Chamber Music Piano SKU: PR.510079380 Grosses Konzertstück über ...(+)
Chamber Music Piano
SKU: PR.510079380
Grosses
Konzertstück über
Mendelssohns Lieder ohne
Worte and Franz Schuberts
Grosse Fantasie.
Composed by Franz Liszt
Felix Mendelssohn.
Collection - Full. Editio
Musica Budapest
#510-07938. Published by
Editio Musica Budapest
(PR.510079380).
Composed in
1834, Liszt's Grand duo
is based on material from
three pieces from the
first book (op. 19b) of
Mendelssohn's Songs
without Words (no. 1 in E
major, no. 6 in G minor,
and no. 3 in A major).
While Liszt made an
almost literal
transcription of the
first piece, he gave the
second and third pieces a
much freer arrangement,
in the style of concert
paraphrases. The
large-scale concert piece
was premiered by Liszt
and Chopin on Christmas
Day 1834 in a salon in
Paris. The Grand duo was
not published in Liszt's
lifetime, and has
survived as a
draft.Schubert's Fantasy
in C major (also known as
the Wanderer Fantasy) was
a defining musical
experience for the young
Liszt. He arranged this
masterpiece of Romantic
piano literature for
piano and orchestra in
1851, at the beginning of
his Weimar period, and it
was premiered by Julius
Egghard in Vienna in
December of that year. By
1855, Liszt had
transcribed this
arrangement for two
pianos, because it was
played on 22 October 1855
at a concert held in
Weimar in honour of his
birthday. With the
version for piano and
orchestra, Liszt attuned
the fantasy to the
requirements of the
concert hall, reinforcing
the orchestral effects
inherent in Schubert's
composition. His aim with
the two-piano version was
to achieve a similarly
grand effect in spaces
too small for an
orchestra. The
arrangement for piano and
orchestra appeared in
print in 1857, followed
by the two-piano version
in 1862.This volume comes
complete with a detailed
preface in English,
German, and Hungarian
containing new research
findings, several
manuscript facsimiles,
and a critical report in
English.
And Other Works. Composed by Franz Liszt (1811-1886). New Liszt Edition. ...(+)
And Other Works.
Composed by Franz Liszt
(1811-1886). New Liszt
Edition. Full score
(study, softcover). With
Standard notation. 200
pages. Editio Musica
Budapest #Z.14502/B.
Published by Editio
Musica Budapest
(PR.510078900).
Overture to Scenes
from Goethe's Faust WoO 3
- Urtext. Composed by
Robert Schumann. Edited
by Christian Rudolf
Riedel. Orchestra;
stapled.
Orchester-Bibliothek
(Orchestral Library).
The Faust
Overture in its
First Urtext Edition
Overture; Romantic. Part.
8 pages. Duration 7'.
Breitkopf and Haertel #OB
5362-15. Published by
Breitkopf and Haertel
(BR.OB-5362-15).
ISBN
9790004341414. 10 x 12.5
inches.
The
question Why add music to
such perfect poetry?
preoccupied Schumann long
and intensively. His
first compositional
approach to Goethes Faust
began in 1844, but it was
not until 1851 that he
finally completed the
Scenes. At Liszts
suggestion, Schumann
added an overture in
1853, a symphonic
instrumental introduction
which atmospherically
evokes the action of the
Scenes but has no direct
thematic reference to
them. As an independent
overture, the work has
been played relatively
rarely in concert halls
to this day; the general
prejudice towards
Schumanns late works was
no doubt partly
responsible for this. The
first Urtext edition of
the overture was based on
the autograph score that
was revised by Schumann
and served as the
principal source. It
should give new impulses
to the future reception
of this work which Paul
Dukas hailed as a
miracle, from beginning
to end.
Chamber Music Piano SKU: PR.510079290 New Liszt Edition, Series IX, Vo...(+)
Chamber Music Piano
SKU: PR.510079290
New Liszt Edition,
Series IX, Volume 2.
Composed by Franz Liszt.
Editio Musica Budapest
#510-07929. Published by
Editio Musica Budapest
(PR.510079290).
