Piano
SKU:
BT.MUSUMV53934
Intermedio for
Piano. Composed by
Geronimo Gimenez. Opera
or Operetta. Book Only.
99 pages. Union Musical
Ediciones #MUSUMV53934.
Published by Union
Musical Ediciones
(BT.MUSUMV53934).
Spanish.
Gerónimo
Giménez was a
Spanish conductor and
composer, who dedicated
his career to writing
zarzuelas, such as La
tempranica and La
boda de Luis
Alonso. Zarzuela
is a Spanish
lyric-dramatic genre
thatalternates between
spoken and sung scenes,
the latter incorporating
operatic and popular
song, as well as
dance.
In 1896,
Giménez wrote
‘El baile de Luis
Alonso’, based on
a text by Javier de
Burgos. Following
thesuccess of this piece,
he set to music another
sainete by Burgos with
the same characters,
which became one of his
most famous works:
Las bodas de Luis
Alonso (1897).
This energetic work is
full of
sweepingmelodiclines and
light, fast-moving bass
lines. True to form, the
piece has plenty of
dramatic and comedic
flair.
The 4th
movement of the late
nineteenth century
composer’s prime
work, written originally
for orchestra, is
presentedhere in a
whimsical and virtuoso
Piano transcription.
Performance time is
approximately 6
minutes.
