Shiraz (Vivier)
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Shiraz (Vivier)
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"Shiraz" is a virtuosic piano piece by Claude Vivier, written in 1977. It is named after the eponymous Iranian city, and contains a flurry of interlocking rhythmic combinations and pulses at great speed. Vivier was inspired to write the piece after listening to blind singers perform in the city's market square. He wrote in the piece's program notes how he found Shiraz to be, "a pearl of a city, a diamond vigorously cut." Vivier had dedicated the piece to pianist Louis-Philippe Pelltier, whom he
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1977 composition by Claude Vivier
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2023-03-24T21:24:09Z
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