Scarbo
E752067
Scarbo is the notoriously virtuosic, nightmarish scherzo-like movement from Maurice Ravel’s piano suite "Gaspard de la nuit," depicting a menacing goblin.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character piece
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piano piece movement ⓘ scherzo-like movement ⓘ solo piano work ⓘ |
| alsoInSuiteWith |
"Le gibet"
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
"Ondine" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | poem "Scarbo" by Aloysius Bertrand ⓘ |
| character |
demonic
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nightmarish ⓘ scherzo-like ⓘ |
| composer | Maurice Ravel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| dedicatedAsPartOfSuiteTo | Ricardo Viñes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
a menacing goblin
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nightmarish visions ⓘ |
| era | early 20th-century classical music ⓘ |
| firstPerformance | premiered as part of "Gaspard de la nuit" in the early 20th century NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | "Le gibet" in "Gaspard de la nuit" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| form | fantasy-scherzo ⓘ |
| genre | Impressionist piano music ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Aloysius Bertrand’s prose-poem collection "Gaspard de la nuit" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| instrumentation | solo piano ⓘ |
| key | G minor (overall tonal center, with shifts) ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | French ⓘ |
| mood | menacing and eerie ⓘ |
| notableInterpreters |
Krystian Zimerman
GENERATED
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Martha Argerich GENERATED ⓘ Maurizio Pollini GENERATED ⓘ Vladimir Horowitz GENERATED ⓘ |
| notedFor |
complex polyrhythms
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extended soft trills and tremolos ⓘ extreme demands on stamina and control ⓘ rapid repeated notes ⓘ sudden dynamic contrasts ⓘ virtuosic octave passages ⓘ wide leaps ⓘ |
| partOf | Gaspard de la nuit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performanceTradition | often used as a showpiece in piano recitals ⓘ |
| positionInWork | third movement of "Gaspard de la nuit" ⓘ |
| precededBy | "Le gibet" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | Durand (as part of "Gaspard de la nuit") NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reputation |
benchmark of virtuosity for pianists
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one of the most difficult works in the piano repertoire ⓘ |
| structure | episodic with recurring motives ⓘ |
| technicalDifficulty | extremely high ⓘ |
| tempoCharacter | very fast and agitated ⓘ |
| texture | extremely dense piano writing ⓘ |
| titleCharacter | Scarbo (goblin) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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