Smetana Bedřich: DIE MOLDAU (urtext) / 1 piano 4 hands
Publisher | Barenreiter |
Genre: | classical & sacret |
Arrangement: | piano |
Cast: | duet |
Difficulty: | Advanced |
Format: | book |
Series: |
Czech composer
Barenreiter Urtext |
Parameters
Product code: | BA9549 |
Composer: | Smetana, Bedřich |
Author / Editor: | Macdonald, Hugh |
No. of songs: | 1 |
Pages: | 38 |
Language: |
English
German Czech |
Size: | 30 x 24 cm |
EAN: | 9790260105904 |
ISMN: | 979-0-2601-0590-4 |
Weight: | 236 g |
Songlist (1)
- Vltava
Product description
“Vltava” (The Moldau) is Smetana’s most famous and frequently performed tone poem. It was written between 20 November and 8 December 1874, but only in 1879-1880 with the completion of the entire cycle “Má vlast”, did the full score and his version for piano duet appear in print.
In addition to the orchestral version, Hugh Macdonald’s new Urtext edition also includes the composer’s own version for piano duet. Urtext edition with Primo and Secondo parts printed on facing pages, clear and uncluttered engraving, informative foreword (Eng/Cz/Ger) including a contribution by Smetana scholar Olga Mojžíšová.
Bedřich Smetana (1824 - 1884) was a Czech composer of the Romantic period. He is one of the most famous Czech composers. From his early youth he was devoted to music, especially piano playing and composition. During his lifetime he worked as a concert pianist, music teacher, conductor and music critic. Smetana wrote mainly operatic and symphonic works. His piano works, concentrated in the early stages of his compositional activity, also occupy a considerable volume in his oeuvre. His chamber music is represented by rare, though substantial, works, and his choruses and songs occupy a rather marginal position. At the age of fifty he became completely deaf, but even after his hearing loss he was able to compose a number of masterpieces. Throughout his work he strove to create a distinctive Czech musical style.