Lieder for Viola and Piano (Fine, Vivian)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 6 sections
  1. Allegretto
  2. Molto tranquillo
  3. Allegretto rustico
  4. Lento
  5. Sustained, with fervor
  6. Flowing
Composition Year 1979
Genre Categories Lieder; Songs; For viola, piano; Scores featuring the viola; Scores featuring the piano; For 2 players

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Performances

Recordings

 1. Allegretto ((The Balcony)
#239920 - 4.71MB - 2:34 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 773×⇩ - MP3 - rhymesandchymes

MP3 file (audio)
rhymesandchymes (2012/7/2)

⇒ 5 more: 2. Molto tranquillo (Moon-Stream) • 3. Allegretto rustico (The Song of the Trout) • 4. Lento (Jewels) • 5. Sustained, with fervor (In the Garden of the Crucifixion) • 6. Flowing (Transfiguring Night)

 2. Molto tranquillo (Moon-Stream)
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MP3 file (audio)
rhymesandchymes (2012/7/2)

 3. Allegretto rustico (The Song of the Trout)
#239922 - 2.70MB - 1:28 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 142×⇩ - MP3 - rhymesandchymes

MP3 file (audio)
rhymesandchymes (2012/7/2)

 4. Lento (Jewels)
#239929 - 7.22MB - 3:57 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 142×⇩ - MP3 - rhymesandchymes

MP3 file (audio)
rhymesandchymes (2012/7/2)

 5. Sustained, with fervor (In the Garden of the Crucifixion)
#239930 - 8.72MB - 4:46 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 110×⇩ - MP3 - rhymesandchymes

MP3 file (audio)
rhymesandchymes (2012/7/2)

 6. Flowing (Transfiguring Night)
#239931 - 4.99MB - 2:43 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 155×⇩ - MP3 - rhymesandchymes

MP3 file (audio)
rhymesandchymes (2012/7/2)

Performer Pages Vivian Fine (piano)
Publisher Info. Vivian Fine Estate
Performers Jacob Glick, viola
Copyright
Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives 3.0 [tag/del]
Misc. Notes There's quite a bit of distortion, especially noticeable in the piano part, but since to my knowledge the source cassette tape is the only extant recording of this work and the composer is at the piano, I thought the recording would be a valuable resource for musicians interested in the work.
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General Information

Work Title Lieder for Viola and Piano
Alternative. Title Lieder for Viola and Piano (inspired by songs of Hugo Wolf and Franz Schubert)
Composer Fine, Vivian
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IVF 84
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 6 sections
  1. Allegretto
  2. Molto tranquillo
  3. Allegretto rustico
  4. Lento
  5. Sustained, with fervor
  6. Flowing
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1979
First Performance. 1980-05-02 in New York city, Composers’ Forum, Bruno Walter Auditorium, Lincoln Center Library; Jacob Glick, viola and Vivian Fine, piano
Average DurationAvg. Duration 17-18 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Modern
Piece Style Modern
Instrumentation viola, piano

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Program Notes

The inspiration for Lieder for Viola and Piano comes from Hugo Wolf, and, in "The Song of the Trout," from Schubert. Motifs from these composers are used, but never literally. The intent was to convey the composer's involvement with the lyric and dramatic elements of traditional lieder in her own language.

Fine used gestural ideas from some of Hugo Wolf’s and Schubert’s songs for her Lieder. There are six short movements, all written with the period of one month….Each movement’s gesture is stated clearly and then manipulated contrapuntally….For Fine, the use of these contrapuntal devices, such as canon and retrograde, were not just easy ways to generate more music, but a natural expansion of already well-made melodies. When asked if, after writing a melody, she could read it backward and mentally hear the retrograde, her answer was “Yes!”

—–Heidi Von Gunden, The Music of Vivian Fine, Scarecrow Press, 1999
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