Martinů: The Frescoes of Piero della Francesca, H. 352 / The Parables, H. 367
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- Composer: Bohuslav Martinů (1890-1959)
- Editors: Janina Müller, Arne Stollberg
- Format: Full Score
- Instrumentation: Orchestra
- Binding: Hardcover
- ISMN:
- Size: 10.4 x 13.0 inches
- Pages: 263
- Urtext / Critical Edition
Description
"The Frescoes of Piero della Francesca" and "The Parables" represent the culmination of the late Neo-Impressionist orchestral output of Bohuslav Martinů, marked by a fantastic, kaleidoscopic style. Martinů transforms his extramusical (visual, literary) inspirations into the principles of musical forms, which are open to associations from mood setting to philosophical inquiries into the essence of human existence.
The composer wrote "The Frescoes" in spring 1955 and conceived them after the cycle of Renaissance frescoes of Piero della Francesca in the Basilica of St Francis of Assisi in Arezzo, Italy. The premiere at the Salzburg Festival on 26 August 1956 was performed by the Vienna Philharmonic under Rafael Kubelík, to whom the composition is dedicated. Martinů wrote the first two movements of "The Parables" in July 1957; he returned to the work after a break in early 1958 (completing the final, third movement on 8 February). "The Parables" were premiered in Boston on 13 February 1959 by Charles Munch and the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
The mottos of the first two movements of "The Parables" reference "The Wisdom of the Sands" by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. for the third movement, Martinů created a motto out of loosely strung excerpts from Georges Neveux's play "The Voyage of Theseus", which later provided the subject matter for Martinů's opera "Ariadne" (1958). Although the music of "The Parables" relates to the mottos only abstractly or, in the case of the third movement, perhaps somewhat accidentally, these texts are nevertheless an integral part of "The Parables".
This volume of the complete edition is based on a thorough assessment of all of the composer's autographs and their copies, as well as Martinů's extensive correspondence, which is the source of numerous new findings regarding the genesis of both compositions. The editors included this information in the Foreword, which also examines the mottos of "The Parables" in the context of the composer's late works.
Works:
- The Frescoes of Piero della Francesca,, H. 352
- The Parables, H. 367
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