Chamber Music Piano SKU: CF.PL1056 Composed by Clara Wieck-Schumann, Fran...(+)
Chamber Music Piano
SKU: CF.PL1056
Composed by Clara
Wieck-Schumann, Franz
Schubert, and Robert
Schumann. Edited by
Nicholas Hopkins.
Collection. With Standard
notation. 128 pages. Carl
Fischer Music #PL1056.
Published by Carl Fischer
Music (CF.PL1056).
ISBN 9781491153390.
UPC: 680160910892.
Transcribed by Franz
Liszt.
Introduction
It is true that Schubert
himself is somewhat to
blame for the very
unsatisfactory manner in
which his admirable piano
pieces are treated. He
was too immoderately
productive, wrote
incessantly, mixing
insignificant with
important things, grand
things with mediocre
work, paid no heed to
criticism, and always
soared on his wings. Like
a bird in the air, he
lived in music and sang
in angelic fashion.
--Franz Liszt, letter to
Dr. S. Lebert (1868) Of
those compositions that
greatly interest me,
there are only Chopin's
and yours. --Franz Liszt,
letter to Robert Schumann
(1838) She [Clara
Schumann] was astounded
at hearing me. Her
compositions are really
very remarkable,
especially for a woman.
There is a hundred times
more creativity and real
feeling in them than in
all the past and present
fantasias by Thalberg.
--Franz Liszt, letter to
Marie d'Agoult (1838)
Chretien Urhan
(1790-1845) was a
Belgian-born violinist,
organist and composer who
flourished in the musical
life of Paris in the
early nineteenth century.
According to various
accounts, he was deeply
religious, harshly
ascetic and wildly
eccentric, though revered
by many important and
influential members of
the Parisian musical
community. Regrettably,
history has forgotten
Urhan's many musical
achievements, the most
important of which was
arguably his pioneering
work in promoting the
music of Franz Schubert.
He devoted much of his
energies to championing
Schubert's music, which
at the time was unknown
outside of Vienna.
Undoubtedly, Urhan was
responsible for
stimulating this
enthusiasm in Franz
Liszt; Liszt regularly
heard Urhan's organ
playing in the
St.-Vincent-de-Paul
church in Paris, and the
two became personal
acquaintances. At
eighteen years of age,
Liszt was on the verge of
establishing himself as
the foremost pianist in
Europe, and this
awakening to Schubert's
music would prove to be a
profound experience.
Liszt's first travels
outside of his native
provincial Hungary were
to Vienna in 1821-1823,
where his father enrolled
him in studies with Carl
Czerny (piano) and
Antonio Salieri (music
theory). Both men had
important involvements
with Schubert; Czerny
(like Urhan) as performer
and advocate of
Schubert's music and
Salieri as his theory and
composition teacher from
1813-1817. Curiously,
Liszt and Schubert never
met personally, despite
their geographical
proximity in Vienna
during these years.
Inevitably, legends later
arose that the two had
been personal
acquaintances, although
Liszt would dismiss these
as fallacious: I never
knew Schubert personally,
he was once quoted as
saying. Liszt's initial
exposure to Schubert's
music was the Lieder,
what Urhan prized most of
all. He accompanied the
tenor Benedict
Randhartinger in numerous
performances of
Schubert's Lieder and
then, perhaps realizing
that he could benefit the
composer more on his own
terms, transcribed a
number of the Lieder for
piano solo. Many of these
transcriptions he would
perform himself on
concert tour during the
so-called Glanzzeit, or
time of splendor from
1839-1847. This publicity
did much to promote
reception of Schubert's
music throughout Europe.
Once Liszt retired from
the concert stage and
settled in Weimar as a
conductor in the 1840s,
he continued to perform
Schubert's orchestral
music, his Symphony No. 9
being a particular
favorite, and is credited
with giving the world
premiere performance of
Schubert's opera Alfonso
und Estrella in 1854. At
this time, he
contemplated writing a
biography of the
composer, which
regrettably remained
uncompleted. Liszt's
devotion to Schubert
would never waver.
Liszt's relationship with
Robert and Clara Schumann
was far different and far
more complicated; by
contrast, they were all
personal acquaintances.
What began as a
relationship of mutual
respect and admiration
soon deteriorated into
one of jealousy and
hostility, particularly
on the Schumann's part.
