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Six Etudes for Piano (1953-54)
I. Allegro — for contrasts (to Thornton Wilder)
II. Prestissimo — for staccato (for Estelle Mershler)
III. Allegro — for sostenuto pedal (to John Edmunds)
IV. Allegro — for wide skips (to Paul Nordoff)
V. Allegretto grazioso — for crossed hands (for Guiomar Novaes)
VI. Molto adagio — for increase of notes per beat (to Beveridge Webster)
Beveridge Webster, piano
Louise Talma is Professor of Music at Hunter College of the City University of New York. She is the first woman to receive two Guggenheim Fellowships and the Sibelius Medal awarded to her in London. She has composed in all forms for orchestra, solo, a piano concerto and an opera “The Alcestiad” (libretto by Thornton Wilder) which was produced in 1962 at Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany, where it received eight performances. [DC 7117 STEREO]
Art by Farah Atassi
Six Etudes for Piano (1953-54)
I. Allegro — for contrasts (to Thornton Wilder)
II. Prestissimo — for staccato (for Estelle Mershler)
III. Allegro — for sostenuto pedal (to John Edmunds)
IV. Allegro — for wide skips (to Paul Nordoff)
V. Allegretto grazioso — for crossed hands (for Guiomar Novaes)
VI. Molto adagio — for increase of notes per beat (to Beveridge Webster)
Beveridge Webster, piano
Louise Talma is Professor of Music at Hunter College of the City University of New York. She is the first woman to receive two Guggenheim Fellowships and the Sibelius Medal awarded to her in London. She has composed in all forms for orchestra, solo, a piano concerto and an opera “The Alcestiad” (libretto by Thornton Wilder) which was produced in 1962 at Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany, where it received eight performances. [DC 7117 STEREO]
Art by Farah Atassi
