Title of piece: Piano Sonata No. 1, first movement
Date of composition: 1952
Date of recording: 2001. Alberto Ginastera: The Complete Music for Piano and Piano Chamber Ensembles
Composer: Alberto Ginastera
Performer/Instruments: Barbara Nissman (piano)
Form: sonata form
Tempo: rapid with changing meters

What to Listen for:

  • Exposition, development, and recapitulation of the sonata form
  • Polytonal first theme with doubled thirds in the low-middle register
  • Pentatonic second theme in the upper register
  • Fusion of Argentine elements with contemporary classical techniques
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