Liszt's initial contact
with Robert's music
happened long before they
had met personally, when
Liszt published an
analysis of Schumann's
piano music for the
Gazette musicale in 1837,
a gesture that earned
Robert's deep
appreciation. In the
following year Clara met
Liszt during a concert
tour in Vienna and
presented him with more
of Schumann's piano
music. Clara and her
father Friedrich Wieck,
who accompanied Clara on
her concert tours, were
quite taken by Liszt: We
have heard Liszt. He can
be compared to no other
player...he arouses
fright and astonishment.
His appearance at the
piano is indescribable.
He is an original...he is
absorbed by the piano.
Liszt, too, was impressed
with Clara--at first the
energy, intelligence and
accuracy of her piano
playing and later her
compositions--to the
extent that he dedicated
to her the 1838 version
of his Etudes d'execution
transcendante d'apres
Paganini. Liszt had a
closer personal
relationship with Clara
than with Robert until
the two men finally met
in 1840. Schumann was
astounded by Liszt's
piano playing. He wrote
to Clara that Liszt had
played like a god and had
inspired indescribable
furor of applause. His
review of Liszt even
included a heroic
personification with
Napoleon. In Leipzig,
Schumann was deeply
impressed with Liszt's
interpretations of his
Noveletten, Op. 21 and
Fantasy in C Major, Op.
17 (dedicated to Liszt),
enthusiastically
observing that, I feel as
if I had known you twenty
years. Yet a variety of
events followed that
diminished Liszt's glory
in the eyes of the
Schumanns. They became
critical of the cult-like
atmosphere that arose
around his recitals, or
Lisztomania as it came to
be called; conceivably,
this could be attributed
to professional jealousy.
Clara, in particular,
came to loathe Liszt,
noting in a letter to
Joseph Joachim, I despise
Liszt from the depths of
my soul. She recorded a
stunning diary entry a
day after Liszt's death,
in which she noted, He
was an eminent keyboard
virtuoso, but a dangerous
example for the
young...As a composer he
was terrible. By
contrast, Liszt did not
share in these negative
sentiments; no evidence
suggests that he had any
ill-regard for the
Schumanns. In Weimar, he
did much to promote
Schumann's music,
conducting performances
of his Scenes from Faust
and Manfred, during a
time in which few
orchestras expressed
interest, and premiered
his opera Genoveva. He
later arranged a benefit
concert for Clara
following Robert's death,
featuring Clara as
soloist in Robert's Piano
Concerto, an event that
must have been
exhilarating to witness.
Regardless, her opinion
of him would never
change, despite his
repeated gestures of
courtesy and respect.
Liszt's relationship with
Schubert was a spiritual
one, with music being the
one and only link between
the two men. That with
the Schumanns was
personal, with music
influenced by a hero
worship that would
aggravate the
relationship over time.
Nonetheless, Liszt would
remain devoted to and
enthusiastic for the
music and achievements of
these composers. He would
be a vital force in
disseminating their music
to a wider audience, as
he would be with many
other composers
throughout his career.
His primary means for
accomplishing this was
the piano transcription.
Liszt and the
Transcription
Transcription versus
Paraphrase Transcription
and paraphrase were
popular terms in
nineteenth-century music,
although certainly not
unique to this period.
Musicians understood that
there were clear
distinctions between
these two terms, but as
is often the case these
distinctions could be
blurred. Transcription,
literally writing over,
entails reworking or
adapting a piece of music
for a performance medium
different from that of
its original; arrangement
is a possible synonym.
Adapting is a key part of
this process, for the
success of a
transcription relies on
the transcriber's ability
to adapt the piece to the
different medium. As a
result, the pre-existing
material is generally
kept intact, recognizable
and intelligible; it is
strict, literal,
objective. Contextual
meaning is maintained in
the process, as are
elements of style and
form. Paraphrase, by
contrast, implies
restating something in a
different manner, as in a
rewording of a document
for reasons of clarity.
In nineteenth-century
music, paraphrasing
indicated elaborating a
piece for purposes of
expressive virtuosity,
often as a vehicle for
showmanship. Variation is
an important element, for
the source material may
be varied as much as the
paraphraser's imagination
will allow; its purpose
is metamorphosis.
Transcription is adapting
and arranging;
paraphrasing is
transforming and
reworking. Transcription
preserves the style of
the original; paraphrase
absorbs the original into
a different style.
Transcription highlights
the original composer;
paraphrase highlights the
paraphraser.
