Musical Toys
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.
Works in this Collection (14)
- Musical Toys No. 1 — Mechanical Accordion No. 1 Difficulty
- Musical Toys No. 2 — Magic Roundabout No. 2 Difficulty
- Musical Toys No. 3 — The Trumpeter in the Forest No. 3 Difficulty
- Musical Toys No. 4 — The Magic Smith No. 4 Difficulty
- Musical Toys No. 5 — April Day No. 5 Difficulty
- Musical Toys No. 6 — Song of the Fisherman No. 6 Difficulty
- Musical Toys No. 7 — The Little Tit No. 7 Difficulty
- Musical Toys No. 8 — A Bear Playing the Double Bass and the Black Woman No. 8 Difficulty
- Musical Toys No. 9 — The Woodpecker No. 9 Difficulty
- Musical Toys No. 10 — The Elk Clearing No. 10 Difficulty
- Musical Toys No. 11 — Sleigh with Little Bells No. 11 Difficulty
- Musical Toys No. 12 — The Echo No. 12 Difficulty
- Musical Toys No. 13 — The Drummer No. 13 Difficulty
- Musical Toys No. 14 — Forest Musicians No. 14 Difficulty