UPC:
680160680399.
Deter
mined to be seen as a
complete composer, Liszt
set out to create a
full-fledged opera, only
to later abandon the
project. 170 years later,
an examination of the
manuscript revealed a
virtually complete Act
One in piano/vocal score
form, and Sardanapalo
finally came to life.
This critical edition
includes a detailed study
on the genesis of Liszt's
Sardanapalo in English,
German, and Hungarian,
the libretto in the
original Italian as well
as in English, German,
and Hungarian
translation, several
facsimile pages of
Liszt's manuscript, and a
detailed Critical Report.
(--E.M.B.).
Chamber Music Piano SKU: PR.510079200 Composed by Franz Liszt. Score and ...(+)
Chamber Music Piano
SKU: PR.510079200
Composed by Franz Liszt.
Score and part(s). Editio
Musica Budapest
#510-07920. Published by
Editio Musica Budapest
(PR.510079200).
UPC:
680160674343.
Volum
e 15 of the Supplement
Series presents an
earlier version of the
Concerto in a solo piano
edition, along with
earlier and alternate
versions of Liszt
original pieces and
transcriptions. The paper
and cloth editions have
identical contents, but
the cloth edition
contains critical notes
and commentary. This
volume completes the
initial phase of The New
Liszt Edition. Series I:
Works for Solo Piano (18
volumes), Series II: Free
Arrangements and
Transcriptions (24
volumes), and the
Supplement to Series I
and II (15 volumes) were
presented over a span of
almost fifty years. Every
volume is available in
both a paperback
performing edition and a
hardcover critical
edition. See an overview
of the New Liszt Edition
at EMB's website.
Chamber Music Piano SKU: PR.510079210 Composed by Franz Liszt. Score and ...(+)
Chamber Music Piano
SKU: PR.510079210
Composed by Franz Liszt.
Score and part(s). Editio
Musica Budapest
#510-07921. Published by
Editio Musica Budapest
(PR.510079210).
UPC:
680160674350.
Volum
e 15 of the Supplement
Series presents an
earlier version of the
Concerto in a solo piano
edition, along with
earlier and alternate
versions of Liszt
original pieces and
transcriptions. The paper
and cloth editions have
identical contents, but
the cloth edition
contains critical notes
and commentary. This
volume completes the
initial phase of The New
Liszt Edition. Series I:
Works for Solo Piano (18
volumes), Series II: Free
Arrangements and
Transcriptions (24
volumes), and the
Supplement to Series I
and II (15 volumes) were
presented over a span of
almost fifty years. Every
volume is available in
both a paperback
performing edition and a
hardcover critical
edition. See an overview
of the New Liszt Edition
at EMB's website.
Study Score Orchestra SKU: HL.49009931 Symphonic Poem No. 11 - Study S...(+)
Study Score Orchestra
SKU: HL.49009931
Symphonic Poem No. 11
- Study Score.
Composed by Franz Liszt.
This edition:
Paperback/Soft Cover.
Sheet music. Edition
Schott. Classical. Study
Score. 100 pages.
Duration 14'. Eulenburg
Edition #ETP 457.
Published by Eulenburg
Edition (HL.49009931).
ISBN 9790200203943.
UPC: 073999673968.
5.25x7.5x0.252
inches.
With more
than 1,200 titles from
the orchestral and choral
repertoire, from chamber
music and musical
theatre, Edition
Eulenburg is the world's
largest series of scores,
covering large part of
music history from the
Baroque to the Classical
era and looking back on a
long tradition.
Organ SKU: HL.14011002 Composed by Franz Liszt. Music Sales America. 20th...(+)
Organ
SKU:
HL.14011002
Composed
by Franz Liszt. Music
Sales America. 20th
Century. Book
[Softcover]. 17 pages.
Music Sales #NOV590180.
Published by Music Sales
(HL.14011002).
UPC:
884088433741.
8.5x11.0x0.079 inches. C.
H. Trevor -
Author.
The
B.A.C.H. motif
has been known and used
for centuries, but
enjoyed a great revival
in the late 19th century
as composers paid homage
to the composer J.S.
