Partita (No.1)

Written in 1974, at the request of the Brazilian guitarist, Carlos Barbosa-Lima, to whom the music is also dedicated. Barbosa-Lima first requested a work at Christmas 1970, but Duarte wanted to take his time with the composition and make it the best possible piece it could be. A review of the first performance described it as 'a fun suite, filled with rhythmic impressionism'.

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Contents

I -Con bravura; II - Mesto e cantabile; III - Scherzoso; IV - Poco agitato.

Misprints-in-Scores/Op.59-Misprints-and-Original-Markings-in-the-scores-of-John-W.-Duarte.pdf