Approximately half of
Liszt's compositional
output falls under the
category of transcription
and paraphrase; it is
noteworthy that he never
used the term
arrangement. Much of his
early compositional
activities were
transcriptions and
paraphrases of works of
other composers, such as
the symphonies of
Beethoven and Berlioz,
vocal music by Schubert,
and operas by Donizetti
and Bellini. It is
conceivable that he
focused so intently on
work of this nature early
in his career as a means
to perfect his
compositional technique,
although transcription
and paraphrase continued
well after the technique
had been mastered; this
might explain why he
drastically revised and
rewrote many of his
original compositions
from the 1830s (such as
the Transcendental Etudes
and Paganini Etudes) in
the 1850s. Charles Rosen,
a sympathetic interpreter
of Liszt's piano works,
observes, The new
revisions of the
Transcendental Etudes are
not revisions but concert
paraphrases of the old,
and their art lies in the
technique of
transformation. The
Paganini etudes are piano
transcriptions of violin
etudes, and the
Transcendental Etudes are
piano transcriptions of
piano etudes. The
principles are the same.
He concludes by noting,
Paraphrase has shaded off
into
composition...Composition
and paraphrase were not
identical for him, but
they were so closely
interwoven that
separation is impossible.
The significance of
transcription and
paraphrase for Liszt the
composer cannot be
overstated, and the
mutual influence of each
needs to be better
understood. Undoubtedly,
Liszt the composer as we
know him today would be
far different had he not
devoted so much of his
career to transcribing
and paraphrasing the
music of others. He was
perhaps one of the first
composers to contend that
transcription and
paraphrase could be
genuine art forms on
equal par with original
pieces; he even claimed
to be the first to use
these two terms to
describe these classes of
arrangements. Despite the
success that Liszt
achieved with this type
of work, others viewed it
with circumspection and
criticism. Robert
Schumann, although deeply
impressed with Liszt's
keyboard virtuosity, was
harsh in his criticisms
of the transcriptions.
Schumann interpreted them
as indicators that
Liszt's virtuosity had
hindered his
compositional development
and suggested that Liszt
transcribed the music of
others to compensate for
his own compositional
deficiencies.
Nonetheless, Liszt's
piano transcriptions,
what he sometimes called
partitions de piano (or
piano scores), were
instrumental in promoting
composers whose music was
unknown at the time or
inaccessible in areas
outside of major European
capitals, areas that
Liszt willingly toured
during his Glanzzeit. To
this end, the
transcriptions had to be
literal arrangements for
the piano; a Beethoven
symphony could not be
introduced to an
unknowing audience if its
music had been subjected
to imaginative
elaborations and
variations. The same
would be true of the 1833
transcription of
Berlioz's Symphonie
fantastique (composed
only three years
earlier), the
astonishingly novel
content of which would
necessitate a literal and
intelligible rendering.
Opera, usually more
popular and accessible
for the general public,
was a different matter,
and in this realm Liszt
could paraphrase the
original and manipulate
it as his imagination
would allow without
jeopardizing its
reception; hence, the
paraphrases on the operas
of Bellini, Donizetti,
Mozart, Meyerbeer and
Verdi. Reminiscence was
another term coined by
Liszt for the opera
paraphrases, as if the
composer were reminiscing
at the keyboard following
a memorable evening at
the opera. Illustration
(reserved on two
occasions for Meyerbeer)
and fantasy were
additional terms. The
operas of Wagner were
exceptions. His music was
less suited to paraphrase
due to its general lack
of familiarity at the
time. Transcription of
Wagner's music was thus
obligatory, as it was of
Beethoven's and Berlioz's
music; perhaps the
composer himself insisted
on this approach. Liszt's
Lieder Transcriptions
Liszt's initial
encounters with
Schubert's music, as
mentioned previously,
were with the Lieder. His
first transcription of a
Schubert Lied was Die
Rose in 1833, followed by
Lob der Tranen in 1837.
Thirty-nine additional
transcriptions appeared
at a rapid pace over the
following three years,
and in 1846, the Schubert
Lieder transcriptions
would conclude, by which
point he had completed
fifty-eight, the most of
any composer. Critical
response to these
transcriptions was highly
favorable--aside from the
view held by
Schumann--particularly
when Liszt himself played
these pieces in concert.
Some were published
immediately by Anton
Diabelli, famous for the
theme that inspired
Beethoven's variations.
