(2001) Basque Music Collection, Vol. V: Francisco Escudero Michel Sasson The harmony is also simpler

The harmony is also simpler than that of the two former sonatas

which developed at the beginning of the 15th century and determined the stylistic norms in Western Europe for nearly two centuries

Paul Tortelier

Tunder is thus far more than merely Buxtehude’s father-in-law

Surprisingly

(2001) Basque Music Collection, Vol. V: Francisco Escudero Michel Sasson The harmony is also simplerIt's no coincidence that a great composer and master of orchestration such as Ravel was an admirer of the music of a young Basque student in Paris. Meanwhile, his works proved Francisco Escudero to be one of the great composers of the 20th century, and a worthy successor to Ravel, himself a descendant of the Basque country. Escudero adopted many of the stylistic and compositional techniques of that century, creating works marked by transcendent unity