Arabesque (classical music)
An arabesque is a type of music which uses melodies to create the atmosphere of Arabic architecture.[1] The term and themes are borrowed from the art term arabesque, rather than stemming from Arabic music. [2][3][4] It is a highly ornamented style.
Notable arabesques
The opening bars of Jean Sibelius's Arabesque (Op.76, No.9).
The most well-known are Claude Debussy's Deux Arabesques, composed in 1888 and 1891, respectively.
Other composers who have written arabesques include:
- Marin Marais: L'arabesque (1717), appears in the soundtrack of the film Tous les Matins du Monde
- Robert Schumann: Arabeske in C, Op. 18 (1839)
- Johann Friedrich Franz Burgmüller (1806-1874): Op. 100 (1852)
- Hans von Bülow: Arabesques sur un thême de l’opéra Rigoletto (1853)
- Moritz Moszkowski: Opp. 15/2 (1877), 61 (1899), 95/4 and 96/5(1920)
- Enrique Granados: Arabesca, Op. 31, H. 142 (1890)
- Cécile Chaminade: Opp. 61 (1892) and 92 (1898)
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-93)[5][6]
- Anton Arensky: Op. 67 (1903)
- Adolf Schulz-Evler: Op. 12 Arabesques on "An der schönen blauen Donau"(1904)
- Edward MacDowell (1860-1908)
- Louis Vierne: Arabesque, Op. 31/15 (1913-4)
- Jean Sibelius: Arabesque, Op. 76/9 (1914)
- Bohuslav Martinů: Seven Arabesques for cello and piano (1931)
- Edward Joseph Collins: Arabesque for violin and piano (1933)
- William Kroll: Arabesque for violin and piano (1945) and for orchestra
- Harold Budd: Arabesque 1, 2 & 3 (2005)
- Samuel Hazo: Arabesque (2008)
- Sigfrid Karg-Elert: Arabeske no.1 in G flat major Op.5 'Filigran'
See also
References
- Çimen, Gül and Nevhiz Ercan. Piyano Albümü. Arkadaş Yayınevi, 2002, p. 27.
- Oxford Art Online, "Arabesque", accessed March 25, 2011
- What is an... Arabesque?. Classical Music. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
- Buja, Maureen (2021-01-27). Fairies and Butterflies in the Salon: Debussy’s Two Arabesques. Interlude. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
- Baker's Student Encyclopedia of Music
- International Music Score Library Project
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