Others were published by
the Viennese publisher
Tobias Haslinger (one of
Beethoven's and
Schubert's publishers in
the 1820s), who sold his
reserves so quickly that
he would repeatedly plead
for more. However,
Liszt's enthusiasm for
work of this nature soon
became exhausted, as he
noted in a letter of 1839
to the publisher
Breitkopf und Hartel:
That good Haslinger
overwhelms me with
Schubert. I have just
sent him twenty-four new
songs (Schwanengesang and
Winterreise), and for the
moment I am rather tired
of this work. Haslinger
was justified in his
demands, for the Schubert
transcriptions were
received with great
enthusiasm. One Gottfried
Wilhelm Fink, then editor
of the Allgemeine
musikalische Zeitung,
observed of these
transcriptions: Nothing
in recent memory has
caused such sensation and
enjoyment in both
pianists and audiences as
these arrangements...The
demand for them has in no
way been satisfied; and
it will not be until
these arrangements are
seen on pianos
everywhere. They have
indeed made quite a
splash. Eduard Hanslick,
never a sympathetic
critic of Liszt's music,
acknowledged thirty years
after the fact that,
Liszt's transcriptions of
Schubert Lieder were
epoch-making. There was
hardly a concert in which
Liszt did not have to
play one or two of
them--even when they were
not listed on the
program. These
transcriptions quickly
became some of his most
sough-after pieces,
despite their extreme
technical demands.
Leading pianists of the
day, such as Clara Wieck
and Sigismond Thalberg,
incorporated them into
their concert programs
immediately upon
publication. Moreover,
the transcriptions would
serve as inspirations for
other composers, such as
Stephen Heller, Cesar
Franck and later Leopold
Godowsky, all of whom
produced their own
transcriptions of
Schubert's Lieder. Liszt
would transcribe the
Lieder of other composers
as well, including those
by Mendelssohn, Chopin,
Anton Rubinstein and even
himself. Robert Schumann,
of course, would not be
ignored. The first
transcription of a
Schumann Lied was the
celebrated Widmung from
Myrten in 1848, the only
Schumann transcription
that Liszt completed
during the composer's
lifetime. (Regrettably,
there is no evidence of
Schumann's regard of this
transcription, or even if
he was aware of it.) From
the years 1848-1881,
Liszt transcribed twelve
of Robert Schumann's
Lieder (including one
orchestral Lied) and
three of Clara (one from
each of her three
published Lieder cycles);
he would transcribe no
other works of these two
composers. The Schumann
Lieder transcriptions,
contrary to those of
Schubert, are literal
arrangements, posing, in
general, far fewer
demands on the pianist's
technique. They are
comparatively less
imaginative in their
treatment of the original
material. Additionally,
they seem to have been
less valued in their day
than the Schubert
transcriptions, and it is
noteworthy that none of
the Schumann
transcriptions bear
dedications, as most of
the Schubert
transcriptions do. The
greatest challenge posed
by Lieder transcriptions,
regardless of the
composer or the nature of
the transcription, was to
combine the vocal and
piano parts of the
original such that the
character of each would
be preserved, a challenge
unique to this form of
transcription. Each part
had to be intact and
aurally recognizable, the
vocal line in particular.
Complications could be
manifold in a Lied that
featured dissimilar
parts, such as Schubert's
Auf dem Wasser zu singen,
whose piano accompaniment
depicts the rocking of
the boat on the
shimmering waves while
the vocal line reflects
on the passing of time.
Similar complications
would be encountered in
Gretchen am Spinnrade, in
which the ubiquitous
sixteenth-note pattern in
the piano's right hand
epitomizes the
ever-turning spinning
wheel over which the
soprano voice expresses
feelings of longing and
heartache. The resulting
transcriptions for solo
piano would place
exceptional demands on
the pianist. The
complications would be
far less imposing in
instances in which voice
and piano were less
differentiated, as in
many of Schumann's Lieder
that Liszt transcribed.
The piano parts in these
Lieder are true
accompaniments for the
voice, providing harmonic
foundation and rhythmic
support by doubling the
vocal line throughout.
