Turina's Hommage to Tarrega: Analysis for Performers (Jul 2) Questions / Suggestions

Hi there everyone! So excited to be fulfilling ya’ll’s requests for more analysis streams via Turina’s Hommage to Tarrega (requested by a subscriber last week!) I chose this piece because understanding the musical language of composers of the 20th Century can present a challenge since that’s when composers began to experiment or even ignore basic tonality. Looking forward to it!

In his Hommage a Francisco Tarrega, Joaquin Turina blends the ever-familiar sounds of Spanish Romanticism with the newly popular musical idioms of Impressionism. His tribute is well-paid through sophisticated imitation of the expected harmonic relationships, scales, melodic figures, and modulation; but more impressive (excuse the pun) is how Turina expands upon these tried and true methods through the use of 20th century compositional techniques as if to say, “Thank you Maestro Tarrega, I’ve got it from here.” Learning how to interpret music of the 20th Century requires expanding musical language understanding past the strict conventions of purely tonal music, and the Late Romantic/Impressionist Era is a great place to begin.

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We are going to be using this thread to gather suggestions and questions!

• What questions do you have on this topic?
• Any particular area you would like me to focus on?