ISBN 9790260000827. 30.8 x 23.4 cm inches.
The monumental collection of intimate piano poems Moods, Impressions and Souvenirs was published in four volumes as Op. 41 (1892-4), Op. 44 (1895), Op. (1892-5) and Op. 57 (1897). It is a set of 376 short character pieces, a sketchbook of sorts, a notebook of motifs and ideas. Fibich's musical diary, a unique document of his romantic relationship, is a valuable contribution to Czech piano music. In the stylisation of the intimate testimonies of the pieces, we find the wordless tones of a Romantic song, a Chopinesque poetry, glimpses of Impressionistic colourfulness, and an almost Neo-Classicist wittiness. |