The transcriptions, thus,
are strict and literal,
with far fewer demands on
both pianist and
transcriber. In all of
Liszt's Lieder
transcriptions,
regardless of the way in
which the two parts are
combined, the melody
(i.e. the vocal line) is
invariably the focal
point; the melody should
sing on the piano, as if
it were the voice. The
piano part, although
integral to contributing
to the character of the
music, is designed to
function as
accompaniment. A singing
melody was a crucial
objective in
nineteenth-century piano
performance, which in
part might explain the
zeal in transcribing and
paraphrasing vocal music
for the piano. Friedrich
Wieck, father and teacher
of Clara Schumann,
stressed this point
repeatedly in his 1853
treatise Clavier und
Gesang (Piano and Song):
When I speak in general
of singing, I refer to
that species of singing
which is a form of
beauty, and which is a
foundation for the most
refined and most perfect
interpretation of music;
and, above all things, I
consider the culture of
beautiful tones the basis
for the finest possible
touch on the piano. In
many respects, the piano
and singing should
explain and supplement
each other. They should
mutually assist in
expressing the sublime
and the noble, in forms
of unclouded beauty. Much
of Liszt's piano music
should be interpreted
with this concept in
mind, the Lieder
transcriptions and opera
paraphrases, in
particular. To this end,
Liszt provided numerous
written instructions to
the performer to
emphasize the vocal line
in performance, with
Italian directives such
as un poco marcato il
canto, accentuato assai
il canto and ben
pronunziato il canto.
Repeated indications of
cantando,singend and
espressivo il canto
stress the significance
of the singing tone. As
an additional means of
achieving this and
providing the performer
with access to the
poetry, Liszt insisted,
at what must have been a
publishing novelty at the
time, on printing the
words of the Lied in the
music itself. Haslinger,
seemingly oblivious to
Liszt's intent, initially
printed the poems of the
early Schubert
transcriptions separately
inside the front covers.
Liszt argued that the
transcriptions must be
reprinted with the words
underlying the notes,
exactly as Schubert had
done, a request that was
honored by printing the
words above the
right-hand staff. Liszt
also incorporated a
visual scheme for
distinguishing voice and
accompaniment, influenced
perhaps by Chopin, by
notating the
accompaniment in cue
size. His transcription
of Robert Schumann's
Fruhlings Ankunft
features the vocal line
in normal size, the piano
accompaniment in reduced
size, an unmistakable
guide in a busy texture
as to which part should
be emphasized: Example 1.
Schumann-Liszt Fruhlings
Ankunft, mm. 1-2. The
same practice may be
found in the
transcription of
Schumann's An die Turen
will ich schleichen. In
this piece, the performer
must read three staves,
in which the baritone
line in the central staff
is to be shared between
the two hands based on
the stem direction of the
notes: Example 2.
Schumann-Liszt An die
Turen will ich
schleichen, mm. 1-5. This
notational practice is
extremely beneficial in
this instance, given the
challenge of reading
three staves and the
manner in which the vocal
line is performed by the
two hands. Curiously,
Liszt did not use this
practice in other
transcriptions.
Approaches in Lieder
Transcription Liszt
adopted a variety of
approaches in his Lieder
transcriptions, based on
the nature of the source
material, the ways in
which the vocal and piano
parts could be combined
and the ways in which the
vocal part could sing.
One approach, common with
strophic Lieder, in which
the vocal line would be
identical in each verse,
was to vary the register
of the vocal part. The
transcription of Lob der
Tranen, for example,
incorporates three of the
four verses of the
original Lied, with the
register of the vocal
line ascending one octave
with each verse (from low
to high), as if three
different voices were
participating. By the
conclusion, the music
encompasses the entire
range of Liszt's keyboard
to produce a stunning
climactic effect, and the
variety of register of
the vocal line provides a
welcome textural variety
in the absence of the
words. The three verses
of the transcription of
Auf dem Wasser zu singen
follow the same approach,
in which the vocal line
ascends from the tenor,
to the alto and to the
soprano registers with
each verse.
Fruhlingsglaube adopts
the opposite approach, in
which the vocal line
descends from soprano in
verse 1 to tenor in verse
2, with the second part
of verse 2 again resuming
the soprano register;
this is also the case in
Das Wandern from
Mullerlieder. Gretchen am
Spinnrade posed a unique
problem. Since the poem's
narrator is female, and
the poem represents an
expression of her longing
for her lover Faust,
variation of the vocal
line's register, strictly
speaking, would have been
impractical. For this
reason, the vocal line
remains in its original
register throughout,
relentlessly colliding
with the sixteenth-note
pattern of the
accompaniment. One
exception may be found in
the fifth and final verse
in mm. 93-112, at which
point the vocal line is
notated in a higher
register and doubled in
octaves. This sudden
textural change, one that
is readily audible, was a
strategic means to
underscore Gretchen's
mounting anxiety (My
bosom urges itself toward
him. Ah, might I grasp
and hold him! And kiss
him as I would wish, at
his kisses I should
die!). The transcription,
thus, becomes a vehicle
for maximizing the
emotional content of the
poem, an exceptional
undertaking with the
general intent of a
transcription. Registral
variation of the vocal
part also plays a crucial
role in the transcription
of Erlkonig. Goethe's
poem depicts the death of
a child who is
apprehended by a
supernatural Erlking, and
Schubert, recognizing the
dramatic nature of the
poem, carefully depicted
the characters (father,
son and Erlking) through
unique vocal writing and
accompaniment patterns:
the Lied is a dramatic
entity. Liszt, in turn,
followed Schubert's
characterization in this
literal transcription,
yet took it an additional
step by placing the
register of the father's
vocal line in the
baritone range, that of
the son in the soprano
range and that of the
Erlking in the highest
register, options that
would not have been
available in the version
for voice and piano.