Bach. It derives from the
German nomenclature, and
is expressed in standard
notation as
Bb-A-C-B.
The
Fantasia And
Fugue On
B.A.C.H. is one
of the most famous Organ
works of Franz
Liszt (1811-1886).
The piece was intended
for the inauguration of
the famous Ladegast Organ
at Merseburg Cathedral,
but sadly, it wasn't
finished in time.
Liszt then
revised the work in 1870
and produced the version
that survives today. A
well-loved piece, no
organist's library
iscomplete without it.
Chamber Music Piano SKU: PR.510078910 And Other Works. Composed by...(+)
Chamber Music Piano
SKU: PR.510078910
And Other Works.
Composed by Franz Liszt.
New Liszt Edition.
Hardcover. With Standard
notation. 212 pages.
Editio Musica Budapest
#510-07891. Published by
Editio Musica Budapest
(PR.510078910).
ISBN
9790080300497. UPC:
680160635696.
The
latest volume of the
Supplement Series to the
New Liszt Edition Works
for Solo Piano explores
early and subsequent
editions of the Hungarian
melodies used in Liszt's
writing. Additionally,
album leaves and
fragments are presented,
along with several
manuscript pages and a
thorough discussion of
all works. The paper
edition is a handsome
performing edition with
the Preface in English,
German, and Hungarian.
The clothbound edition
also contains critical
notes.
(50 Reproducible Biographies of Famous Composers (Teacher's Handbook)). By Jay A...(+)
(50 Reproducible
Biographies of Famous
Composers (Teacher's
Handbook)). By Jay
Althouse. This edition:
Teacher's Handbook (100%
Reproducible).
Classroom/Pre-School;
General Music and
Classroom Publications;
Reproducible. Book. 64
pages
2 Pianos, 4 Hands; Piano Duet - intermediate to advanced SKU: HL.49013049 ...(+)
2 Pianos, 4 Hands; Piano
Duet - intermediate to
advanced
SKU:
HL.49013049
For 2
Pianos/4 Hands.
Composed by Istvá,
n Szelé, and nyi.
Edited by Laszlo
Szelenyi. This edition:
Saddle stitching. Sheet
music. Edition Schott. I.
Szelenyi schrieb das
Concertino im Jahre 1964.
Das nicht allzuschwere,
musikantische Stucke hat
zwei Satze (Tranquillo -
Vivace).Zum 100.
Geburtstag von I.
Szelenyi am 8. 8. 2004.
Classical. 2 copies
needed for performance.
Composed 1964. 52 pages.
Schott Music #ED 9568.
Published by Schott Music
(HL.49013049).
ISBN
9790001134064. UPC:
073999351798.
9.0x12.0x0.191
inches.
This work
by Kodaly's pupil
Szelenyi, published here
for the first time, might
be seen as something
approaching the Romantic
piano concerto without
orchestra. Even the
Fugato in this work seems
to point to the Romantic
tradition, recalling as
it does Liszt's Sonata in
B minor. The varied
interplay between
dramatic and lyrical
moods is richly
inventive. This
Concertino offers (young)
piano soloists the
opportunity to mount the
podium as an aspiring
virtuoso, accompanying a
second part that
demonstrates symphonic
pretensions. The two
players are evenly
matched in musical terms
in the dialogue between
the two pianos.
Piano Solo SKU: YM.GTP01100090 Very Easy Classics arranged for Adults<...(+)
Piano Solo
SKU:
YM.GTP01100090
Very Easy Classics
arranged for Adults.
Composed by Various.
Otona Piano Series.
Arranged Classical Music,
Educational, Exercise,
Lesson. Score. Yamaha
Music Media #GTP01100090.
Published by Yamaha Music
Media (YM.GTP01100090).
ISBN 9784636100655.
8.5 x 12
inches.
Easy
arrangements for adults
to start playing the
piano for the first time.
Features large,
easy-to-read music
sheets.
Orchestra (2.Picc.2.2.2-4.2.3.1-Hp- Str) SKU: KU.OCT-10100 Composed by Fr...(+)
Orchestra
(2.Picc.2.2.2-4.2.3.1-Hp-
Str)
SKU:
KU.OCT-10100
Composed
by Franz Liszt. Edited by
Imre Sulyok. Letter
format (190 x 270).
