Trois morceaux dans le genre pathétique [SEP] instrumentation
Trois morceaux dans le genre pathétique
Trois morceaux dans le genre pathétique Op. 15 ("Three Pieces in the Pathetic Style") is a three-movement suite for piano composed by the French composer, Charles-Valentin Alkan, published in 1837. The suite also bears the title "Souvenirs" ("Memories"). The 3 movements are "Aime-moi" ("Love Me"), "Le vent" ("The Wind"), and "Morte" ("Death")
but as yet ... industrious rather than ... creative". Only with his 12 "Caprices" (Opp.12–13 and 15–16, 1837) did his compositions begin to attract serious critical attention. The op. 15 set, "Souvenirs: Trois morceaux dans le genre pathétique", dedicated to Liszt, contains "Le vent (The Wind)", which was at one time the only piece by the composer to figure regularly in recitals. These works, however, did not meet with the approval of Robert Schumann,