Akvareller (“Watercolors”), Op. 5

Composer: HURUM, Alf
  • Written in 1912, Hurum’s Akvareller (“Watercolors”) is a set of three pieces for piano.1
    1. Vandliljen (“The Waterlily”)
    2. Miniature
    3. Akvarel (“Watercolor”)
  • Akvareller represents the first Norwegian piano piece directly influenced by Debussy’s impressionistic ideals. In 1911, Hurum was living in Paris and first encountered Debussy’s music, which made a significant impression on the composer and his works going forward.2

Sources

  1. Rune J. Andersen, “Hurum, Alf,” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed September 22, 2022, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000013596.
  2. Rune J. Andersen, “Alf Hurum,” Store norske lexikon at snl.no (2021), accessed September 22, 2022, https://snl.no/Alf_Hurum.

Cut IDs

19106