Federico mompou plays mompou can ons i danses no 1 2 3
Cançons i Danses (sing. Cançó i Dansa - Catalan; English: Songs and Dances; originally published under the Spanish title Cancións y Danzas ) is the title of a collection of 15 pieces by Federico Mompou, written between 1918 and 1972. All were written for the piano, except No. 13 for guitar and No. 15 for organ.
Contents
- Federico mompou plays mompou can ons i danses no 1 2 3
- Federico mompou plays mompou can ons i danses no 4 5 6
- Pieces
- References
Federico mompou plays mompou can ons i danses no 4 5 6
Pieces
Each piece consists of an introductory slow Cançó, followed by a more animated Dansa in a related key but not necessarily in the same time signature. They are mostly based on existing Catalan folk tunes, although some of them are original works. Each takes between 3 and 5 minutes to play.
The Cançons i Danses were not written as a set, but as discrete pieces over a 55-year span. Cançó i Dansa No. 1 is one of Mompou's best known works, and has been arranged for various combinations of instruments. No. 6 is also very well known.
Many of them have been recorded individually, by pianists such as: Arthur Rubinstein, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Stephen Hough, Stanislas Niedzielski, Artur Pizarro, Neil Galanter and others. The complete collection has been recorded by: the composer himself, Alicia de Larrocha, Martin Jones, Jordi Masó, Gustavo Romero, and Peter Fletcher (in his own arrangements for guitar).