Rosy Wertheim - 6 Morceaux de Piano

- Composer: Rosy Wertheim (19 February 1888 -- 27 May 1949)
- Performer: Marcel Worms (piano)
- Year of recording: 2008-2010
6 Morceaux de Piano {6 Pieces for Piano}, undated.
00:00 - 1. Marche (à Paul Amadeus Pisk)
02:32 - 2. Etude (à Marion Ruynen)
04:26 - 3. Jeu d'Enfants (à Maia Freed)
05:24 - 4. Berceuse Slave (à Ivan Wischnigradzky)
07:30 - 5. Danse champêtre (à Daniël Ruyneman)
08:57 - 6. Petite Valse (à Rose-Marie Gompertz)
These 6 Morceaux de Piano by Dutch composer Rosy Wertheim were probably written between 1929-1936. Until the 1920s she concentrated on writing songs and choral works in a romantic idiom. From 1921 to 1929 she taught at the Amsterdam Music Lyceum and directed several female and children’s choirs, including the choir called "Eilandkinderen" (Island Children) for children from the poor Jewish district in Amsterdam.
In 1929 she went to Paris for six months and eventually stayed there for six years. She studied composition and instrumentation under Louis Aubert. Her appartment was a meeting place for artists, including the composers Honneger, Ibert, Milhaud and Messiaen. She formed a very close friendship with the composer Elsa Barraine. She wrote articles for the daily paper Het Volk [The People] on musical life in Paris. Her works from this period are light and playful, in the neoclassal style. Harmonically they approach the French impressionist idiom. These 6 piano pieces are written in that style, so they were probably written in her Paris years.
In 1935 Rosy Wertheim went to Vienna for a year and studied counterpoint under Professor Karl Weigl. In 1936 she travelled to the United States, where she gave a number of lectures. Her String Quartet, the Divertimento for chamber orchestra and a number of her piano works were played in a concert by the Composers Forum Laboratory.

[@OrganisedSound]

These are so cool

[@carlomorena6728]

Didn't know her, thanks a lot!!

[@michaellewis9549]

These are great! Do you know where I can find the sheet music to them?

[@KosTis]

I can send you the first part

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[@johnlindstrom9994]

Slightly reminiscent of Milhaud's piano pieces about Brazil, especially the Jauntiness

[@ClassicalMusic2002]

Do you have a PDF of the sheet music?

[@olla-vogala4090]

Sure! If you provide an e-mailaddress I'll send it to you (also the other comment on the Koechlin video)

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[@vine2197]

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