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Topic: Suggestions for calm-peaceful pieces from XX century  (Read 1897 times)

Offline manuelc23

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Hi! I'm looking for calm/peaceful/water-theme and not-so-easy piano pieces (i have already looked at Ravel) Would be good if the length doesn't exceed 10 minutes.
Examples:




Offline frodo1

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Re: Suggestions for calm-peaceful pieces from XX century
Reply #1 on: March 24, 2022, 08:47:36 PM
Written in 1905: - Debussy - Reflets dans l’eau = Reflections in the water

Not easy to play and does have a dramatic climax - but much is calm and definately has the water theme.

First piece in this collection:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L47SRue0gt8&t=131s

Offline mad_max2024

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Re: Suggestions for calm-peaceful pieces from XX century
Reply #2 on: March 24, 2022, 10:30:20 PM

I am perfectly normal, it is everyone else who is strange.

Offline lelle

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Re: Suggestions for calm-peaceful pieces from XX century
Reply #3 on: March 25, 2022, 03:22:59 PM
Hi! I'm looking for calm/peaceful/water-theme and not-so-easy piano pieces (i have already looked at Ravel) Would be good if the length doesn't exceed 10 minutes.
Examples:




Had never heard that Griffes piece, or Griffes in general, it's pretty cool.

Offline rachorascho

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Re: Suggestions for calm-peaceful pieces from XX century
Reply #4 on: March 27, 2022, 06:14:14 PM
What about Bohuslav Martinů's Butterflies and Birds of Paradise? For example here:

Offline manuelc23

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Re: Suggestions for calm-peaceful pieces from XX century
Reply #5 on: March 28, 2022, 03:08:48 AM
What about Bohuslav Martinů's Butterflies and Birds of Paradise? For example here:


Really cool work, have never heard about it before, thanks!

Offline nightwindsonata

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Re: Suggestions for calm-peaceful pieces from XX century
Reply #6 on: March 30, 2022, 01:34:11 AM
I will recommend Clouds by Florence Price. The score is rather hard to come by so DM me if you want it.
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Re: Suggestions for calm-peaceful pieces from XX century
Reply #7 on: March 30, 2022, 06:36:19 AM
I dunno about "water themed", obv just look through all of Debussy's stuff.  But these two are nice:



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