Argentinian composer Alberto Ginastera lived in Argentina, and later in the United States and Europe. A distinguished teacher, he counted Astor Piazzolla among his students. Ginastera's music used Argentine folk elements, often influenced by the gaucheso tradition. In this tradition, landless horsemen roam the Argentinian plains, or pampas. Ginastera was tremendously inspired by this image, and composed several "Pampeanas" or music from the plains. In his Pampeana No. 1 for violin and piano, the music alternates between a free, rhapsodic style, and the driving rhythms of the gauchos: the Argentinian cowboys. Francesca Anderegg
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Alberto Ginastera
Pampeana No. 1: Rhapsodie for Violin and Piano Play
Recorded on 03/30/2016, uploaded on 01/05/2017
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Argentinian composer Alberto Ginastera lived in Argentina, and later in the United States and Europe. A distinguished teacher, he counted Astor Piazzolla among his students. Ginastera's music used Argentine folk elements, often influenced by the gaucheso tradition. In this tradition, landless horsemen roam the Argentinian plains, or pampas. Ginastera was tremendously inspired by this image, and composed several "Pampeanas" or music from the plains. In his Pampeana No. 1 for violin and piano, the music alternates between a free, rhapsodic style, and the driving rhythms of the gauchos: the Argentinian cowboys. Francesca Anderegg
More music by Alberto Ginastera
Pampeana No. 1: Rhapsodie for Violin and Piano
Pampeana No. 2 for Cello and Piano, Op. 21
Danza Argentina n.3
Chacarera
Triste (n. 2 of 12 Preludios Americanos)
Danzas Argentinas, Op. 2
Danzas Argentinas, Op. 2
Pampeana No. 2 for Cello and Piano, Op. 21
La tarde, from Las horas de una estancia
Homenaje a Aaron Copland (n. 9 of 12 Preludios Americanos)
Performances by same musician(s)
Rhapsody No. 1
Sonata for Violin and Piano
Imagined Archipelagos
Três Peças
Sonata-Fantasia No. 1 “Désespérance”
Libertango
Oblivion
Escualo
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