Suite d'homenatges

Inside Pages
Author/Composer
Field
Collection
Instrumental Music (digital PDF copy) Nr. 12
Language
Spanish, Catalan, Music, English
Format
Contents
This suite demostrates Joaquim Homs' admiration for the music and the personalities of four maestros of 20th century music: Claude Debussy ('Prélude'), Maurice Ravel ('Danse I'), Felip Pedrell ('Cançó de bressol') and Manuel de Falla (Dansa II'). Homs does not imitate the authors to whom he pays homage, nor does he cite any of them textually. But in the suite the forms and syle are the fruit of a subtle and personal evocation that takes us to other parts and times, while they remain under the firm control of a sure hand that, like that of our composer, leads us to a creative terrain of its own.Joaquim Homs creates a score rooted in tonality, yet with a series of surprises achieved by means of a provocative dissonant clashes altered or combined with the persistent use of the interval of fourths (guitar tuning), which hangs over this suite and instils Homs' music with a delighful and exciting tonal ambiguity. A highly tempting invitation for study.
Instruments
GuitarTechnical Specifications
Measurements
21 x 29,7 cm, vertical
Number of Pages
12
ISMN
M-69210-086-7
Editor
DINSIC Publicacions Musicals