Triakontameron[1] is a suite of 30 pieces in six volumes for piano composed from 1919 to 1920 by Leopold Godowsky; each was written in a single day, and all are written in three-four time. The entire suite took Godowsky over five months (7 August 1919, Seattle - 20 January 1920, Chicago) to complete, with twenty being composed in Seattle, and the rest being composed intermittently between Los Angeles, New York, and the final piece in Chicago.[2] The pieces were not presented in order of composition.
The title was inspired by that of Boccaccio's Decameron. The work was written in a period of ten days, with the concept of the suite being a ten-day journey where ten people tell 100 stories.[2] Among the best-known excerpts of the suite are Alt Wien, Nocturnal Tangier, and Ethiopian Serenade.[3][4]
- ^ "Works by Leopold Godowsky (1870 - 1938)". Rolf's Music Blog. Retrieved 2023-07-21.
- ^ a b "Triakontameron - Hyperion Records - CDs, MP3 and Lossless downloads". 2019-03-02. Archived from the original on 2019-03-02. Retrieved 2023-07-21.
- ^ Ewen 1959, p. 552.
- ^ "Review of Le festin d'Ésope and Other Works for Solo Piano". Notes. 60 (1): 290–295. 2003. ISSN 0027-4380. JSTOR 4487129.