Staple Bound. Full score.
77 pages. Edition
Kunzelmann #OCT-10100.
Published by Edition
Kunzelmann
(KU.OCT-10100).
Piano Duet SKU: YM.GTP01100194 Take turns playing main melodies!. ...(+)
Piano Duet
SKU:
YM.GTP01100194
Take turns playing
main melodies!.
Composed by Various.
Piano-Duet Repertoire.
Arranged Classical Music.
Score. Yamaha Music Media
#GTP01100194. Published
by Yamaha Music Media
(YM.GTP01100194).
ISBN
9784636101362. 8.5 x 12
inches.
In this
piano-duet repertoire
series, both of the primo
(upper part) and the
secondo (lower part) have
their own melody parts to
play. It is a great
choice for both children
and adults teaching or
learning to play the
piano, as well as for a
variety of uses, from
piano lesson to live
performances, including
concerts, online video
live streaming, and
street piano
performances!
The New Imperial Edition. By Various. Arranged by Sydney Northcote. (Soprano). ...(+)
The New Imperial Edition.
By Various. Arranged by
Sydney Northcote.
(Soprano). Boosey and
Hawkes Voice. Size 9x12
inches. 124 pages.
Published by Boosey and
Hawkes.
SKU: CA.4017110 Composed by Franz Liszt. Edited by Thomas Kohlhase. Germa...(+)
SKU: CA.4017110
Composed by Franz Liszt.
Edited by Thomas
Kohlhase. German title:
Pater Noster (2). Sacred
vocal music, End of the
church year, Our Father.
Full score. 8 pages.
Carus Verlag #CV
40.171/10. Published by
Carus Verlag
(CA.4017110).
ISBN
9790007063689.
Scor
e available separately -
see item CA.4017100.
Hardcover Boxed Set. Composed by Various Artists. Legendary Series. Classical. B...(+)
Hardcover Boxed Set.
Composed by Various
Artists. Legendary
Series. Classical. Book
Only. 255 pages. Wise
Publications
#MUSAM1003530. Published
by Wise Publications
SKU: HL.50610018 Liszt, Works for Piano Solo, Supplementary vol. 10(+)
SKU: HL.50610018
Liszt, Works for Piano
Solo, Supplementary vol.
10. Composed by Franz
Liszt. EMB. Hardcover.
208 pages. Editio Musica
Budapest #Z14505.
Published by Editio
Musica Budapest
(HL.50610018).
Of the early
versions of works
included in this volume
the first versions of the
notably popular
Consolations cycle and
Grand solo de concert
(published in 1850) are
of particular interest.
In the first version of
Consolations the third
movement was a style
hongrois piece whose
thematic material was
later used by Liszt in
his Hungarian Rhapsody
No. 1 (published in
1851). The first version
of Grand solo de concert
shows that the work did
not originally include a
slow middle section to be
recapitulated towards the
end as seen in the final
version. This is a
characteristically
Lisztian feature that
would reappear a few
years later in his Sonata
in B minor. A detailed
preface in Hungarian,
English, and German,
including new research
results, numerous
manuscript facsimiles,
and critical notes, makes
this volume of the New
Liszt Edition an
important publication of
immense scholarly value.
Along with the
cloth-bound Complete
Edition, a paperback
version for practical use
has also been published.
This edition's contents
are identical to those of
the hardcover edition
with the exception that
the critical notes are
not included.
Flute SKU: HF.7805 Edited by Bartuzat. Arranged by Bartuzat and List. She...(+)
Flute
SKU: HF.7805
Edited by Bartuzat.
Arranged by Bartuzat and
List. Sheet music.
Friedrich Hofmeister
Musikverlag #7805.
Published by Friedrich
Hofmeister Musikverlag
(HF.7805).
ISBN
9790203458043. 9 x 12
inches.
