Bucolics
for Viola and Cello
While working on the score of his ''Concerto for Orchestra'', the composition in which his original treatment of folk-music reached its stylistic perfection, Lutosławski completed the ''Bucolics'' for the piano, based on tunes from Kurpie (a district lying to the north-east of Warsaw) collected by the Rev. Władysław Skierkowski. With astounding inventiveness Lutosławski has here applied a number of subtle methods, always perfectly fitted to the folk-music material, while showing the expressive qualities of the original in completely new light. The exemplary balance of the means used - the texture and the miniature form - is also especially noteworthy. In 1962 the composer arranged them for the viola and cello. [Adam Walaciński]
- Series: Educational Series
- Language of edition: eng, pol
- Number of pages: 24
- Cover: softcover
- Type: parts
- Size: N4 vertical (235x305 mm)
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Music from Chopin's Land, book 3
Out of PrintMusic from Chopin's Land, book 2
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