BOOSEY and HAWKES GINASTERA ALBERTO - SUITE DE DANZAS CRIOLLAS - PIANO

Hawkes Pocket Scores HPS 712-In 1941 Argentine composer Alberto Ginastera was commissioned to write a Ballet comprising One Act and Five scenes that was based on and would depict pastoral life in Argentina. He closely based his score on the great epic poem Mart n Fierro by Jose Hernandez which tells the story of the Argentinean cowboys or Gaucho — nomadic and heroic figures who are the subject of much of the country's folklore. The story tells of a city boy who watches and falls in love with a country maiden. Despite initial contempt for him her feelings turn to admiration as he demonstrates he can perform the rough and difficult work and proves his skill in taming wild horses.Estancia is set over the passage of a single day: dawn morning afternoon night and dawn. Ginastera has not only captured the rhythms of life on a Estancia or ranch but also provided an insight into the gaucho's now diminished way of life. This volume is the Hawks Pocket score containing all the dances from the ballet in Study Score Format.

The main influence on Alberto Ginastera for this 1981 composition was the folk music dances of the northern part of Argentina and the lonely and desolate regions of the Andes and the nations of South America. This is an interesting and mysterious piece full of passion and ambiguity with a distinct fantastical quality despite being earthed in folk music. This is the 1995 Revised Edition and is an attempt to end the controversy concerning the authenticity of the original edition. It reflects the composer’s final thoughts on the work as found in Ginastera’s last personal manuscript copy.

Corrected Edition 1997-This 1979 composition for Cello and Piano by Alberto Ginastera was written for his young cellist wife Aurora Natola. A grand twenty-minute work made up of four distinct movements moving through aggressive passages and ponderous slower sections. It is rather typical of the late style of Ginastera though not as angular as some of his works it is imbued with folk-like rhythms and motives.

Hawkes Pocket Scores HPS 1035-Study Score - Hawkes Pocket Score 1035. Ginastera A