(D’me’-tre Ka-ba-lef-ske) 1904–87 Russian composer A rather late developer, Kabalevsky made a career as a pianist before beginning composition studies in his twenties. His style is conservative but, especially in his opera Colas Breugnon (1938) and in music for his own instrument (three concertos, three sonatas, numerous preludes and fugues), freshly and often catchily melodious. Recommended Recording: ...
living not only by publishing his music, but also by distributing it through the new medium of the piano roll. Introduction | Modern Era | Classical Personalities | Dmitri Kabalevsky | Modern Era | Classical ...
68 and Kinderszenen (‘Scenes from Childhood’) op. 15 are the direct ancestor of much adventurous piano music written for children (or about childhood) by composers such as Debussy, Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904–87) and Bartók. Inside the Music | Piano Technology | Early Romantic | Classical ...
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