Humoresques and Other Works for Solo Piano - Paperback
Humoresques and Other Works for Solo Piano - Paperback
Description
by Antonin Dvorák (Author)
This treasury of 33 works features all eight of the Humoresques, Op. 101, including the immensely popular No. 7 in G-flat Major; all 12 of the Silhouettes, Op. 8; four Slavonic Dances arranged for solo piano; four Poetic Tone Pictures; and five lively concert pieces -- two mazurkas, a polka, a waltz, and the Furiant in D Major. All are reprinted from authoritative editions.
Pianist Rudolf Firkusny completed his work on this important collection shortly before his 1994 death. This volume constitutes a continuation of his pioneering efforts to bring international recognition to the music of his native country, the former Czechoslovakia.
Author Biography
Czech composer Antonin Dvorák (1841-1904) employed the folk idioms of Moravia and his native Bohemia in a synthesis of Romantic and Classicist styles. His symphonic, choral, and chamber works include the well-known New World Symphony and Slavonic Dances.
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