- Tailleferre released this piece in 1924. It is arranged from the slow movement of her Piano Concerto (1923-4).1
- Tailleferre’s Piano Concerto was commissioned by Winnaretta Singer, the Princesse de Polignac.2 This influential patron of the arts and salonnière also supported Debussy, Fauré, and Ravel (Ravel’s Pavane pour une infante défunte is dedicated to her).
- Style: Tailleferre’s Oxford Music Online article explains that this piece has a neo-classical style influenced by 18th-century French harpsichord composers. Ravel also drew on their influence for his Tombeau de Couperin.3
Sources
- Germaine Tailleferre, Adagio du Concerto pour Piano: Réduction pour Violon et Piano (Paris: Heugel, 1924).
- Robert Orledge, “Tailleferre, Germaine,” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed February 3, 2022, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000027390.
- Ibid.
Cut IDs
22657