Album for the Young for piano
Elisenda Fabregas
About this work:
Album for the Young is a collection of thirty-four short pieces ranging from early to advanced intermediate level. They are organized in three volumes in order of difficulty. These pieces are one or two pages long and cover a wide range of styles: from Renaissance to contemporary in the first two volumes, and Spanish and Latin American idioms in the third volume. Fingering, pedaling articulation marks and other performance indications are provided for each piece. The writing is melodic and non-polyphonic making it more accessible to the early intermediate student. All pieces are usually in ABA form.
Book I
I. The puppy dog
II. At the monastery
III. Games
IV. March of the tortoises
V. Waltz of the peacocks
VI. Medieval monk's chant
VII. Elizabethan dance
VIII. Hide and seek
IX. Echoes from the past
X. Drifting clouds (Homage to Debussy)
XI. A little goat
XII. Song of the boatman
XIII. Platero, the baby donkey
XIV. Gigue (Homage to J.S. Bach)
Book Two
I. Enchanted Mesa (A Native-American landscape)
II. Merry-go-round
III. Ragtime
IV. Sicilienne
V. Jogging (Homage to Czerny)
VI. Daydreams
VII. Toccata
VIII. The soldier's ghost
IX. Woodpeckers at work
X. Cloudy day
XI. The runaway clock
XII. A breezy afternoon
XIII. Dance of the chipmunks
Book III
I. Spanish fiesta
II. Nana (Spanish lullaby)
III. Sardana (Catalonian dance)
IV. Jota (Dance of Northeast Spain)
V. Habanera (Cuban/Spanish dance)
VI.Tango
VII. Homage to Ginastera
Year composed: 2002
Duration: 00:32:00
Ensemble type: Keyboard:Piano
Instrumentation:
Instrumentation notes: piano