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Music ID : 61032
Instrumentation:Piano Solo 
Genre:Various works
Total Playing Time:1 min 50 sec
Copyright:Public Domain

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Author : Sugiura, Nanako

Last Updated: February 13, 2024
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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.

 Composed in 1928. In addition to this piece, Yamada composed other works titled "Poem," a genre frequently composed by Scriabin, including He and She: Seven Poems, Young Pan and Nymph: Five Poems, and A Page from a Diary: A Collection of Petit Poems, which reveals his strong inclination towards Scriabin. It is positioned among Yamada's later piano works, and its style shows the influence of the avant-garde music of the time.

The opening, marked delicatissimo e misteriosamente, is constructed with chromatic progressions and should ideally begin with a very soft and supple tone. It might be good to imagine a dance gesture, such as a slow, hesitant entrance while hiding one's face with a small sleeve. Furthermore, it would be effective to vividly express descriptions characteristic of Yamada, who conceived of "Dance Poems" (Butōshi) that idealized the integration of music and dance primarily through rhythm. Examples include the way movement pauses at the general pauses in measures 4 and 8, and the series of movements from the flowing ascending ornaments to the bouncing rhythm in measure 5.

Writer: Sugiura, Nanako
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