Chamber Music Guitar
SKU: PR.114423450
Composed by Máximo
Pujol. Full score. 8
pages. Duration 9
minutes. Theodore Presser
Company #114-42345.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.114423450).
ISBN
9781491135365. UPC:
680160687534.
Imagi
nation mixed with local
authenticity are among
the hallmarks of the
legendary Argentinian
composer and guitarist
Pujol. TRES PIEZAS
VIAJERAS is clothed as a
travelogue, yet it is
also a dance suite
bringing together the
main musical genres of
the Rio de la Plata
district of Buenos Aires.
The “Bremenâ€
movement (composed in
Germany) is a modern
tango,
“Pesadumbreâ€
is a slow milonga (an
older folk dance that
gave rise to tango), and
the “Ezeizaâ€
movement is an urbanized
treatment of the candombe
dance, known for its
dizzying speed. Each
movement may be played
separately as well as in
the complete setting
making this work a
versatile and stimulating
addition to the
repertoire.
TRES
PIEZAS VIAJERAS (Three
Traveling Pieces) emerged
during a trip to Germany
in 2021. Its three
movements bring together
the three musical genres
of the Rio de la Plata
area: Tango, Milonga, and
Candombe.
“Bremen†is a
characteristic modern
tango written on a bass
line that
“walks†the
heaviness of an urban and
warm rhythm.
“Pesadumbreâ€
(Sorrow) is an air in
Milonga Campera style
(Milonga from the
countryside), in a slow
tempo, portraying the
lethargy of a melancholy
siesta.
“Ezeiza†(a
town near the
international airport in
Buenos Aires) is an air
in Candombe style: an
urban Candombe of great
rhythmic vivacity. It
presents a rhythm that at
times bumps into itself
and, at other times,
reaches an extremely
fast, dizzying, and
violent rhythm.Las TRES
PIEZAS VIAJERAS surgieron
durante un viaje a
Alemania en el año
2021. Son tres piezas que
reúnen los tres
géneros musicales del
área del Rio de la
Plata: el Tango, la
Milonga y el Candombe.
“Bremen†es
un caracterÃstico
tango de vanguardia
escrito sobre una
lÃnea del bajo que
“camina†la
pesadez de un ritmo
urbano y caluroso.
“Pesadumbreâ€
es un aire de Milonga
Campera, de tiempo lento,
andante, que nos cuenta
el letargo de una
melancólica siesta.
“Ezeiza†es
un aire de Candombe. Un
Candombe urbano de gran
vivacidad rÃtmica. Nos
propone un ritmo que por
momentos se tropieza
consigo mismo y, en otros
momentos, alcanza un
ritmo extremadamente
rápido, vertiginoso y
violento.