Serialism, random music, prepared pianos etc. Personally I am not at all interested in most “experimental” music of the20th century. Unfortunately I haven't yet done any exploring and can't therefore recommend a particular piece, but maybe someone else can. It's all very beautiful, haunting music, heavily inspired by Eastern European and East Asian music. I've listened to some of his orchestral music, but not his piano music other than one beginner piece. I think these fall into the "advanced but not amazingly difficult" category - as you've played Bartok before you'll know that the difficulties tend to centre on the slightly unusual rhythms and the rather unexpected harmonies, which tend to concentrate the sight-reading skills in the early stages of learning! I started with the last one, which when played up to speed is an exhilerating fanfare-like piece, and am working through the others now.įor my next 20thC pieces, I'm interested in looking at some of Hovhannes's work, which I've only recently come across. ![]() ![]() Each of the 6 pieces is short (less than 2 minutes). My 20thC repertoire is also not extensive, but I've been having a load of fun recently with Bartok's 6 dances in Hungarian Rhythm, from Mikrokosmos 6.
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