Maurice Decourcelle: Chant des montagnes, Op.43
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Channel: PSearPianist · 2017 · Music
Phillip Sear plays the second piece—a 'song of the mountains'—from a set of 'Souvenirs de Bretagne' (Souvenirs of Brittany) by the French composer Maurice Decourcelle (1815–88) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I can find very little about the life of Decourcelle, except that he wrote a few salon pieces and at least two sets of piano studies. He also wrote a history of 'La société académique des enfants d’Apollon', a Parisian artistic society, to which, among others, Hummel belonged at one time. The 'Souvenirs de Bretagne' is a miscellaneous collection of pieces (including some Mozart song arrangements) under different opus numbers, which do not seem particularly Breton—and I presume that they were written to commemorate a stay that the composer had there. As far as I know, Brittany is not well-known for its mountains (except perhaps Finistère's Montagnes Noires and Monts d'Arrée)!. Thumbnail image created with Wombo Dream ( t.ly/zhJa ). #frenchmusic #brittany ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Played by Phillip Sear http://www.psear.co.uk (Email: [email protected] WhatsApp: http://wa.me/441444483794 ) TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@pianogems
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