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Oblivion

19824 min

This guide follows Piazzolla’s Oblivion (1982) in one part (ternary form).

Recording: Hilary Hahn (violin), Omer Meir Wellber (accordion), Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Omer Meir Wellber

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OblivionTernary form0:09–4:00

After a two- , A unfolds the long, melancholy melody in C minor over a bass that never loses its gentle tango pulse. B is a short, eight- contrast in which the line grows more intense; it is played twice, with a different ending the second . Then the music of the first section (A′), so the piece closes with the that ended the opening section, a plain three-part plan.

  1. A
  2. B

Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.

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Path 27

20th-century classical music

Twelve directions the century took, from Schoenberg's Verklärte Nacht of 1899 to Piazzolla's tango of 1982.

Schoenberg → Ives → Bartók → Holst → Gershwin → Barber → Prokofiev → Copland → Ligeti → Górecki → Piazzolla

12 works · 4 h 13 min

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