Weihnachts-
Oratorium (J.S.Bach),
Matthaus-Passion
(J.S.Bach),J
ohannes-Passion
(J.S.Bach), Messe in
h-Moll (J.S.Bach),
Magnificat in D-Dur
(J.S.Bach), Kantate Nr.
100, Nr. 209 (J.S.Bach),
Cacilien-Ode
(G.F.Handel), L'Allegro
(G.F.Handel), Orpheus und
Eruydike (Ch.W.Gluck),
Iphigenie auf Tauris
(Ch.W.Gluck), Iphigenie
in Aulis (Ch.W.Gluck),
Symphonien 1-4, 6, 16
(J.Haydn), Die
Zauberflote (W.A.Mozart),
Die Entfuhrung aus dem
Serail (W.A.Mozart), Cosi
fan tutte (W.A.Mozart),
Don Giovanni
(W.A.Mozart),
Klavierkonzert d-Moll,
c-Moll (W.A.Mozart),
Symphonien 1-9
(L.v.Beethoven), Missa
solemnis (L.v.Beethoven),
Fidelio (L.v.Beethoven),
Ouverture Leonore Nr. 2,
Nr. 3 (L.v.Beethoven),
Die Stumme von Portici
(D.F.E.Auber), Preziosa
(C.M.v.Weber), Oberon
(C.M.v.Weber), Der
Freischutz (C.M.v.Weber),
Aufforderung zum Tanz
(C.M.v.Weber), Die
Hugenotten (G.Meyerbeer),
Wilhelm Tell (G.Rossini),
Der Barbier von Sevilla
(G.Rossini), Die
Regimentstochter
(G.Donizetti),Lucia di
Lammermoor
(G.Donizetti),Bravour-Var
iationen (A.Adam),Rom.
Karneval, op. 9
(H.Berlioz),Fantast.
Symphonie, op. 14
(H.Berlioz),Ein
Sommernachtstraum, op. 61
(F.Mendelssohn
Bartholdy), Symphonie Nr.
3, Nr. 4 (F.Mendelssohn
Bartholdy), Symphnoie Nr.
1, op. 38 (R.Schumann),
Der Totentanz (F.Liszt),
Eine Faust-Symphonie
(F.Liszt), Ungar.
Rhapsodie Nr. 1, Nr. 4,
Nr. 6 (F.Liszt),
Polonaise Nr. 2
(F.Liszt), Mignon
(A.Thomas), Rigoletto
(G.Verdi), Othello
(G.Verdi), Falstaff
(G.Verdi), Aida
(G.Verdi), Ein Maskenball
(G.Verdi), Die sizilian.
Vesper (G.Verdi),
Symphonie Nr. 1-4
(J.Brahms), Serenade Nr.
1, op. 11 (J.Brahms),
Ungar. Tanze Nr. 1-3
(J.Brahms), Variationen
uber ein Thema von
J.Haydn, op. 56a
(J.Brahms), Violinkonzert
op. 77 (J.Brahms), Trag.
Ouverture, op. 81
(J.Brahms),
Klavierkonzert Nr.1, Nr.
2 (J.Brahms), Ein
Deutsches Requiem, op. 45
(J.Brahms).
Pater noster Chorale SATB [Conducteur] Carus Verlag
SATB choir SKU: CA.7010044 Composed by Franz Liszt. Edited by Wolfgang He...(+)
SATB choir
SKU:
CA.7010044
Composed
by Franz Liszt. Edited by
Wolfgang Helbich, Ernst
Herzog. Separate edition
with choral collection.
Sacred vocal music. Full
score. S 22. 4 pages.
Carus Verlag #CV
70.100/44. Published by
Carus Verlag
(CA.7010044).
ISBN
9790007242039. Key: C
major. Language:
Latin.
SKU: HL.50610016 Liszt, Works for Piano Solo, Supplementary Vol. 8...(+)
SKU: HL.50610016
Liszt, Works for Piano
Solo, Supplementary Vol.
8. Composed by Franz
Liszt. EMB. Hardcover.
232 pages. Editio Musica
Budapest #Z14503.
Published by Editio
Musica Budapest
(HL.50610016).
Composed
by Lowell Liebermann.
