Jacques Ibert - Histoires (1922)

“Histoires” (“Stories”) for piano is a suite of pieces by 20th century French composer Jacques Ibert completed in 1922 and premiered in 1923. As implied in the title, each piece is programmatic and directly tells a story. The suite is multilingual, in that the titles are variously in French, English, and Spanish. The most popular piece in the set is “Le Petit Âne Blanc”, also known as “The Little White Donkey”, and it is frequently played by young students.
Date: 1922
Order:
Table of Contents: 0:00
No. 1 - La Meneuse de Tortues d'Or: 0:08
No. 2 - Le Petit Âne Blanc: 3:49
No. 3 - Le Vieux Mendiant: 5:52
No. 4 - A Giddy Girl: 8:55
No. 5 - Dans la Maison Triste: 10:19
No. 6 - Le Palais Abandonné: 12:10
No. 7 - Bajo la Mesa: 14:18
No. 8 - La Cage de Cristal: 16:21
No. 9 - La Marchande d'Eau Fraîche: 17:47
No. 10 - Le Cortège de Balkis: 19:58
Performer: Hae Won Chang on piano
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Acknowledgement: This video was made in collaboration with Abbimation.
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[@cadenzalien4554]

3:49 Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues?
In all seriousness, great suite. Have only heard a piece or two by this composer but this set is making me go through all his catalogue. Simple, yet very stylish compositions. Lovely indeed

[@rfyl]

I highly recommend two of my favorites of his pieces: The Divertissement and the Flute Concerto

[@MicoAquinoComposer]

Lovely pieces of music!!

[@mckernan603]

Wonderful find!

[@aayyiss]

YES! Lovely

[@CatkhosruShapurrjiFurabji]

Great work

[@karlpoppins]

Someone had been listening to Tombeau de Couperin :) That moment at 4:52 sounds like straight out of the Toccata!

[@thedevilsreject23]

Be perfect for lounge playing on a cruise ship 👍🏻🍻

[@UtsyoChakraborty]

Charming stuff!

[@thepianocornertpc]

Stuff?

[@certainlynotthebestpianist5638]

Well, for me it started intriguing, but went bizarre really fast...

[@mercedeslazaroechamendi8079]

Estoy estudiando debajo de la mesa preciosa pero para mí difícil
Más asequible The giddy girl

[@USaGisan_]

16:20 7

[@andreassorg7294]

For all those pianists, who want to play Ravel, but can't

[@nohaylamujer]

@@Whatismusic123 Why?

[@sebribo1873]

or likewise Debussy. Although I agree that Ravel composed more technically very challenging pieces.