Julien-François Zbinden
Gam(m)ineries op. 110

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for piano

Level: easy
Duration: 11'
Genre: contemporary
Series: Swiss Composers Series, Bim Junior Series
Composed: 2012

Reference: PNO66
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Details

Published: 2012
Pages: 17
Publisher: Editions Bim
Movements:
- 1. DOris (1'20)
- 2. RÊgine (1'10)
- 3. MIreille (1'40)
- 4. FAbienne (1')
- 5. SOLange (2')
- 6. LAra (2'20)
- 7. SImone (1'40)

Composer

Julien-François Zbinden (1917-2021)

Julien-François Zbinden was born on November 11th, 1917 in Rolle (Vaud/Switzerland). After having studied piano, with secondary studies in voice and violin, he began in 1938 his musical career as a... Read more

About Gam(m)ineries

The composer wrote this basically pedagogical work intended for young pianists. Beginning with each of the seven pitches of the diatonic scale, with the individual pieces having feminine first names, he proposed the following:

- to assign a role of equal importance to each hand;

- to have the young pianists become accustomed to two voice counterpoint;

- to characterize each piece by systematic use of one of the 7 intervals;

- to train the ear to comprehend and accept certain dissonances created as the result of the counterpoint;

- to liberate the students from the strict tonal system and by virtue of chromaticism, creating a richer sound universe.

In order to allow a partial or complete performance of the work by pianists of all levels, the composer has avoided any written references as to specific tempi, expressions or phrasings.

The teacher will have to choose a tempo adapted to the technical resources of individual students.

For the expressions and phrasings, students can either chose to follow the dictates of their creative artistic imaginations or simply follow the dictates or suggestions of their teachers.