Bohuslav Martinů - Puppets {Loutky} Book I - II - III
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- čas přidán 16. 07. 2024
- - Composer: Bohuslav Martinů (8 December 1890 -- 28 August 1959)
- Performer: Paul Kaspar (piano)
- Year of recording: 2009
Loutky (Puppets) for piano, Book I, H. 137, written in 1924
Loutky (Puppets) for piano, Book II, H. 116, written in 1914-1918
Loutky (Puppets) for piano, Book III, H. 92, written in 1912-1914
Book I
00:00 - 1. Colombine's dance {Kolumbína tancí}- Tempo di Valse
02:38 - 2. The new puppet {Nová loutka}- Moderato (shimmy)
04:16 - 3. The shy puppet {Ostýchavá panenka}- Andante moderato (chanson)
07:44 - 4. Fairy-tale {Pohádka}- Moderato
10:51 - 5. Puppet's dance {Tanec loutek}- Tempo di Valse
Book II
13:25 - 1. Puppet theatre {Loutkové divaldo}- Allegretto (valse)
15:40 - 2. Harlequin {Harlekýn}- Allegretto (scherzo)
17:19 - 3. Colombine remembers {Kolombína vzpominá}- Tranquillo (intermezzo)
20:32 - 4. The sick puppet {Nemocná loutka}- Largo (chanson triste)
24:19 - 5. Colombine sings {Kolumbína zpívá}- Lento (chanson à la Grieg)
Book III
27:43 - 1. Pierrot's serenade {Pierotovo zastaveníčko}- Scherzando
29:25 - 2. Little waltz of the sentimental puppet {Valčík sentimentální loutky}- Poco moderato
31:57 - 3. Colombine {Kolombína}- Andantino
35:07 - 4. Puppet Dance/Ball {Ples loutek}- Tempo di Valse
"Puppets" {Loutky} were written between 1912 and 1924. The three sets, however, are named in reverse chronological order. Puppets III (H. 92) was written first, completed in 1914, then Puppets II (H. 116) in 1918, both composed in Polička. The last to be written, Puppets I (H. 137) was begun there and completed in Paris in 1924.
While these three Puppets sets are considered as a whole Martinů's "first viable work," (Nadace Bohuslava Martinů, 2004) it was not the first to be influenced by marionettes. Like Debussy, Fauré, and Schoenberg, Martinů's imagination had already been captured by the puppet plays of the Belgian dramatist Maurice Maeterlinck, and in 1910 he wrote a prelude for large orchestra inspired by Maeterlink's short drama for marionettes, "La mort de Tintagiles"(Death of Tintagiles). The character names in various movement titles of Puppets, however, go back to the stock characters of commedia dell'arte (Pierrot, Colombine and Harlequin) which inspired much of traditional European pantomime and puppetry, while the music is that of stylized dances. Also included are ball scenes and scenes from the "private lives" of the puppets.
To take one dance example, in Book I "The New Puppet"{Nová loutka} is represented by a "shimmy," a dance movement in which the body is mostly held still, but the shoulders are alternately moved back and forth. Flappers of the 1920s would make this modern novelty dance popular, and the name "shimmy" had been mentioned in American popular music at least as early as 1908, although the specific movement itself has earlier folk-dance origins. This kind of "new" transcontinental cultural influence in the early twentieth century would continue to affect the music of Martinů and many of his compatriots. - Hudba
![BOHUSLAV MARTINŮ - "PUPPETS" [Fairy-tale, Harlequin & Puppet's Ball]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/Klzokn4GWCE/mqdefault.jpg)
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Those harmonies are wild
Bohuslav Martinů is my very favorite composer! Thank you for such a great performance! Playing his work as well!
Hi,
thanks a lot for posting these pieces with sheet music!
It really helps me playing and understanding the music better.
+AnkenSophie You're welcome Ank en Sophie!! Of mag ik m'n moerstaal praten? ;)
What a delightful work. Thank you so much. It's interesting. . . so many of my favorite musicians are Czech. Moravec, Kvapil, Dvorak, Janacek, to name a few.
Thank you for posting these pieces with score. Your previous channel introduced me to this Martinu work and I remember greatly enjoying it. Glad to see it and lots of other pieces up again with score and accompanying descriptions. Once again, thanks for the re-posts! David
+davidabarnes1993 I'm very glad to hear that David! Welcome back to my (new) channel :) Cheers, olla-vogala
realy modern and elegant at the same time
I've played this when I was a young boy. So nice to find it again.
Today, 3 November 2017, was the first time I have heard this work. Martinu is almost unknown to our local classical music radio station, KUSC FM
I love this huge work!
I played the first and second 2 years ago on piano, and man is it good to listen to it again! :D
So beautiful!!!!
So beautiful
thx a lot, you are so precious :*
amazing
Muchísimas gracias.Gran trabajo. Muy útil para los profesores. Martinu es uno de mis compositores favoritos. Lo programo mucho.
Thoroughly enjoyable Martinu! Quite reminiscent of Tchaikovsky, Schumann and Grieg, but with a tonal and melodic "twist" that is entirely Martinu. Kaspar's performance is engaging, as well. Thanks for posting music new to me.
brilliant
Beautifully played.
It reminds me a little of children's pieces by Jeno Takacs. Many of the best composers are from Bohemia, throughout time.
Great
thank you so much for posting these! these are set works for a class i attend; we were told short, easy pieces! short, perhaps, but easy? i'd say - not!
zena robinson I can site read these, they're pretty easy.
Loutky II - 13:27
Loutky III - 27:44
The first one reminds me of Prokofiev's Cinderella.
I am playing the second one of the first book, Nova Loutka, I think maybe you should take the begginings and the ends a little faster? Anyways a great performance.
where did you get the notesheet? could you please tell me the name of the sheet and the publishing house? thanks！
what's the source for this music sheet?
0:29
Could someone tell me what the capital "P" and "X' mean under the notes?
They're pedal markings that just look a bit different to the ones you might normally see
i dont love Bartok anymore...
11:52 - veeeeery very bad studio work... Such an obvious "cut" of tracks. How they could leave it like this? pfffff... Which label this record comes from? NAXOS or so? I believe so.
.... EDIT: ahhhh: 00:57 - left hand.. :) .... (I mean, I don't wanna be here like those people who comment to some live concert videos like: "Ah, you made a mistake there and there..."
But this is different case. I truly believe this comes from some published CD record. And obviously, they did NOT care at all... - probably NAXOS "fabrique" style. Quantity>>>>>>>quality.
Ahhhh... but probably it's my own problem. I just happened to record this piece myself couple days ago, so I can still hear every note. :)