This is a very promising piece by the young Glazunov; written still under the spell of Balakirev, his first teacher. Compare it with Balakirev's Tamara or the slow movement of his First symphony. Anyway, i believe this piece could have influenced the young Debussy while he was working on his Prelude a l'Apres midi. Glazunov's Op. 12 was written and published (and thus available in Paris) some four years before Debussy started working on his ground-breaking Prelude...
@Strindberg07 I'm amazed you think the same thing, that it sounds a little like the Afternoon of a Faun! I almost mistook this work for Debussy the very first time I heard it. Ironically, Glazunov didn't find Afternoon of a Faun as very admirable.
@SaxonBiggy it probably sounds like some of his ballet music because he used this key for romanticism (take the Entr'acte from Act I). :-) I don't think he directly quoted himself though.
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dkarlovets 4 months ago
This is a very promising piece by the young Glazunov; written still under the spell of Balakirev, his first teacher. Compare it with Balakirev's Tamara or the slow movement of his First symphony. Anyway, i believe this piece could have influenced the young Debussy while he was working on his Prelude a l'Apres midi. Glazunov's Op. 12 was written and published (and thus available in Paris) some four years before Debussy started working on his ground-breaking Prelude...
Strindberg07 1 year ago
@Strindberg07 I'm amazed you think the same thing, that it sounds a little like the Afternoon of a Faun! I almost mistook this work for Debussy the very first time I heard it. Ironically, Glazunov didn't find Afternoon of a Faun as very admirable.
Flutist11 1 year ago
Some of this sounds very similar to Glazunov's Raymonda. Perhaps he quoted himself for composition of the ballet?
SaxonBiggy 1 year ago
@SaxonBiggy it probably sounds like some of his ballet music because he used this key for romanticism (take the Entr'acte from Act I). :-) I don't think he directly quoted himself though.
Flutist11 1 year ago