Leon - Mistica

TANIA LEÓN MÍSTICA for Piano

Mística is a work of sustained motions of rhythmic and harmonic cycles through cascades of successive pitches and sudden changes of tempo. There are fragments of a Guajira/Son/Danzon contrasting with the timbral sound world that surrounds the piece. Sudden ostinatos interweave the recurrence of the fastmoving gestures juxtaposed by abrupt changes of mood, speed, and character.

Mística was composed for Ursula Oppens in 2003, whose performance of this work was the first premiere of Tania León’s music in La Habana, Cuba since 1967.

para Ursula Oppens

e = 120

Libero

f

Mística

TANIA LEÓN (2003)

breve

(RH) (LH)

mp

ff

f

mf

3

e = 100

(RH) (LH)

f

mp f

p sub.

sfz

p

mf

mp

sfz

meno mosso e molto rall.

5

3

3

e = 100

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10

molto rall.

6

Molto ritmico q = 42 - 44

a tempo

2

sffz

3

3 3

3

3

e = 120

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

e = 42 - 44 6

3

3

3

3

3

(LH)

6

3 3

3

6

pp

mp

3

6

6

6

mf