Tanzsuite (1922)
A video of a performance of Wilhelm Grosz's Tanzsuite (1922), recorded at Out of the Shadows Festival, Madison Wisconsin.
Wilhelm Grosz's first Tanzsuite (no opus number), published in 1922
The first two movements of Grosz's first Tanzsuite for piano were composed around 1913, while Grosz was completing studies at the Akademie für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Vienna. The third and fourth movements (Waltz and Polka) were composed in 1921. Grosz's personal notes do not mention a premiere performance.
Thomas Kasdorf (piano) performs Wilhelm Grosz's Tanzsuite (1922), at a concert entitled Wilhelm Grosz - Lieder and Piano Music, held in May 2016 at the First Congregational Church, Madison Wisconsin as part of Out of the Shadows Festival. The movements of the work are as follows:
I Menuette
II Gavotte und Musette
III Walzer
IV Polka
This performance lasts approximately 11 minutes 36 seconds.