Paul Hindemith - Ludi Leonum
- Komponist: Paul Hindemith
- Antall sider: 63
- Instrument: Piano
- Utgivelsesår: 1994
- Utgiver: Schott Music
- Utgavenummer: ED 8200 ISBN: 9783795702892
The cycle of fugues is introduced and concluded by a Praeludium and Postludium, the second formed by turning the Praeludium upside down and reading it backwards. In solving technical problems he posed himself, Hindemith creatednot a dry exercise but a work of considerable imagination. Intellectual achievement and sheer delight in playing are shown not to be mutually exclusive. The Ludus is a graphc example of the composer's delight in the fantastic,offered to his wife, born under the sign of Leo, as a birthday present. He illustrated the work with colored pencil, among other things drawing a lion for each entry of the subject of the fugues and for each of the twelve adifferent kind of lion, according to the character of the music, originally published in a limited edition but providing an instructive formal analysis of the music. Facsimile - German - English - French - Spanish - Japeneselanguage. Full color.
