Arabesque (classical music)
The arabesque is a type of music 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 have written arabesques include:
- Marin Marais: L'arabesque (1717), appears in the soundtrack of the film Tous les Matins du Monde
- Robert Schumann: Arabeske in C, Op. 18 (1839)
- Johann Friedrich Franz Burgmüller (1806-1874): Op. 100
- Moritz Moszkowski: Opp. 15/2 (1877), 61 (1899), 95/4 and 96/5(1920)
- Cécile Chaminade: Opp. 61 (1892) and 92 (1898)
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-93)[2][3]
- Anton Arensky: Op. 67 (1903)
- Adolf Schulz-Evler: Op. 12 Arabesques on "An der schönen blauen Donau
- Edward MacDowell (1860-1908)
- Louis Vierne: Arabesque, Op. 31/15 (1913-4)
- Jean Sibelius: Arabesque, Op. 76/9 (1914)
- Bohuslav Martinů: Seven Arabesques for cello and piano (1931)
- Edward Joseph Collins (1886-1951)
- William Kroll (1901-80)
- Harold Budd: Arabesque 1,2&3 (2005)
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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