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Suite for Oboe and Piano by Walter Piston Piano Accompaniment - Sheet Music

By Walter Piston

This 1931 suite was first performed by a principal player of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Ferdinand Gillet, with Jesus Sanromá as pianist. It is dedicated to Dr. Augusts Thorndike, an amateur oboist who was the father of one of Piston's friends. Commentators on the music suspect that Piston might have been writing it to suite Thorndike's tastes and skills, for it is unusually brilliantly written for the instrument, but is uncommonly Debussian and Ravelian in its style, which abounds in use of the whole-tone scale and chords of the ninth. It even quotes Debussy's "Clair de lune" and Roussel's "Suite in F." The movements of the suite have titles that would not be out of place in the music of any of these composers, such as "Nocturne," "Sarabande," "Prelude," and "Minuetto." While the piece is very lyrical, it is almost excessively pretty and hence is pretty atypical for Piston. -Joseph Stevenson, AllMusic.com

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Summary
Instrument:
Piano Accompaniment Oboe Solo
Genres:
20th Century
Composers:
Walter Piston
Publishers:
E.C. Schirmer Publishing
UPC:
600313407888
ISBN:
600313407888
Format:
Score
Item types:
Physical
Level:
Late Intermediate
Musical forms:
Suite
Artist:
Walter Piston
Usages:
School and Community
Size:
9 x 12 inches
Shipping Weight:
0.68 pounds
Detailed Description
Oboe & piano - Late Intermediate

SKU: EC.0788

Composed by Walter Piston. Instrumental Solo. Score. E.C. Schirmer Publishing #0788. Published by E.C. Schirmer Publishing (EC.0788).

ISBN 600313407888. UPC: 600313407888. 9 x 12 inches.

This 1931 suite was first performed by a principal player of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Ferdinand Gillet, with Jesus Sanromá as pianist. It is dedicated to Dr. Augusts Thorndike, an amateur oboist who was the father of one of Piston's friends. Commentators on the music suspect that Piston might have been writing it to suite Thorndike's tastes and skills, for it is unusually brilliantly written for the instrument, but is uncommonly Debussian and Ravelian in its style, which abounds in use of the whole-tone scale and chords of the ninth. It even quotes Debussy's "Clair de lune" and Roussel's "Suite in F." The movements of the suite have titles that would not be out of place in the music of any of these composers, such as "Nocturne," "Sarabande," "Prelude," and "Minuetto." While the piece is very lyrical, it is almost excessively pretty and hence is pretty atypical for Piston. -Joseph Stevenson, AllMusic.com.

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