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Glinka, Mikhail Ivanovich : Nocturne "La séparation" f-moll G. vi, 204

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Music ID : 3282
Composition Year:1839 
Publication Year:1839
Instrumentation:Piano Solo 
Genre:nocturne
Total Playing Time:4 min 20 sec
Copyright:Public Domain

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Author : Saitoh, Noriko

Last Updated: November 1, 2007
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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.

He is considered the first Russian composer to achieve international recognition. Like many Russian composers of his time, he was of noble birth and engaged with music as, so to speak, a dilettante. He traveled to Italy and Berlin several times, where he sought to integrate elements of Russian music with the harmony he encountered there. His trials and errors can be considered largely successful, as later Russian music forged new paths, taking Glinka as a model. This work was composed in 1839, when Glinka was 35 years old, during his mature period. It is dedicated to Glinka's sister, Elizaveta Ivanovna Glinka.

Written in 6/8 time, this work is marked comodo at the beginning. It begins with an 8-bar introduction. The music is primarily carried by two parts, which can be divided between the left and right hands, though variations such as the division of each part into two voices are seen in places.

Writer: Saitoh, Noriko

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