The Rubinstein Staccato Etude

About this film

LibriVox volunteers bring The Rubinstein Staccato Etude by R. Nathaniel Dett. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for October 7, 2018. Read in English by Algy Pug; Bruce Kachuk; David Lawrence; Eva Davis; Aurochs; Foon; Greg Giordano; Graham Scott; Ian King; Larry Wilson; Michele Fry; Phil Schempf; RajVO; Tomas Peter; tovarisch and William Allan Jones. This poem, read by 16 Librivox Volunteers, describes the ups and downs and emotional frenzy of The Rubinstein Staccato Etude. The author, R. Nathaniel Dett, was a composer, organist, pianist and music professor. While born in Canada, he spent most of his professional career in the United States. During his lifetime he was a leading Black composer, known for his use of African-American folk songs and spirituals as the basis for choral and piano compositions in the 19th century Romantic style of Classical music. Right click this link (opens a new tab) to listen to the piece played on piano: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2AdJ2JVpw8 (~ Summary by Michele Fry and Wikipedia) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox cata…

Directors & creators

R. Nathaniel Dett

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks; literature; poetry; piano; rythmn; melody; keyboard; chords

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