Description
Russian Soul in Miniature: Mussorgsky Album for Piano
- UPC/EAN: 9790080070178
- Product Type: Paperback Sheet Music
- Brand Name: Editio Musica Budapest Zeneműkiadó (EMB)
- MPN (Item Number): 7017
- ISMN: 979-0-080-07017-8
- Series: Album Series for Piano (Album sorozat zongorára)
- Genre: Romantic / Character Pieces
- Period: Romantic
- Instrument: Piano Solo
Overview
Delve into the raw, evocative, and deeply nationalistic world of Modest Mussorgsky with this comprehensive 1973 collection from Editio Musica Budapest. While Mussorgsky is most famous for Pictures at an Exhibition, this album shines a light on his broader output for solo piano, featuring lyrical miniatures, dramatic scherzos, and folk-inspired dances. From the tender nostalgia of Memories of Childhood to the driving energy of the Hopak, this 60-page volume captures the unique harmonic language and "Russian realism" that defined Mussorgsky's style. Presented in a large Bach format, it is an excellent resource for intermediate to advanced pianists looking to explore the Romantic period beyond the standard Western European repertoire.
Áttekintés (Hungarian)
Merüljön el Mogyeszt Muszorgszkij nyers, élethű és mélyen nemzeti zenei világában ezzel az Editio Musica Budapest által 1973-ban megjelentetett gyűjteménnyel. Bár Muszorgszkij leginkább az Egy kiállítás képei révén ismert, ez az album rávilágít szélesebb körű zongoraműveire is, bemutatva lírai miniatűröket, drámai scherzókat és népzenei ihletésű táncokat. A Gyermekkorom emlékei gyengéd nosztalgiájától a Hopak sodró energiájáig ez a 60 oldalas kötet hűen tükrözi azt az egyedi harmóniavilágot és „orosz realizmust”, amely Muszorgszkij stílusát meghatározta. A Bach-formátumú kiadvány kiváló forrás a középhaladó és haladó zongoristák számára.
Product Features
- Format: Paperback / Bach Format (23 x 30.2 cm)
- Length: 60 Pages
- Weight: 0.205 kg
- Setting: Piano Solo
- Language: Hungarian, English
- Publication Date: December 1973
- Origin: Made in Hungary
Interesting Facts
- The Innovator: Mussorgsky was a member of "The Five" (The Mighty Handful), a group of composers dedicated to creating a specifically Russian style of classical music, free from Western academic influence.
- Childhood Portraits: The pieces in the Memories of Childhood cycle are rare examples of Mussorgsky's early style, demonstrating his ability to translate psychological states—like the feeling of "First Punishment"—into music.
- From Stage to Keys: The Hopak included in this volume is a piano transcription from his unfinished comic opera, Sorochintsy Fair, based on a story by Nikolai Gogol.
- Realism in Music: Mussorgsky was obsessed with the rhythms of natural speech. Even in his piano music, one can often hear the "inflections" of the Russian language, particularly in pieces like The Seamstress.
Track Listing (Contents)
- Childhood Memory / Gyermekkori emlék
- Scherzo
- Impromptu passionné
- Children's Games (Scherzo) / Gyermektréfa
- Nurse and I (Memories of Childhood No. 1) / Dajkám és én
- First Punishment (Memories of Childhood No. 2) / Az első büntetés
- Rêverie / Álmodozás
- Bydlo (Excerpt from Pictures at an Exhibition)
- Hopak (from the opera Sorochintsy Fair)
- Gurzuf (On the Southern Shore of the Crimea No. 1) / Gurszuf
- Capriccio (On the Southern Shore of the Crimea No. 2)
- Meditation (Album Leaf) / Meditáció
- Tear / Könnycsepp
- The Seamstress / Varrónő
Publishers
Editio Musica Budapest Zeneműkiadó First Published: December 1973 Budapest, Hungary
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