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Anthology of Impressionistic Piano Music--Intermediate- to Early-Advanced Works by Twenty Composers.(Book Review)
Anthology of Impressionistic Piano Music--Intermediate- to Early-Advanced Works by Twenty Composers, edited by Maurice Hinson. Alfred Publishing Co., Inc. (16320 Roscoe Blvd., Ste. 100, P.O. Box 10003, Van Nuys, CA 91410). 208 pp. $34.95.
Impressionism, with its beginnings in art and literature, found a means of expression in music through the works of Claude Debussy. In his piano works alone, one can find the atmospheric, the suggestive and subtle nuance of light and shade. The Anthology of Impressionistic Piano Music, edited by the highly regarded Maurice Hinson, represents Debussy through several of his well-known works, including selections from the Preludes and the entire Pour le piano suite. However, this comprehensive collection of intermediate-to early-advanced level pieces serves a greater purpose in revealing the compositions of some twenty composers influenced by the impressionistic aesthetic and who worked at one time in an impressionistic manner.
The wide range of impressionistic styles and idioms begins with the harmonic techniques of Frederic Chopin (Mazurka in A Minor, Op. 17, No. 4), the evocation of sounds by Franz Liszt (Cloches du soir) and the innovative concepts of harmony and timbre developed by Edvard Grieg (Klokkenklang). Representing most of Europe, as well as the Americas, the composers from the impressionistic period (ca. 1880-1920) include Maurice Ravel (Sonatine), Charles Griffes (The Vale of Dreams), Cyril Scott (Lotus Land), Alexander Tcherepnin (Flower-Drum), Frederico Mompou (Jeunes filles au jardin), Selim Palmgren (May Night), Alexander Gretchaninoff (Nocturne), Richard Strauss (Traumerei) and many others. An interpretation of impressionism from the late-twentieth century, Rendez-vous manque by Michel Block, also is included.
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