5 IMPROMPTUS FOR PIANO
COMPOSER: GABRIEL FAURÉ

TITLE: 5 IMPROMPTUS FOR PIANO
INSTRUMENTATION OF THE WORK: PIANO
DETAILED INSTRUMENTATION: PIANO
VOLUME / SERIES: BÄRENREITER URTEXT
EDITOR: BARTOLI, JEAN-PIERRE
FOREWORD / INTRODUCTION: BARTOLI, JEAN-PIERRE
PRODUCT FORMAT: PERFORMANCE SCORE, URTEXT EDITION, ANTHOLOGY
INSTRUMENTATION: PIANO
COMMENTS ON THE EDITION: WITH NOTES ON INTERPRETATION BY JEAN-PIERRE BARTOLI
LANGUAGE(S) OF TEXT: FRENCH, ENGLISH, GERMAN
LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY (D): 5
PUBLISHER: BÄRENREITER
BINDING: STAPLED
PRINT RUN: 1ST PRINTING 2021
VOLUME / SERIES: BÄRENREITER URTEXT
EDITOR: BARTOLI, JEAN-PIERRE
INSTRUMENTATION OF THE WORK: PIANO

- SCHOLARLY-CRITICAL EDITION BASED ON THE URTEXT FROM “OEUVRES COMPLÈTES DE GABRIEL FAURÉ”
- MUSICAL TEXT AT THE FOREFRONT OF SCHOLARSHIP INCLUDING COMPREHENSIVE SOURCE RESEARCH
- WITH PERFORMANCE SUGGESTIONS (FR/ENG/GER)

DESCRIPTION:
-FAURÉ COMPOSED HIS 5 IMPROMPTUS IN TWO DISTINCT PERIODS OF HIS CAREER, IN 1881–83 AND 1906–09. INSPIRED BY CHOPIN’S EXAMPLE, THE BRILLIANT EARLY IMPROMPTUS (OPP. 25, 31 AND 34) RESEMBLE LYRICAL ÉTUDES THAT SEEM LIKE IMPROVISATIONS BUT ARE LAID OUT IN SYMMETRICAL FORM WITH A CODA. IN CONTRAST, THE IMPROMPTUS OPP. 91 AND 102 ARE FAR MORE BOLDLY CONCEIVED IN THEIR SONORITY, HARMONY AND VIRTUOSITY. THIS SCHOLARLY-CRITICAL URTEXT EDITION IS EDITED BY JEAN-PIERRE BARTOLI, A MUSICOLOGIST AND PROFESSOR AT THE SORBONNE. IT PRESENTS THE MUSICAL TEXT FROM THE CORRESPONDING COMPLETE EDITION VOLUME (BA 9471) WHICH WAS PUBLISHED IN 2020 AS PART OF THE “OEUVRES COMPLÈTES DE GABRIEL FAURÉ”. THE EDITION CONTAINS A KNOWLEDGEABLE FOREWORD (FR/ENG/GER) AND CRITICAL COMMENTARY (ENG). IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING THAT A READER FRIENDLY ENGRAVING, PRACTICAL PAGE TURNS AND VALUABLE PERFORMANCE SUGGESTIONS ARE ALSO INCLUDED.

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CONTENT
EXTRAS
· INTRODUCTION (FRANÇAIS)
· INTRODUCTION (ENGLISH)
· EINLEITUNG
· COMPOSER / AUTHOR: FAURÉ, GABRIEL
1ER IMPROMPTU OP. 25
INSTRUMENTATION: KLAVIER
· COMPOSER / AUTHOR: FAURÉ, GABRIEL
2E IMPROMPTU OP. 31
INSTRUMENTATION: KLAVIER
· COMPOSER / AUTHOR: FAURÉ, GABRIEL
3E IMPROMPTU OP. 34
INSTRUMENTATION: KLAVIER
· COMPOSER / AUTHOR: FAURÉ, GABRIEL
4E IMPROMPTU OP. 91
INSTRUMENTATION: KLAVIER
· COMPOSER / AUTHOR: FAURÉ, GABRIEL
5E IMPROMPTU OP. 102
INSTRUMENTATION: KLAVIER
· CRITICAL COMMENTARY:
· SOURCE DESCRIPTION
· CRITICAL NOTES