Piano - intermediate to difficult - Digital Download SKU: S9.Q43078 Volume II. Composed by Renato de Grandis. This edition: single sheet. Downloadable, Separate edition. Op. 2. Duration 32 minutes. Schott Music - Digital #Q43078. Published by Schott Music - Digital (S9.Q43078). The 48 Preludes by the Venetian composer Renato de Grandis (1927-2008) were composed, largely, between 1998-2002. It was only subsequently that he arranged them into 4 cycles of 12 preludes, drawing also from earlier compositions. Written in a traditional pianistic style, they are short sketches which are sometimes characterized by musical thoughts, sometimes by moods or by natural phenomena. The fourth volume presented here is once again divided into two cycles of 6 preludes each, with the first cycle paying tribute to the landscapes and towns of Friuli north of Venice.The 48 Preludi are either short sketches or expansive concert pieces which also allude to types of setting or themes from the piano music since Scarlatti. Suitable for music lessons and competitions, either individually, in freely formed groups or as a cycle.
