Are you ready for quarter tones? It doesn’t take long to get used to them if you give it a go. Alois Hába (1893-1973)
From: Wellesz Theater
Are you ready for quarter tones? It doesn’t take long to get used to them if you give it a go. Alois Hába (1893-1973)
From: Wellesz Theater
I haven’t posted much piano jazz, but it was Erroll Garner’s birthday a couple of days ago and I came across this video. Great pianist (who couldn’t read a note of music).
Minimalist. Everybody was into Satie to one extent or another when I was in college. I don’t know how it is anymore.
Composed c. 1875.
Impromptu // theme and variations
Charles Griffes (1884-1920). U.S. composer. Generally known as an “impressionist” (but you may know by now that I think music and art can be, and often is, overcategorized.) This is his only piano sonata. There is no question that Debussy, etc. had a strong influence on him as did Scriabin. But his music is his own..recognizable, I think.
Alexander Tcherepnin (1899-1977). Exciting original stuff (to me).