Musical Toys

by Sofia Gubaidulina

Composed 1968
Works 14

A set of 14 pictorial miniatures for piano, composed in 1968 and described by Gubaidulina as pieces she would have liked to play as a child. Published under the subtitle 'A Collection of Piano Pieces for Children', though the harmonic language and extended techniques make them more suitable for advanced students. Each piece is an evocative character sketch — birds, machines, animals, weather — anticipating Gubaidulina's later preoccupation with unusual sound worlds.

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