Sergei Rachmaninoff


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Études-Tableaux, Op. 39

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Sergei Rachmaninoff - Études-Tableaux, Op. 39

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The Études-Tableaux ("study paintings"), Op. 39, is the second of two sets of piano études composed by Sergei Rachmaninoff. Op. 39 was composed sometime between 1916 and 1917 and were among the final works composed by Rachmaninoff before his exit from Russia.

Structure

The Op. 39 set comprises nine études:

  1. Allegro agitato in C minor ("The Sea"), a study in arpeggiated "swirls"

  2. Lento assai in A minor ("The Sea and the Seagulls")

  3. Allegro molto in F♯ minor ("The Day of Wrath"), a study targeting the weak fingers of the hand

  4. Allegro assai in B minor ("Dying Birds") a fusion of a Hopak and a Gavotte which functions as a study on repeated notes

  5. Appassionato in E♭ minor, a study in octaves

  6. Allegro in A minor ("Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf"), a study in repeated notes and jumps

  7. Lento lugubre in C minor ("Funeral March"), based on the painting Self-Immolation by Grigoriy Myasoyedov, a study in thick chords and luminous bell sounds

  8. Allegro moderato in D minor, based on the painting A Road in the Rye by Grigoriy Myasoyedov, a lyrical study in double notes which quotes Scriabin's Piano Sonata No. 5 near the end

  9. Allegro moderato. Tempo di marcia in D major, a study in jumps, octaves and repeated notes


Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Études-Tableaux,_Op._39 / License: CC BY-SA 4.0

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