ASTURIAS
JOHN WILLIAMS
COMPOSITOR: ISAAC ALBENIZ
PAÍS: SPAIN
ALBUM: ECHOES OF SPAIN
DISCOGRÁFICA: SONY MUSIC
GÉNERO: ALLEGRO
AÑO: 1975
Isaac Albéniz (Camprodón, 29
de maio de 1860
- Cambô-les-Bains, 18 de maio
de 1909) foi um
compositor, pianista e dramaturgo espanhol.
Asturias (Leyenda),
named simply Leyenda by its composer, is a musical work by the Spanish composer
and pianist Isaac Albéniz.
The opening is shown here in piano score. The
repeated D is an example of the use of a pedal note
The
piece, which lasts around six minutes in performance, was originally written
for the piano and set
in the key of G minor. It was
first published in Barcelona,
by Juan Bta. Pujol & Co.,
in 1892 as the prelude of a three-movement set entitled Chants
d'Espagne.
The name Asturias
(Leyenda) was given to it posthumously by the German publisher Hofmeister, who included it in the 1911
"complete version" of the Suite española,
although Albéniz never intended the piece for this suite. Despite the new name,
this music is not considered suggestive of the folk music of the northern
Spanish region of Asturias, but
rather of Andalusian flamenco traditions. Leyenda, Hofmeister's subtitle, means legend. The piece is noted for
the delicate, intricate melody of its middle section and abrupt dynamic
changes.
Albéniz's biographer, Walter Aaron Clark, describes the
piece as "pure Andalusian flamenco". In the
main theme the piano mimics the guitar technique of alternating the thumb and
fingers of the right hand, playing a pedal-note open string with the index finger and a melody with the thumb. The
theme itself suggests the rhythm of the bulería — a fast flamenco form. The ‘marcato’/'staccato’ markings suggest both guitar
sounds and the footwork of a flamenco dancer. The piece
sounds as though it is written in the Phrygian
mode which is typical of bulerías. The
second section is a reminiscent of a copla — a sung verse following a specific form. Clark states that it is written
in typical Albéniz form as it is "presented monophonically but doubled at
the fifteenth for more fullness of sound. The music alters between a solo and
accompaniment that is typical of flamenco. The short
middle section of the piece is written in the style of a malagueña — another flamenco style
piece. The
malagueña borrows two motives from the previous copla and builds on them. The
piece returns to its first theme until a slow "hymn-like" passage
ends the piece.
John Towner Williams (Long Island, 8 de
fevereiro de 1932)
é um aclamado compositor americano premiado várias vezes por suas trilhas
sonoras.
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