |
Rating | : 4/5 (36 Downloads) |
Download or read book Complete fairy tales for solo piano written by Nikolay Karlovich Medtner and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Complex, surprising pieces by a brilliant, underrated Russian 20th-century Romantic whose music, though similar to that of his friend Rachmaninoff, is more cerebral and harmonically adventurous. These 34 "fairy tales" for piano highlight the composer's gift for musical storytelling, with their intense polyrhythms, intricate textures, and complex harmonic development.