Full score. Duration 15
minutes. Theodore Presser
Company #116-41139S.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.11641139S).
UPC:
680160682119.
Barca
rolles for a Sinking City
was inspired by the city
of Venice, a place that
has long held the
fascination of artists,
writers and composers,
and which I have been
lucky enough to visit on
several occasions. Sadly
it seems that future
generations may not be so
lucky: in addition to the
city's slow sinking and
recently discovered
tilting, studies predict
that if global warming
and the resultant rise of
ocean levels is unabated,
the entire city (as well
as many other coastal
cities around the globe)
will be under water by
2100. I. Funeral
Gondola The late, cryptic
piano works of Franz
Liszt made a profound
impression on me as a
young composer, among
them two works he
entitled La Lugubre
Gondola (usually
translated as The Funeral
Gondola ) which were said
to be a premonition of
Wagner's death in Venice,
his coffin transported
through the canals in a
black gondola. These late
pieces of Liszt acquired
even greater significance
to me after I spent two
summers in Bayreuth under
the patronage of
Friedelind Wagner, the
granddaughter of Wagner
and great-granddaughter
of Liszt. This movement
is a meditation on
Wagner, Liszt, Venice and
its own evanescence. II.
Barcarolle/Quodlibet The
Quodlibet (Latin for what
pleases) is a musical
form dating back to the
15th century where many
disparate melodies are
juxtaposed. Popular in
the Renaissance, sacred
and secular melodies were
combined, often to
comical effect due to the
resultant incongruity of
the words. The form was
considered the ultimate
test of a composer's
mastery of counterpoint.
The most famous Quodlibet
is without doubt the
final Variation of Bach's
Goldberg Variations. As a
form the Quodlibet is
less common in more
recent music, although
examples can be found in
the works of Kurt Weill
and David Del Tredici.
My own
Barcarolle/Quodlibet was
inspired by the (perhaps
apocryphal) story of the
funeral where musicians
were asked to play a Bach
Choral, but due to
miscommunication played
instead the Bacarolle
from The Tales of
Hoffmann. Here, the Bach
Choral Allen Menschen
mussen sterben (All Men
Must Die) is heard in the
strings pizzicato, with a
tempo indication In slow
motion. The alto line of
the Bach suggests a
phrase from Beethoven's
Ninth Symphony (Alle
Menchen werden Bruder)
heard in the muted
trombone. Before long,
the famous tune from
Offenbach's opera is
heard, followed by
quotations from iconic
Barcarolles by Chopin,
Mendelssohn and Faure, as
well as two Venetian
popular songs and more
Beethoven. III.
Barcarola/Ostinato/Carill
on An ostinato is a
repeated musical figure,
and carillon is Italian
for music box. This
movement references the
obsolete genre of salon
pieces that imitated
music boxes: such works
by composers like Liadov
and Gretchaninov used to
be a mainstay of
pianists' encore
repertoire. This movement
is however much darker in
conception than those
pleasant trifles.
Utilizing the full
battery of percussion,
the carefully notated
temporal slowing of the
ostinato becomes
overwhelmed by a poignant
chorale melody before
this box is snapped shut.
IV. Barcarolle
Oubliee (Forgotten
Barcarolle) Marked
limpido (still) the final
movement begins with the
sound of rain produced by
a percussion instrument
called (appropriately) a
rain stick. Halting
phrases in the harp
coalesce into the
accompaniment for a
plangent melody heard in
the clarinet. The central
Adagio of this movement
leads to a shattering
climax, before the
opening phrases return
and dissipate into
nothingness.
Composed
by Lowell Liebermann.
Large Score. Duration 15
minutes. Theodore Presser
Company #116-41139L.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.11641139L).
UPC:
680160682126.
