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Offline ajlongspiano

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Rachmaninoff prelude a post 20th century work?
on: April 08, 2014, 09:36:08 PM
A lot of colleges require a post 20th century work as an audition requirement for piano. Would Rachmaninoff's prelude op.23 no.4 be acceptable? It was written after 1900...

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Re: Rachmaninoff prelude a post 20th century work?
Reply #1 on: April 08, 2014, 10:03:13 PM
The 20th century began in 1901.

I guess you can you figure your way after that.

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Re: Rachmaninoff prelude a post 20th century work?
Reply #2 on: April 08, 2014, 10:33:54 PM
for a second i thought the real AJspiano posted this... i was scratching my head lol

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Re: Rachmaninoff prelude a post 20th century work?
Reply #3 on: April 08, 2014, 10:52:12 PM
Post twentieth century means after the twentieth century, so something written after 2001.

I'd be pleased if they actually did require that, but I suspect you meant "20th century or later".

Technically it qualifies, but it's probably not in the spirit of what they are after.
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Re: Rachmaninoff prelude a post 20th century work?
Reply #4 on: April 09, 2014, 01:56:22 PM
for a second i thought the real AJspiano posted this... i was scratching my head lol

Darn, there's another AJ's piano?! This place ain't big enough for the two of us. Wait, actually it is. It's the internet.

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Re: Rachmaninoff prelude a post 20th century work?
Reply #5 on: April 09, 2014, 02:42:30 PM
this is probably more in the 'spirit' of what they are after. check number 3 of the set for an homage to Rachmaninoff. Darn fine performance over the entire work overall :

Prelude (In memory of Samuil Feinberg)
A Vague Image (In memory of Alexander Scriabin)
Etude (In memory of Sergey Rachmaninov)
Fairy Tale (In memory of Nikolai Medtner)
Epilogue

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Re: Rachmaninoff prelude a post 20th century work?
Reply #6 on: April 09, 2014, 04:24:57 PM
this is probably more in the 'spirit' of what they are after. check number 3 of the set for an homage to Rachmaninoff. Darn fine performance over the entire work overall :

Prelude (In memory of Samuil Feinberg)
A Vague Image (In memory of Alexander Scriabin)
Etude (In memory of Sergey Rachmaninov)
Fairy Tale (In memory of Nikolai Medtner)
Epilogue



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