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Dwarfs

Dwarfs for piano (1953)

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Kazimierz Serocki - piano, Warszawa 1953

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Kazimierz Serocki - piano, Warszawa 1953

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Kazimierz Serocki - piano, Warszawa 1953

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Kazimierz Serocki - piano, Warszawa 1953

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Kazimierz Serocki - piano, Warszawa 1953

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Kazimierz Serocki - piano, Warszawa 1953

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Kazimierz Serocki - piano, Warszawa 1953

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Dwarfs
 
This piano cycle composed by Serocki is today part of the educational repertoire of the youngest pianists. The first traces of the work can be found in a list of his compositions submitted by the composer in March 1949 to the Polish Composers’ Union. The list included a children’s suite for piano entitled Five Dwarfs,  which consisted of Polka, Lullaby, Mazurka, Waltz and March. In 1953 the composer reworked and expanded the cycle to seven parts: Krakowiak, Kujawiak, Mazurka, Song, Little Waltz, Lullaby and Oberek.  The work was dedicated to Serocki’s first piano teacher – Maria Drzewiecka. The composer was fond of the piece and also recorded it himself for the Polish Radio.

The elements of Dwarfs are characteristic Polish folk dances interspersed with “popular”, easy pieces of cheerful nature and high didactic values. The dances have metres, tempos and rhythms typical of their folk originals, and the entire work is based on a well thought-out dramatic design, characterised by expressive variability and strong finale – the lively Oberek.

As the work became very popular, in 1975 Serocki arranged the miniatures for various instrumental trios, including guitar trio and recorder ensemble.

 

Sheet music available from: PWM