Piano
SKU:
PA.H07957
Fur
Klavier. Composed by
Luboš Fišer.
Stapled. Performance
score. With Text
Language:
Czech/German/English.
Editio Baerenreiter Praha
#H07957_00. Published by
Editio Baerenreiter Praha
(PA.H07957).
ISBN
9790260104464. 31 x 23.5
cm inches.
Piano
Sonata No. 3 was written
in 1960 during the
composer's studies at
HAMU (Music Faculty of
the Academy of Performing
Arts in Prague) under
Emil Hlobil. The first
half of the 1960s was the
period during which
Fiser's musical language
underwent fundamental
change as he rapidly
cultivated his own,
distinctive style,
established in Fifteen
Prints after Durer's
Apocalypse. This sonata
thus also includes
several essential traits
which shift his
compositional development
further. The work has two
movements, however, its
internal structure
abandons traditional
form. The piece is
divided into several
short, mutually
contrasting sections,
whereby the distinctions
between the adjacent
parts are emphasised by
the thematic and chordal
treatment. These
contrasts are also
supported by the chosen
dynamics, tempo and other
expressional means. The
harmony is largely based
on traditional chords or
their condensed form
while, in certain
passages, we will
nevertheless come across
semitone clusters or
fourth chords. The melody
is still chiefly
diatonic; at times Fiser
uses chromatic sequences.
These new elements in
Sonata No. 3 indicate an
attempt to simplify his
writing and ensure
greatest transparency and
impact. This endeavour
became a basic
characteristic of Fiser's
compositions from the
mid-1960s onwards.
The sonata
originally bore the
postscript Fantasia,
which was subsequently
taken out by the
composer. It was first
performed by Ales Bilek
in 1961. The new setting
for this piece is based
on the single edition to
date (Panton, 1967); only
with regard to a few
inconsistencies in the
score was it necessary to
consult the composer's
manuscript (kept at the
National Museum - Czech
Museum of Music).