Masques : Etudes Opus 4 and 33 : Mazurkas Opus 50 and 62
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Title:
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Masques : Etudes Opus 4 and 33 : Mazurkas Opus 50 and 62 |
Otros títulos:
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Máscaras : Estudios Opus 4 y 33 : Mazurcas Opus 50 y 62 |
Intérprete/ Colaborador:
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Karol Szymanowski; Carol Rosenberger |
Código CDU:
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Szy.01 |
Forma Musical:
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Piano Music, Mazurkas |
Abstract:
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Composer Karol Szymanowski spent his early years in Ukraine (where many affluent Polish families still owned land at the time). An injury to the leg forced young Karol into a life of relative inactivity, and, from age seven on, attendance at school was replaced by rigorous musical studies (first under his father's tutelage, and then, from 1892 on, at Gustav Neuhaus' music school in Elisavetgrad). Although early training focused on the piano, Neuhaus was quick to observe his young student's potential as a composer. While in Elisavetgrad, Szymanowski was introduced to the German classics as well as to Chopin and Scriabin. After studies with Noskowski in Warsaw from 1903 to 1905, Szymanowski lived for a time in Berlin, helping to found that city's "Young Poland in Music" Society. During the Warsaw and Berlin years Szymanowski began absorbing the musical language of the later German masters (Richard Strauss in particular), under whose strong influence Szymanowski produced his first two ... |
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