Pianoforte (Vivier)

1975 composition by Claude Vivier

Pianoforte is a 1975 piano piece by Canadian composer Claude Vivier.[1]

## History[edit]

Pianoforte was commissioned as part of a set of eight pieces for the Tremplin International Competition in Montréal in June 1975, including what became many of Vivier's Pieces (1975). Four of these were performed in the competition's finale by Louis Lortie, who won the grand prize of $5000.[1][2]

It features retrogradation and inversions of a melodic theme stated in the beginning.[3]

## References[edit]

### Citations[edit]

1. ^ a b Lankenau et al. (2012), p. 37.
2. ^ Gilmore (2014), p. 183.
3. ^ Gilmore (2014), p. 184.

### Sources[edit]

* Gilmore, Bob (2014). Claude Vivier: A Composer's Life. University of Rochester Press. ISBN 978-1-58046-841-1.
* Lankenau, Steven; Chan, Trudy; Gewirtz, Eric (2012). Vivier Works: Claude Vivier (PDF). Boosey and Hawkes.

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List of compositions

Keyboard|

* Pianoforte (1975)
* Shiraz (1977)
* Les Communiantes (1977)

Chamber|

* Ojikawa (1968)
* Prolifération (1969)
* Deva et Asura (1972)
* Lettura di Dante (1974)
* Pièces (1975)
* Pour guitare (1975)
* Learning (1976)
* Paramirabo (1978)
* Aikea (1980)
* Cinq chansons pour percussion (1980)
* Et je reverrai cette ville étrange (1981)
* Samarkand (1981)
* Trois airs pour un opéra imaginaire (1982)
* Glaubst du an die Unsterblichkeit der Seele? (1983; unfinished)

Choral|

* Chants (1973)
* O! Kosmos (1973)
* Jesus erbarme dich (1973)
* A Little Joke (1981)

Tape|

* Variation I (1972)
* Hommage: Musique pour un vieux Corse triste (1972)
* Woyzeck (1976)

Orchestral|

* Siddhartha (1976)
* Orion (1979)
* Zipangu (1980)
* Lonely Child (1980)
* Bouchara (1981)
* Wo bist du Licht! (1981)

Ballet|

* Love Songs (1977)
* Nanti Malam (1977)

Opera|

* Kopernikus (1979)
* Rêves d'un Marco Polo (1983; unfinished)
* Tchaïkovski, un réquiem Russe (1983; unfinished)

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