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Title & composer

Capriccio



Composition year: 1985
Duration: 5 min

Context

Performance

Instrumentation
per chitarra
Classification
Gitarr
Subject heading
Xg
Language

First performance

Date
1986-08-09
Location
Ulricehamn
Performers
4 tävlande gitarrister

Background

Commissioned by
Gitarrfestivalen i Ulricehamn
Tribute to
Magnus Andersson
Comments about the work
Miklós Maros, Capriccio per Chitarra (1985). This work was commissioned forthe guitar competition at the 1986 Ulricehamn Guitar Festival. The word"competitions" immediately puts one in mind of virtuoso playing, and indeed,virtuoso pieces make up a great deal of the guitar repertoire. I think this influenced me when I began shaping the piece. The result turned outto be one long melodic line with many tonal repetitions or repeated figuresbetween the components of the line. The musical material consists mainly ofthese repetitions in rapid semiquaver figures, with alternations betweenfour-tone and threetone figures interrupting the onward drive. The harmony derives added pungency from the use of fourths. I his, then, is avirtuoso piece, and I believe that performing it will give guitarists a chance ofshowing their paces. Text: Miklós Maros. From Phono Suecia nr 19 (1988) Translation: Roger Tanner

List

The work

Composer
Title
Capriccio
Duration
5 minutes
Composition year
1985

Information

Identification number
124345
Work administrator
SMIC (SMIC)
Format
SCORE

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Preview

Sheet music sample (PDF)
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