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• contents
  • Title page
  • Table of contents
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Research question, Description and Methods
  • 3. Albéniz’s brunette Spain: socio-historical context
  • 4. Albéniz
  • Biography
  • 5. Suite Española
  • Granada (original version)
  • Cataluña (original version)
  • Sevilla (original version)
  • Cuba (original version)
  • 6. Research findings
  • Granada (reed quintet)
  • Cataluña (reed quintet)
  • Sevilla (reed quintet)
  • Cuba (reed quintet)
  • 7. Discussion and conclusion
  • 8. Sources
  • Celia Matamoro
• abstract
  Albéniz was one of Celia’s favorite composers from her childhood and always felt a special connection to his work. However, in the fifteen long years that she has been studying music, she has never been able to play any of his pieces on the bassoon. Now that she has finished her master's degree -and she had to reflect on where she comes from and, ultimately, who she is-, she decided to investigate the composer in depth with the aim of arranging his Spanish Suite, originally written for piano, so that at the end of so many things, she can interpret it with her reed quintet. Thanks to its flexibility and wide palette of colors, sound, and articulation, the combination of reed instruments achieves a greater range of register and color, and provides Albéniz's music, inspired by elements of flamenco and Spanish folklore such as cante jondo, a texture and expressiveness that evokes the human voice. Caire Reed Quintet was formed in 2020, in the midst of the Covid19 pandemic crisis. The five of them are from Spain and they share the same passion for Albéniz. With this work the author wishes to offer other composers and performers the opportunity to discover, learn and experience how much the reed quintet's sonority can contribute to certain styles of music such as Spanish nationalist, reaching a greater range of register and color, and endowing this style of music from a new perspective.
• Celia Matamoro - Albeniz, from the piano to the wind - 2023
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