Arabesque (classical music)
The arabesque is a type of music generally for piano, which uses melodies to create the atmosphere of Arabic architecture.[1]
Etymology
The word "arabesque" is derived from Western ideas of Arabic music, which were highly embellished. In actuality, arabesques and Arab music are not closely related.[2]
Notable arabesques
The opening bars of Jean Sibelius's Arabesque (Op.76, No.9).
The most well-known are Claude Debussy's Deux Arabesques, composed in 1888 and 1891, respectively.
Other composers who wrote arabesques include:
- Robert Schumann: Arabeske in C, Op. 18
- Jean Sibelius: Arabesque, Op. 76/9
- Moritz Moszkowski: Opp. 15/2, 61, 95/4 and 96/5
- Cécile Chaminade: Opp. 61 and 92
- Edward MacDowell
- Anton Arensky: Op. 67
- Johann Friedrich Franz Burgmüller: Op. 100
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky[2][3] and
- Bohuslav Martinů: Seven Arabesques for cello and piano (1931).
- Harold Budd: Arabesque 1,2&3 (2005)
- Louis Vierne: Arabesque, Op. 31
See also
References
- ↑ Çimen, Gül and Nevhiz Ercan. Piyano Albümü. Arkadaş Yayınevi, 2002, p. 27.
- 1 2 Baker's Student Encyclopedia of Music
- ↑ International Music Score Library Project
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