Arthur Benjamin (1893-1960)
Nationality:
Australian
Born: September 18, 1893, Sydney Died: April 10, 1960, London (age 66)
Le tombeau de Ravel, Valses Caprices
(for viola (or clarinet) and piano)
Duration: 12 minutes (approximately)
Composed:
1949 (age 55-56)
1 recording,
1 videos
11:43
Gervase de Peyer, Cyril Preedy
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glossary
- capriccio, caprice, capriccioso, capricieux, capricieuse—a short character piece, typically in a humorous, fanciful, or playful manner. The concept juxtaposes the improvisatory free-form fantasy against the more formal, "serious" and logically "worked-out" sonata forms.Within a caprice, the range of expression may well include the serious and dark as well as demanding extraordinary technical skills such as a prelude or etude.
- chamber music, Kammermusik [G], musique de chambre [F], musica da camera [I], musica cameralis [L]—"Classical Music" for a small ensemble, generally 8 or fewer players with a canonical emphasis on 3-6 players. explore
- duo, duet, dueto [S], duetto [I], duett [G]—a work for two instruments; the ensemble itself
- Tombeau [F]—a musical 'tombstone' (tombeau = tomb). A musical homage, perhaps an elegy. Chiefly associated with French Baroque era music for lute or clavecin, it was resurrected in the 20th century in a neoclassical context.
- waltz, valse, walzer, alla valse—a popular dance introduced in Vienna in the 1780s usually in 3/4 time. wiki