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Music of the nations
Folk songs, dances and landscapes, from Liszt's Hungary to Márquez's Mexico.
Liszt → Smetana → Grieg → Albéniz → Dvořák → Sibelius → Elgar → Williams → Janáček → Villa-Lobos → Rodrigo → Márquez
Asturias (Leyenda), Op. 47 No. 5
This guide follows Albéniz’s Asturias (Leyenda), Op. 47 No. 5 (1891) in one part.
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Follow all 5 sections as they play
0:15–6:19
(fast, but not too fast). The first section (A) is built on the guitar-like , with and staccato marks that suggest plucked strings and a dancer's footwork, and with sudden changes of volume. A short , a small passage, follows. The contrasting (B) has a delicate, intricate melody in the style of a , another flamenco song type. The with the second A, and the ends the piece with a slow, hymn-like passage.
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Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.
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