Dutilleux, Henri : Bergerie
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Publication Year:1946
First Publisher:Henry Lemoine
Instrumentation:Piano Solo
Genre:Various works
Total Playing Time:1 min 00 sec
Copyright:Under Copyright Protection
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Author : Hirano, Takatoshi
Last Updated: February 20, 2014
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Dutilleux (1916-2013) composed this educational miniature early in his career. In 1946, immediately after World War II, and just one year before Dutilleux achieved his first major success with his representative work, the Piano Sonata (1947), he received a commission from Henri Lemoine publishing house. He composed this piece as one of the works for the pedagogical collection Jardin d’Enfants (Children's Garden), which featured piano pieces by contemporary composers. The title, 'Bergerie' (Pastoral/Shepherd's Song), refers to a genre of song by medieval French court poets, a type of idyll that depicts the cheerful exchanges between shepherds. The piece is in ABA form. Section A, in D major, is divided into three subsections. Section B, in contrast to A, is characterized by prominent legato. It begins in G major, but soon features alternating 3/4 and 2/4 meters, and an increase in flats, leading to the Mixolydian mode. Finally, the theme of A returns, also in the Mixolydian mode, and the piece concludes by returning to D major. Notably, in the first edition, the first note in the left hand (measure 5, beat 2) is marked with the fingering 2, 5.
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