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Nanosonatas (20062010) are piano compositions by American composer Frederic Rzewski.


History


In the summer of 2006, Rzewski’s friend Hideyuki Arata, a Japanese scientist specialized in nanotechnology, sent him an article of three pages, that he had published in Applied Physics Letters. The scientist happened to be an amateur pianist, so in return Rzewski decided to dedicate “Nanosonata” to him. Like the article, this first Nanosonata was written in three pages (about two minutes long) and, as the composer said, was technically somewhat demanding, but would not require the scientist to practice too much.[1] Around the same time, Rzewski also had a commission from Milton Schlosser in Edmonton, Alberta. The composer liked the first Nanosonata, so he decided to write more - for Schlosser and others - and get them together into books.[2] Eventually, the first “Nanosonata” became “Nanosonata Book I, No 1”. Rzewski has composed 56 Nanosonatas, most dedicated to his family and friends, such as Elliott Carter and Pete Seeger.


Constructs



References


  1. https://empac.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/files-programs/2021-01/2010_0320_FredericRzewski.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  2. "Frederic Rzewski, piano" (PDF). www.mondaviarts.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 22, 2015. Retrieved 2016-07-13.





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