Les cinq doigts is a 1921 piano composition by Igor Stravinsky. Subtitled (8 very easy melodies on 5 notes), the work comprises eight short pieces in which the right hand generally plays only five notes, remaining in essentially the same position at the keyboard throughout the work. The movements of the work have these tempo markings:

Richard Taruskin has noted that the third section, the "Allegretto", is an arrangement of the Russian folk melody "Kamarinskaya".

Les cinq doigts

Stravinsky made a recording of Les cinq doigts for Brunswick Records as part of his first recording contract, signed in 1925.

Les cinq doigts

In 1962, the composer orchestrated the pieces, adding a few counter-melodies and imitations, yielding the chamber work, Eight Miniatures for Fifteen Players.

Les cinq doigts

The Moderato movement is featured in the movie Coco Chanel and Igor Stravinsky.

References

External links

"Stravinsky's Instrumental Works" by Kevin Stephens, BBC Radio 3

, Anna Sutyagina

, ensemble intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez

Compositions by Igor Stravinsky

Compositions for solo piano

1921 compositions