Loeb - Reflections on Sephardic Melodies for Solo Piccolo *Musicland Publications impassioned f-minor Sonata op

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This short duet by contemporary Russian composer Nikolai Kapustin has a driving syncopated rhythm and edgy harmonic palette

while the well-balanced orchestration and idiomatic flute writing result in a high-level work excellent for recitals

While it has rightly endured to this day

Loeb - Reflections on Sephardic Melodies for Solo Piccolo *Musicland Publications impassioned f-minor Sonata opThis collection of pieces by David Loeb, written for piccolo alone, derive from melodies of the Sephardic tradition, an oral tradition remarkably well preserved despite dispersion and fragmentation of the Spanish Jewish community more than five centuries ago. The melodies display a remarkably hybrid aspect, with elements of Jewish, Islamic, Central European and indigenous Spanish musical traditions present in varying extents, always blended with