Music Resource Item Type Metadata
Composer
Smirnova, Tatiana (b. 1940).
Gender
Female
Work
Arabesques, Op. 59, No. 1. Moscow: Sovetsky.
Duration
8 minutes
Description
This piece is contained in a collection of Works by Soviet Composers for Solo Bassoon, Installment I, compiled by Valery Popov. This is a challenging atonal work, structured in a slow-fast-slow format. Flutter-tonguing is the only extended technique required. The middle section is very polyphonic, and requires facility up to Eb5.
Reference
The Double Reed 31/2, p. 80.