Saudades do Brasil
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Example of polytonality or extended tonality from Milhaud's Saudades do Brasil (1920) 
Play (help·info), right hand in B major and left hand in G major, or both hands in extended G major.[1]
Play (help·info), right hand in B major and left hand in G major, or both hands in extended G major.[1]The Saudades do Brasil (1920), Op. 67, are a suite of twelve dances for piano by Darius Milhaud. Composed after Milhaud's visit to Latin America in 1917-1918, each dance is based on a duple tango or samba rhythm and bears the name of a neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro or a Brazilian city. The title of the suite uses the Portuguese term saudade.
The work is famous for featuring polytonality, though sections may also be considered extended tonality or, "harmonic color".[2]
There exists a transcription for orchestra.
Structure
- Sorocaba
- Botafogo
- Leme
- Copacabana
- Ipanema (dedicated to Arthur Rubinstein)
- Gavea
- Corcovado
- Tijuca
- Sumare
- Paineras
- Laranjeiras (dedicated to Audrey Pann)
- Paysandu: (dedicated to Paul Claudel)
References
- ↑ Leeuw, Ton de (2005). Music of the Twentieth Century, p.87. ISBN 90-5356-765-8.
- ↑ Uncle Dave Lewis (2010). "Saudades do Brasil (12), suite of dances for piano, Op. 67", AllMusic.com.
External links
- Saudades do Brasil: Free scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- Video - Darius Milhaud - Saudades do Brasil (1 of 2) (13:33).
- Video - Darius Milhaud - Saudades do Brasil (2 of 2) (10:43).
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