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Isaac Albeniz’ - Musical Work Asturias in the Context of Spanish Piano Music Evolution
Isaac Albeniz’ - Musical Work Asturias in the Context of Spanish Piano Music Evolution

Author(s): Domantas Milius
Contributor(s): Isaac Albeniz (Composer)
Subject(s): Customs / Folklore, Music, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, 19th Century, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010)
Published by: VšĮ Šiaulių universiteto leidykla
Keywords: Spanish music; musical type; the Generation of ’98;

Summary/Abstract: The article analyzes the musical work Asturias for solo piano from the Spanish Suite, Op. 47 by Spanish composer Isaac Albeniz. It delves into the ambivalence of the work from the point of view of national music. On the one hand, the work is assessed by music critics as one of the most cosmopolitan among the three outstanding composers of Spanish national school: Isaac Albeniz, Enrique Granados and Manuel de Falla. The quotations from Spanish folk music are not directly used in it, however, while listening to this musical piece one can see it as an indubitable masterpiece of Spanish music. A conclusion is drawn that Albeniz uses elements of Spanish music in his musical work Asturias in an abstracted way, thus forming a new feature of piano music described as a musical type.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 24
  • Page Range: 13-19
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: English