Composer

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Leonard Bernstein

Genre

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Vocal

Style

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Vocal Music

Compose Date

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1947

First Performance

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1948

Average_duration

:

5:39

Movement_count

:

4

Movement ....

La Bonne Cuisine: 4 recipes is a song cycle composed by Leonard Bernstein in 1947. The premiere of the piece was on January 17, 1948, at the Town Hall in New York City. The cycle consists of four songs, each based on a recipe from the cookbook La Bonne Cuisine de Madame E. Saint-Ange. The songs are titled Plum Pudding, Queues de Boeuf (Oxtails), Tavouk Gueunksis (Turkish Chicken), and Civet à Toute Vitesse (Rabbit). The first song, Plum Pudding, is a playful and humorous piece that features a jaunty piano accompaniment and a vocal line that mimics the sound of a boiling pot. The second song, Queues de Boeuf, is a slow and sultry piece that features a bluesy piano accompaniment and a vocal line that is full of longing and desire. The third song, Tavouk Gueunksis, is a lively and energetic piece that features a fast-paced piano accompaniment and a vocal line that is full of excitement and joy. The final song, Civet à Toute Vitesse, is a frenzied and chaotic piece that features a frantic piano accompaniment and a vocal line that is full of urgency and desperation. Overall, La Bonne Cuisine: 4 recipes is a unique and innovative piece that showcases Bernstein's versatility as a composer. The use of recipes as the basis for the songs is a clever and creative idea that adds an element of whimsy and humor to the cycle. The different movements of the cycle showcase Bernstein's ability to write in a variety of styles, from playful and humorous to sultry and bluesy to lively and energetic to frenzied and chaotic.

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