Sounds and colors

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Sounds and Colors ( op.95 ) is a booklet of fifteen miniatures for piano for two hands by Jenő Takács from 1974.

Content and background

Sounds and colors are part of Jenő Takács' late work (from the 1960s) and are intended to introduce the sub-areas of the avant-garde . The pieces lead from the more conservative ( romantic , folkloristic ) to the avant-garde music. Takács used its compositions different playing techniques (u. A. Interior Obertoneffekte , Klangaktionen with long break values). Some pieces require musical sophistication and imagination due to the various avant-garde techniques. They are considered to be of medium difficulty and are particularly suitable for music educational and improvisational purposes.

The piano cycle was created in 1973/74 in Siegendorf , the composer's birthplace. The premiere took place on July 15, 1974 by the experimental composer and Pécs' Takács student Andor Losonczy (XV.), Who was friends with Takács, and on August 7, 1974 by the composer himself (I. – VIII.) In Eisenstadt . On August 26, 1974 a production by the ORF -Landesstudio Burgenland in Eisenstadt took place, which was broadcast on January 20, 1975. The cycle has a playing time of approx. 20 minutes and has been published by Musikverlag Doblinger in Vienna since 1977 .

The pieces Chinese Glockenspiel (XIII.), Klangstudie (I.), Toccatina (XII.), Echo (XI.) And Valse-Impromptu (XV.) Were included in the anthology of the record series of the Austrian Music Council “Austrian Music of the Present ”.

construction

The cycle is structured as follows:

  • I. Sound study
  • II. Wide landscape
  • III. In a great hurry
  • IV. Study in seconds and fourths
  • V. To Béla Bartók
  • VI. Eclogue
  • VII. In the watch shop
  • VIII. Sounds and colors
  • IX. Accordion
  • X. Chinese jugglers
  • XI. echo
  • XII. Toccatina
  • XIII. Pien Tshung (Chinese carillon)
  • XIV. Night sounds
  • XV. Valse-Impromptu (Homage to Franz Liszt )

Discography

  • 1987: LP Amadeo 423 520-1 (5 pieces) - interpreter: Jenö Takács
  • 1993: CD Amadeo 445 240-2 (5 pieces) - interpreter: Jenö Takács
  • 1997: CD Pepperland music production PEP 97202 - interpreter: Aima Maria Labra-Makk
  • 1999: CD extra plate EX 388-2 (1 piece) - interpreter: Josef Mayr
  • 2002: 2CDs Kulturvereinigung Oberschützen TAK 02001 - interpreter: Jenő Takács
  • 2003: CD supplement to: Éva Radics : Takács Jenő. Élete és munkássága (1 piece) - Artist: Jenő Takács
  • 2005: CD own label (4 pieces) - interpreter: Clara Frühstück

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Entry "Takács, Jenő" in Munzinger Online / KDG - Composers of the Present , URL: http://www.munzinger.de/document/17000000582 (accessed by not registered on January 13, 2018).
  2. ↑ a b c d Wolfgang Suppan (author): Jenő Takács: Documents, Analyzes, Commentaries, Eisenstadt 1977, p. 115.
  3. ↑ a b Wolfgang Suppan (author): Jenő Takács: Documents, Analyzes, Comments, Eisenstadt 1977, p. 85.
  4. ↑ a b Karen Schlimp : Sounds and Colors. Improvisation on the piano with Jenö Takács, in: üben & musiziert 4/2007, p. 28.
  5. ↑ a b Jerry Perkins : An Introduction to the Piano Music of Jenö Takács, in: American Music Teacher , Vol. 53, No. 5 (2004), pp. 36-40, here: p. 38.
  6. ↑ Wolfgang Suppan (author): Jenő Takács: Documents, Analyzes, Commentaries, Eisenstadt 1977, p. 123.
  7. ↑ Wolfgang Suppan (author): Jenő Takács: Documents, Analyzes, Commentaries, Eisenstadt 1977, p. 86.
  8. ↑ Diether de la Motte : Austrian Music of the Present by Gottfried Scholz, in: Die Musikforschung , Volume 48, Issue 2 (1995), p. 212.
  9. ^ Gottfried Scholz : Jenő Takács. Chinese glockenspiel, sound study, Toccatina, Echo and Valse-Impromptu from sounds and colors for piano op. 95 (1974), in: Austrian contemporary music. An anthology for the record series of the Austrian Music Council, Doblinger, Vienna 1993, ISBN 3-900695-22-9 , pp. 183-185.