"Iberia" (Albeniz) - Iberia

…His works include the opera Pepita Jimenez (1896) and the orchestral piece Catalonia (1899), but the majority of his compositions are piano pieces, many of which are original pieces based on Spanish folk music. Among his relatively simple works from his middle period are the Suite Spanish (c. 1886-96) and the Suite Spanish Song (c. 1895-96), while his complex and advanced works from his later period include the 12-piece Iberia (1906-09), which is considered a groundbreaking masterpiece in the history of piano music. [Shigeo Hamada]…

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…作品はオペラ《ペピータ･ヒメネス》(1896)，管弦楽曲《カタロニア》(1899)などもあるが，おおむねピアノ曲で，スペインの民俗音楽を素材にした独創的な楽曲が多い。中期までの比較的簡明な作品では《スペイン組曲》(1886‐96ころ)，組曲《スペインの歌》(1895‐96ころ)がよく知られ，後期の複雑で高度な作品では《イベリア》全12曲(1906‐09)がピアノ音楽史上画期的な名作とされている。【浜田 滋郎】。…

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