SARCASMS, VISIONS FUGITIVES AND OTHER SHORT WORKS FOR PIANOBY SERGEI PROKOFIEVPAGES: 192PUBLISHER: DOVER PUBLICATIONSSERIES: DOVER CLASSICAL PIANO MUSICPUBLICATION DATE: 18TH SEPTEMBER 2000FORMAT: PAPERBACKDESCRIPTION:-ONE OF THE 20TH CENTURY`S MOST PROLIFIC COMPOSERS OF PIANO MUSIC, SERGEI PROKOFIEV (1891–1953) IS CELEBRATED FOR HIS UNIQUE PIANO IDIOM, COMBINING THE SEEMINGLY INCONGRUOUS ELEMENTS OF HIGHLY PERCUSSIVE TEXTURES WITH PASSAGES OF GREAT LYRICAL CHARM. "ABOVE ALL," NOTES GROVE`S, "HIS MUSIC SHOWS A PROFESSIONAL CARE FOR THE PERFORMER, NEVER REACHING BEYOND THE PRACTICABLE LIMITS OF EXECUTION."-PIANISTS WILL WELCOME THIS EXCELLENT NEW COMPILATION OF PIECES COMPOSED BETWEEN 1907 AND 1922 — THE GREAT FORMATIVE YEARS OF PROKOFIEV`S UNIQUE APPROACH TO KEYBOARD WRITING — FROM HIS HIGHLY ORIGINAL DIABOLICAL SUGGESTION AND THE DRAMATIC, CAPRICIOUS SARCASMS TO THE VERY POPULAR MARCH AND SCHERZO TRANSCRIBED BY THE COMPOSER FROM HIS OPERA THE LOVE FOR THREE ORGANS.-REPRODUCED FROM AUTHORITATIVE EARLY EDITIONS, THIS GENEROUS COLLECTION INCLUDES FOUR ÉTUDES, OP. 2; FOUR PIECES, OP. 3; EXCERPTS FROM FOUR PIECES, OP. 4; TOCCATA, OP. 11; TEN PIECES, OP. 12; THE COMPLETE SARCASMS, OP. 17, AND VISIONS FUGITIVES, OP. 22; TALES OF THE OLD GRANDMOTHER, OP. 31; FOUR PIECES, OP. 32; AND THE MARCH AND SCHERZO, OP. 33TER.CONTENTS:FOUR ÉTUDES, OP. 2-1. ALLEGRO-2. MODERATO-3. ANDANTE SEMPLICE-4. PRESTO ENERGICOFOUR PIECES, OP. 3-1. TALE-2. JOKE-3. MARCH-4. PHANTOMFOUR PIECES, OP. 4 (TWO EXCERPTS)-1. REMINISCENCES-2. DIABOLICAL SUGGESTION-TOCCATA, OP. 11TEN PIECES, OP. 12-1. MARCH-2. GAVOTTE-3. RIGAUDON-4. MAZURKA-5. CAPRICCIO-6. LEGEND-7. PRELUDE (HARP)-8. ALLEMANDE-9. HUMOROUS SCHERZO...-10. SCHERZOSARCASMS, OP. 17-1. TEMPESTOSO-2. ALLEGRO RUBATO-3. ALLEGRO PRECIPITATO-4. SMANIOSO-5. PRECIPITOSISSIMOVISIONS FUGITIVES, OP. 22-1. LENTAMENTE-2. ANDANTE-3. ALLEGRETTO-4. ANIMATO-5. MOLTO GIOCOSO-6. CON ELEGANZA-7. (HARP) PITTORESCO-8. COMODO-9. ALLEGRETTO TRANQUILLO-10. [RIDICULOSAMENTE]-11. CON VIVACITÀ-12. ASSAI MODERATO-13. ALLEGRETTO-14. FEROCE-15. INQUIETO-16. DOLENTE-17. POETICO-18. CON UNA DOLCE LENTEZZA-19. PRESTO AGITATISSIMO...-20. LENTO IRREALMENTETALES OF THE OLD GRANDMOTHER, OP. 31-1. MODERATO-2. ANDANTINO-3. ANDANTE ASSAI-4. SOSTENUTOFOUR PIECES, OP. 32-1. DANCE-2. MINUET-3. GAVOTTE-4. WALTZMARCH AND SCHERZO, OP. 33TER (FROM THE LOVE FOR THREE ORANGES (1919), TRANSCRIBED BY THE COMPOSER.-NOTA: SI BUSCA ALGUNA PARTITURA O MÉTODO, ENVÍENOS UN MENSAJE Y CON GUSTO ATENDEREMOS SU COMENTARIO, SOMOS ESPECIALISTAS EN MÚSICA IMPRESA, SI REQUIERE FACTURA FAVOR DE SOLICITARLA AL MOMENTO DE SU COMPRA.