Cello
SKU:
HL.48183027
Composed
by Bohuslav Martinu.
Leduc. Classical.
Softcover. 42 pages.
Alphonse Leduc #AL24920.
Published by Alphonse
Leduc (HL.48183027).
UPC: 888680877927.
9.0x12.0x0.154
inches.
“Bohu
slav Martinu (1890-1959)
was a prolific Czech
composer, writing many
large scale works. The
composer moved to Paris
in 1923 where he began
experimenting in a
variety of composition
styles. Pastorales for
Cello and Piano was
published in 1931 and is
made up of six pieces.
Martinu himself was a
violinist and the
beginning of his
experiments in composing
for solo instruments saw
him write for strings.
Pastorales for Cello
exemplifies the
composer's influence of
Stravinsky, Debussy
neoclassicism, surrealism
and jazz. The piece is
excitingly virtuosic in
its use of double stops,
complex rhythms,
chromaticism, and
ensemble between the
Cello and Piano. As a
varied, substantial work
for the Cello repertoire,
Martinu's Pastorales is
essential for the
advanced
performer.â€.