At the Seegestade

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The concert etude Am Seegestade - a memory ( Na břehu mořském - Vzpomínka ), Op. 17 is a composition by Bedřich Smetana for piano solo in G sharp minor. The piece was composed in 1861, has a playing time of about 5 to 6 minutes and is - as can be seen from the title - to be understood as a reminder of the composer's time in Gothenburg.

history

Smetana wrote Am Seegestade three months after returning from Gothenburg in September 1861 in Prague . The work was premiered by himself on November 9, 1861 as part of a concert on his tour through Germany and the Netherlands. The concert etude went to press for the first time in July 1864 in Prague, together with other works by Josef Proksch's 15 best music students in the VI. Department of the Great Pianoforte School of Pedagogues.

music

After a short introduction, the presentation of the main theme begins, which stands out from virtuoso, wave-like thirty-two-digit runs. The tempo designation for this section of the piece is Moderato ma non troppo . The motif is passed through various keys such as F sharp major, B major, B flat major, C major, C sharp major, E flat minor and E flat major with the help of various modulations . The current flows almost seamlessly via a fully configured E -flat 7 into a fortississimo part in A flat major, which in the Allegro uses the theme in massive octaves, continues it and ends it in a powerful A flat major chord without thirds after 18 bars. After a small, quasi- cadenza-like transition, the opening part returns - the key from the previous part has been retained - now continuous and calm in pianissimo, which gently ends the concert etude.

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  • Bedřich Smetana, Am Seegestade / Concert Etude in C major / Fantasy on Czech folk songs for piano, Urtext edition, performing score for piano, edited by Jan Novotný, Bärenreiter Verlag, ISMN M-2601-0294-1

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