Triakontameron
[1] is a suite of 30 pieces in six volumes for
piano composed from 1919 to 1920 by
Leopold Godowsky; each was written in a single day, and all are written in
three-four time. The entire suite took Godowsky over five months (7 August 1919, Seattle - 20 January 1920, Chicago) to complete, with twenty being composed in Seattle, and the rest being composed intermittently between Los Angeles, New York, and the final piece in Chicago.
[2] The pieces were not presented in order of composition.
The title was inspired by that of Boccaccio's Decameron. The work was written in a period of ten days, with the concept of the suite being a ten-day journey where ten people tell 100 stories. [2] Among the best-known excerpts of the suite are Alt Wien, Nocturnal Tangier, and Ethiopian Serenade. [3] [4]
Triakontameron
[1] is a suite of 30 pieces in six volumes for
piano composed from 1919 to 1920 by
Leopold Godowsky; each was written in a single day, and all are written in
three-four time. The entire suite took Godowsky over five months (7 August 1919, Seattle - 20 January 1920, Chicago) to complete, with twenty being composed in Seattle, and the rest being composed intermittently between Los Angeles, New York, and the final piece in Chicago.
[2] The pieces were not presented in order of composition.
The title was inspired by that of Boccaccio's Decameron. The work was written in a period of ten days, with the concept of the suite being a ten-day journey where ten people tell 100 stories. [2] Among the best-known excerpts of the suite are Alt Wien, Nocturnal Tangier, and Ethiopian Serenade. [3] [4]