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- Composer: Bohuslav Martinů (8 December 1890 -- 28 August 1959)
- Performer: Giorgio Koukl (piano)
- Year of recording: 2008
Le Train hanté [The haunted train], for piano, H. 258, written in 1937.
Le train hanté, H.258 bis, is a special curiosity, written for the infamous but short-lived "Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques appliqués dans la Vie Moderne" (World Exposition) of 1937 in Paris. It was Martinů’s contribution among those of fifteen composers living in Paris at the time, and all dedicated to French pianist Marguerite Long. Although there was a Railway Pavilion devoted to rail transport, Le Train hanté and others in this collection were not concerned with real railways but with various amusement rides at the exposition’s Parc d’Attractions. The other ‘rail’ pieces in the collection were Arthur Honegger’s Scenic Railway and Alexander Tcherepnin’s Autour des montagnes russes (‘Russian Mountains’ is a euphemism for a roller coaster).
Le Train hanté is dedicated: "à Marguerite Long".
- Composer: Bohuslav Martinů (8 December 1890 -- 28 August 1959)
- Performer: Giorgio Koukl (piano)
- Year of recording: 2008
Le Train hanté [The haunted train], for piano, H. 258, written in 1937.
Le train hanté, H.258 bis, is a special curiosity, written for the infamous but short-lived "Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques appliqués dans la Vie Moderne" (World Exposition) of 1937 in Paris. It was Martinů’s contribution among those of fifteen composers living in Paris at the time, and all dedicated to French pianist Marguerite Long. Although there was a Railway Pavilion devoted to rail transport, Le Train hanté and others in this collection were not concerned with real railways but with various amusement rides at the exposition’s Parc d’Attractions. The other ‘rail’ pieces in the collection were Arthur Honegger’s Scenic Railway and Alexander Tcherepnin’s Autour des montagnes russes (‘Russian Mountains’ is a euphemism for a roller coaster).
Le Train hanté is dedicated: "à Marguerite Long".
