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Mompou, Federico : Trois Comptines

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Music ID : 19518
Instrumentation:Piano Ensemble 
Genre:Various works
Total Playing Time:4 min 00 sec
Copyright:Under Copyright Protection
Additional Notes:作曲者自身によるピアノ連弾の編曲あり

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Author : Naito, Akira

Last Updated: March 12, 2018
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Note: This article is automatically translated from the original Japanese text. The author of the original work did not supervise this translation.

A song composed in 1926. The French title « comptine » is derived from « compter » (to count) and refers to a children's counting-out rhyme used to choose a 'tagger' or 'it' in games. The lyricist is unknown. « On the Carriage, There's a Doll » is sung in Catalan, while « Margot the Magpie » and « Three Little Rabbits in the Moon » are sung in French. In 1978, when Mompou was performing with fellow musicians in New York, the singer was unable to appear, so he hastily arranged the piece for piano four hands. The premiere was given by Mompou himself and Alicia de Larrocha. In the same concert, Canto y Danza No. 14 was also premiered by Larrocha, who stated, "Mompou's music may be for the few who know how to perceive it. But for me, this music is one of the things I truly cherish from the bottom of my heart" (from Larrocha's CD liner notes by Jiro Hamada).

All three pieces have extremely simple musical ideas. While the lyrics generally do not carry deep meaning, "Margot the Magpie" (in modal A minor) is a cruel and surreal song about having one's feet chopped off in Mr. David's garden, and a languid sorrow permeates the music as well. Although the performance is straightforward, the unique charm of the four-hand version lies in the transparent chords characteristic of Mompou, which overlap and resonate into the high registers. « On the Carriage, There's a Doll » (in C major) and « Three Little Rabbits in the Moon » (in G major) both feature light and charming musical ideas.

Writer: Naito, Akira

Movements (3)

Dalt d'u cotxe

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Margot, la pie

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J'ai vu dans la lune

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