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Victor Dolmetsch: Burlesque, Op.3 No.6

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Channel: PSearPianist · 2016 · Music

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Phillip Sear plays a sparky piece by the French composer Victor Dolmetsch (1852-1904).
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#6 from 15 Pièces, Op.3 (1880)
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I have not been able to uncover much information about Victor Dolmetsch, a French pianist and composer. However, it appears that he studied piano at the Paris Conservatoire with Antoine Marmontel and later taught there himself. Dolmetsch is credited with composing a violin concerto and writing music reviews for 'Le Ménéstral', a French musical periodical. I cannot confirm whether he is related to the renowned early music advocate Arnold Dolmetsch. 

This attractive piece comes from a set published around 1880, and is dedicated to the French pianist and composer Louis Diémer (1843-1919)—once one of the most important pianists in Europe.  He premiered and was the dedicatee of Franck's 'Symphonic Variations', and was dedicatee also of Saint-Saëns' 5th Piano Concerto and many other works.

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