Title
Musica ricercata
Subtitle
for piano
Category
Solo Work
Klavier
Klavier
Duration
23:00
Number of performers
1
Composition year(s)
1951
World premiere
1969-11-18
Sundsvall (S) · Liisa Pohjola, piano
Movements
I Sostenuto · Misurato · Prestissimo
II Mesto, rigido e ceremoniale
III Allegro con spirito
IV Tempo di valse (poco vivace · “à l’orgue de Barbarie”)
V Rubato. Lamentoso
VI Allegro molto capriccioso
VII Cantabile, molto legato
VIII Vivace. Energico
IX (Béla Bartók in memoriam) Adagio. Mesto · Allegro maestoso
X Vivace. Capriccioso
XI (Omaggio a Girolamo Frescobaldi) Andante misurato e tranquillo
II Mesto, rigido e ceremoniale
III Allegro con spirito
IV Tempo di valse (poco vivace · “à l’orgue de Barbarie”)
V Rubato. Lamentoso
VI Allegro molto capriccioso
VII Cantabile, molto legato
VIII Vivace. Energico
IX (Béla Bartók in memoriam) Adagio. Mesto · Allegro maestoso
X Vivace. Capriccioso
XI (Omaggio a Girolamo Frescobaldi) Andante misurato e tranquillo
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Comment of the composer on the work
The authorities allowed the Cello Sonata (first movement 1948, second movement 1953) to be recorded for public radio. It was broadcast once. It could not, however, be performed in concert because of its “formalistic” second movement. The eleven piano pieces Musica ricercata (1950–53) were banned as well. Later, when I was already living in the West, the Paris accordionist Max Bonnay transcribed some of these pieces for bayan (a type of Russian accordion).
© 2001–2003 Teldec Classics & 2004 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd | Translation: Louise Duchesneau
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