Stravinsky's Three Easy Pieces can be understood as an example of Gebrauchsmusik, that is, music that was conceived and composed specifically for some purpose, and not for its own sake. In this case, Stravinsky wrote this set and 1917 Five Easy Pieces especially for educational purposes. After completing his Valse des fleurs, which is similar to them in the sense that they were composed for his little children to play with him, Stravinsky decided to write pieces for four hands to teach them how to play the piano. The set was composed in Clarens, in 1914 and 1915 and was presented and first performed by José Iturbi, in April 22, 1918. It was eventually published in 1917.
| Original Name | Trois pièces faciles |
| Date of composition | 1915 (1914-1915) in Clarens, Montreux, Switzerland |
| Premiered | 1918, April 22nd |
| First published | 1917 |
| Approx. duration | 4 minutes |
| Instruments | Piano - Duet ; |
| Arrangements |
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Igor Stravinsky: Suite No. 2 for chamber orchestra
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| Autotranslations beta |
Igor Stravinsky: Three Easy Pieces Igor' Fëdorovič Stravinskij: Three Easy Pieces Igor Strawinsky: Three Easy Pieces |