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Richard Mulder: Biondetta (Étude-Rêverie), Op.36 No.10

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Channel: PSearPianist · 2016 · Music

#10 from 25 Études artistiques, Op.36
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Phillip Sear plays a musical portrayal of the Devil in disguise as a beautiful woman from 1854 by the Dutch composer Richard Mulder (1823–74).
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The Dutch composer, conductor, and pianist Richard Mulder (1823-74) started his musical life as a child prodigy pianist, toured around Europe with his fellow-pianist sister. By the age of 17 he had composed a considerable body of music. He lived for some time in Paris, where he married his first wife, a singer, in 1844. He then went to the Americas, marrying his second wife in Chile in 1858, and eventually making his home in the USA. Mulder died in San Francisco, having arranged his own funeral the day before his death. This piece comes from the last of six sets of studies published under the banner 'Lyceum des pianistes' in Paris. This set comprises '25 Études artistiques de style et d'execution brillante'. I believe that the title of this piece refers to Jacques Cazotte's 1772 novel 'Le diable amoureux' ('the amorous Devil'), in which Biondetta is the name taken by the Devil disguised as a beautiful woman tries to seduce the hero, Alvaro. This story was quite popular in mid-19th century France, and had several stage adaptations.

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Richard Mulder: Biondetta (Étude-Rêverie), Op.36 No.10

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