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Émile Pessard: Romance sans paroles, Op.49 No.9

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Channel: PSearPianist · 2015 · Music

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Phillip Sear plays an impassioned song without words by the French composer Émile Pessard (1843-1917).
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#9 from 'Pour passer le temps' (To pass the time), 10 pièces pour piano (1890)
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I'm sure that the Parisian composer Émile Louis Fortuné Pessard (1843–1917)—winner of the Prix de Rome in 1866—would wish to be remembered for his operas and church music. However, he seems to live on through one piece—'Andalouse', which remains popular in an arrangement (I think) for flute and piano.  This piece is quite Chaminade-like in its piano writing.  The dramatic introduction strikes me as strange—almost as if it is a transcription of an operatic aria.  The piece is dedicated to the German prodigy pianist Clotilde Kleeberg who gained a Premier Prix at the Paris Conservatoire at age 12, and played Beethoven's 3rd piano concerto the same year with the Pasdeloup orchestra.  She went on to become a protégé of Hans Richter, and became noted for her Schumann interpretations.

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