Barca
rolles for a Sinking City
was inspired by the city
of Venice, a place that
has long held the
fascination of artists,
writers and composers,
and which I have been
lucky enough to visit on
several occasions. Sadly
it seems that future
generations may not be so
lucky: in addition to the
city's slow sinking and
recently discovered
tilting, studies predict
that if global warming
and the resultant rise of
ocean levels is unabated,
the entire city (as well
as many other coastal
cities around the globe)
will be under water by
2100. I. Funeral
Gondola The late, cryptic
piano works of Franz
Liszt made a profound
impression on me as a
young composer, among
them two works he
entitled La Lugubre
Gondola (usually
translated as The Funeral
Gondola ) which were said
to be a premonition of
Wagner's death in Venice,
his coffin transported
through the canals in a
black gondola. These late
pieces of Liszt acquired
even greater significance
to me after I spent two
summers in Bayreuth under
the patronage of
Friedelind Wagner, the
granddaughter of Wagner
and great-granddaughter
of Liszt. This movement
is a meditation on
Wagner, Liszt, Venice and
its own evanescence. II.
Barcarolle/Quodlibet The
Quodlibet (Latin for what
pleases) is a musical
form dating back to the
15th century where many
disparate melodies are
juxtaposed. Popular in
the Renaissance, sacred
and secular melodies were
combined, often to
comical effect due to the
resultant incongruity of
the words. The form was
considered the ultimate
test of a composer's
mastery of counterpoint.
The most famous Quodlibet
is without doubt the
final Variation of Bach's
Goldberg Variations. As a
form the Quodlibet is
less common in more
recent music, although
examples can be found in
the works of Kurt Weill
and David Del Tredici.
My own
Barcarolle/Quodlibet was
inspired by the (perhaps
apocryphal) story of the
funeral where musicians
were asked to play a Bach
Choral, but due to
miscommunication played
instead the Bacarolle
from The Tales of
Hoffmann. Here, the Bach
Choral Allen Menschen
mussen sterben (All Men
Must Die) is heard in the
strings pizzicato, with a
tempo indication In slow
motion. The alto line of
the Bach suggests a
phrase from Beethoven's
Ninth Symphony (Alle
Menchen werden Bruder)
heard in the muted
trombone. Before long,
the famous tune from
Offenbach's opera is
heard, followed by
quotations from iconic
Barcarolles by Chopin,
Mendelssohn and Faure, as
well as two Venetian
popular songs and more
Beethoven. III.
Barcarola/Ostinato/Carill
on An ostinato is a
repeated musical figure,
and carillon is Italian
for music box. This
movement references the
obsolete genre of salon
pieces that imitated
music boxes: such works
by composers like Liadov
and Gretchaninov used to
be a mainstay of
pianists' encore
repertoire. This movement
is however much darker in
conception than those
pleasant trifles.
Utilizing the full
battery of percussion,
the carefully notated
temporal slowing of the
ostinato becomes
overwhelmed by a poignant
chorale melody before
this box is snapped shut.
IV. Barcarolle
Oubliee (Forgotten
Barcarolle) Marked
limpido (still) the final
movement begins with the
sound of rain produced by
a percussion instrument
called (appropriately) a
rain stick. Halting
phrases in the harp
coalesce into the
accompaniment for a
plangent melody heard in
the clarinet. The central
Adagio of this movement
leads to a shattering
climax, before the
opening phrases return
and dissipate into
nothingness.
Chamber Music Piano SKU: PR.510078200 Composed by Franz Liszt. New Liszt ...(+)
Chamber Music Piano
SKU: PR.510078200
Composed by Franz Liszt.
New Liszt Edition. Full
score. With Standard
notation. Editio Musica
Budapest #510-07820.
Published by Editio
Musica Budapest
(PR.510078200).
UPC:
680160619108.
In
the continuing Supplement
to EMB's Series I and
Series II of the New
Liszt Edition, Volume 12
presents earlier and/or
alternate versions of
works previously covered
in the preceding Series.
Perhaps no other event
had the profound effect
upon the young Liszt as
his exposureto the
artistry of Paganini, a
master who brought his
own instrument to new
heights and new demands.
Soon after, Liszt
composed his own set of
Bravourstudien, studies
intended for superhuman
pianists, later know as
the Grandes Etudes de
Paganini. This Supplement
volume presents an
excellent overview,
multiple manuscript
copies, and critical
editions of earlier
published versions (in
the clothbound version).
For advanced
pianists.