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Serenade in A is a composition for solo piano by Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. It was completed on September 9, 1925, in Vienna,〔Alexander Carpenter, "(Igor Stravinsky: Serenade for Piano in A major )" (n.p.: Rovi Corp, n.d.) (Accessed July 27, 2012).〕 and published by Boosey & Hawkes This work was composed as a result of his signing his first recording contract for Brunswick, so Stravinsky wrote the piece in a way that each movement would fit on one side of a 78 rpm gramophone record.〔David Truslove, "(Igor Stravinsky – Piano Music )", liner notes to ''Stravinsky: Music for Piano Solo'', Naxos 8.570377, January 2008. Accessed July 12, 2013.〕 It was dedicated to his wife.〔 == Structure == This compositions consists of four movements and should take 12 minutes to perform. The movement list is as follows: # (Hymn) # (Romance) # # (Final Cadence) Even though the work is titled "Serenade in A", it is not actually in the key of A major nor in A minor. According to Eric White, A is not the "key" of the work, but rather the music radiates from and tends towards A as a "tonic pole". Thus, the first and the last chord of each movement contains the note A, either as the root, third, or fifth of a triad.〔Eric Walter White, ''Stravinsky: The Composer and His Works'', second edition (Berkeley and Los Angeles: The University of California Press, 1979): 324. ISBN 0-520-03985-8.〕 According to Stravinsky, the piece was conceived "in imitation of the ' of the eighteenth century, which was usually commissioned by patron princes for various festive occasions, and included, as did the suites, an indeterminate number of pieces".〔Igor Stravinsky, ''(An Autobiography )'' (New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1962): 124. ISBN 0-393-00161-X; . Originally published in French as ''Chroniques de ma vie'', 2 vols. (Paris: Denoël et Steele, 1935), subsequently translated (anonymously) as ''Chronicle of My Life''. London: Gollancz, 1936. . This edition reprinted as ''Igor Stravinsky An Autobiography'', with a preface by Eric Walter White (London: Calder and Boyars, 1975) ISBN 0-7145-1063-7 (cloth); ISBN 0-7145-1082-3 (pbk.). Reprinted again as ''An Autobiography (1903–1934)'' (London: Boyars, 1990) ISBN 0-7145-1063-7 (cased); ISBN 0-7145-1082-3 (pbk). Also published as ''Igor Stravinsky An Autobiography'' (New York: M. & J. Steuer, 1958).〕 Therefore, the movement titles are meant to evoke the specific parts of such festive celebration. From the pianist's perspective "Hymne" is related to Frédéric Chopin's Ballade No. 2 in F major, while the "" reflects Stravinsky's Russian heritage.〔John Ogdon, "Stravinsky and the Piano", ''Tempo'', new series, no. 81, Stravinsky's 85th Birthday (Summer 1967): 36–41. Citation on 40; Alfredo Casella, "Stravinsky" (Brescia: Editrice La Scuola, 1947): 129.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Serenade (Stravinsky)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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