Dmitry Kabalevsky Dmitry Borisovich Kabalevsky (russian: Дми́трий Бори́сович Кабале́вский ; 14 February 1987) was a Soviet composer, conductor, pianist and pedagogue of Russian gentry descent. He helped set up the Union of Soviet Co ...

's Preludes, Op. 38 are a set of 24 piano pieces in the Chopinian model, each based on a folksong and each in a different key. It was composed in 1943–44, and dedicated to

Nikolai Myaskovsky Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky or Miaskovsky or Miaskowsky (russian: Никола́й Я́ковлевич Мяско́вский; pl, Mikołaj Miąskowski, syn Jakóbowy; 20 April 18818 August 1950), was a Russian and Soviet composer. He is som ...

, his teacher. It is one of a number of examples of

music written in all 24 major and minor keys There is a long tradition in classical music of writing music in sets of pieces that cover all the major and minor keys of the chromatic scale. These sets typically consist of 24 pieces, one for each of the major and minor keys (sets that comp ...

. The score is headed by a quote from

Mikhail Lermontov Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov (; russian: Михаи́л Ю́рьевич Ле́рмонтов, p=mʲɪxɐˈil ˈjurʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈlʲɛrməntəf; – ) was a Russian Romantic writer, poet and painter, sometimes called "the poet of the Caucas ...

on Russian folksong.

List of preludes

#''Andantino''. C major. 27 bars. #''Scherzando''. A minor. 38 bars. #''Vivace leggiero''. G major. 53 bars #''Andantino''. E minor. 63 bars. #''Andante sostenuto''. D major. 45 bars. #''Allegro molto''. B minor. 35 bars. #''Moderato e tranquillo''. A major. 26 bars. #''Andante non troppo. Semplice e cantando – Poco Agitato – Tempo I''. F-sharp minor. 29 bars. #''Allegretto scherzando – Poco più mosso''. E major. 63 bars. #''Non troppo allegro ma agitato. Recitando, rubato – Largo – Come prima – Largo''. C-sharp minor. 43 bars. #''Vivace scherzando''. B major. 61 bars. #''Adagio''. G-sharp minor. 35 bars. #''Allegro non troppo''. F-sharp major. 69 bars. #''Prestissimo possibile''. E-flat minor. 100 bars. #''Allegretto marcato''. D-flat major. 32 bars. #''Allegro tenebroso''. B-flat minor. 59 bars. #''Andantino tranquillo''. A-flat major. 41 bars. #''Largamente con gravita''. F minor. 13 bars. #''Allegretto''. E-flat major. 35 bars. #''Andantino semplice''. C minor. 53 bars. #''Festivamente. Non troppo allegro''. B-flat major. 57 bars. #''Scherzando. Non troppo allegro''. G minor. 62 bars. #''Andante sostenuto''. F major. 30 bars. #''Allegro feroce – Meno mosso. Marciale. – Pochissimo più mosso – Poco meno mosso.''. D minor. 105 bars.

References

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( GDR) Compositions by Dmitry Kabalevsky 1944 compositions

Kabalevsky Dmitry Borisovich Kabalevsky (russian: Дми́трий Бори́сович Кабале́вский ; 14 February 1987) was a Soviet composer, conductor, pianist and pedagogue of Russian gentry descent. He helped set up the Union of Soviet C ...

Compositions for solo piano

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