related works

Ballade : for two pianos / Thomas Beijer

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Piano
Scoring: 2pf

Musique Populaire : Version for two amplified pianos / Alexandre Rabinovitch-Barakovsky

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Piano
Scoring: 2pf

Three Pieces (Drei Stücke) : for 2 pianos 8 hands / Robert Nasveld

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Piano
Scoring: 2pf4h

Dansflitsen : voor orkest, (1951) / bewerking voor 2 piano's (1953) door den componist, Sem Dresden

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Piano
Scoring: 2pf

composition

Petenera's Night Music / Beijer, Thomas

Other authors:
Beijer, Thomas (Composer)
Description:
Petenera's Night Music is inspired by an old Spanish gypsy-legend about a cantadora (female singer) called Petenera, who is abandoned by her lover. In her grief, she curses all men in the world. As in many gypsy-stories, there are strong connotations with mystery and black magic.
'Petenera' is also the name for a musical form (palo in Spanish) in the flamenco. However, the Spanish do not dance on it - according to tradition, this will bring misfortune...
As a motto for this nocturne for piano, I chose the following strophes from a poem by the great Spanish poet Federico García Lorca, to whose memory the piece is dedicated.