Additionally, Liszt
labeled each appearance
of each character in the
score, a means for
guiding the performer in
interpreting the dramatic
qualities of the Lied. As
a result, the drama and
energy of the poem are
enhanced in this
transcription; as with
Gretchen am Spinnrade,
the transcriber has
maximized the content of
the original. Elaboration
may be found in certain
Lieder transcriptions
that expand the
performance to a level of
virtuosity not found in
the original; in such
cases, the transcription
approximates the
paraphrase. Schubert's Du
bist die Ruh, a paradigm
of musical simplicity,
features an uncomplicated
piano accompaniment that
is virtually identical in
each verse. In Liszt's
transcription, the
material is subjected to
a highly virtuosic
treatment that far
exceeds the original,
including a demanding
passage for the left hand
alone in the opening
measures and unique
textural writing in each
verse. The piece is a
transcription in
virtuosity; its art, as
Rosen noted, lies in the
technique of
transformation.
Elaboration may entail an
expansion of the musical
form, as in the extensive
introduction to Die
Forelle and a virtuosic
middle section (mm.
63-85), both of which are
not in the original. Also
unique to this
transcription are two
cadenzas that Liszt
composed in response to
the poetic content. The
first, in m. 93 on the
words und eh ich es
gedacht (and before I
could guess it), features
a twisted chromatic
passage that prolongs and
thereby heightens the
listener's suspense as to
the fate of the trout
(which is ultimately
caught). The second, in
m. 108 on the words
Betrogne an (and my blood
boiled as I saw the
betrayed one), features a
rush of
diminished-seventh
arpeggios in both hands,
epitomizing the poet's
rage at the fisherman for
catching the trout. Less
frequent are instances in
which the length of the
original Lied was
shortened in the
transcription, a tendency
that may be found with
certain strophic Lieder
(e.g., Der Leiermann,
Wasserflut and Das
Wandern). Another
transcription that
demonstrates Liszt's
readiness to modify the
original in the interests
of the poetic content is
Standchen, the seventh
transcription from
Schubert's
Schwanengesang. Adapted
from Act II of
Shakespeare's Cymbeline,
the poem represents the
repeated beckoning of a
man to his lover. Liszt
transformed the Lied into
a miniature drama by
transcribing the vocal
line of the first verse
in the soprano register,
that of the second verse
in the baritone register,
in effect, creating a
dialogue between the two
lovers. In mm. 71-102,
the dialogue becomes a
canon, with one voice
trailing the other like
an echo (as labeled in
the score) at the
distance of a beat. As in
other instances, the
transcription resembles
the paraphrase, and it is
perhaps for this reason
that Liszt provided an
ossia version that is
more in the nature of a
literal transcription.
The ossia version, six
measures shorter than
Schubert's original, is
less demanding
technically than the
original transcription,
thus representing an
ossia of transcription
and an ossia of piano
technique. The Schumann
Lieder transcriptions, in
general, display a less
imaginative treatment of
the source material.
Elaborations are less
frequently encountered,
and virtuosity is more
restricted, as if the
passage of time had
somewhat tamed the
composer's approach to
transcriptions;
alternatively, Liszt was
eager to distance himself
from the fierce
virtuosity of his early
years. In most instances,
these transcriptions are
literal arrangements of
the source material, with
the vocal line in its
original form combined
with the accompaniment,
which often doubles the
vocal line in the
original Lied. Widmung,
the first of the Schumann
transcriptions, is one
exception in the way it
recalls the virtuosity of
the Schubert
transcriptions of the
1830s. Particularly
striking is the closing
section (mm. 58-73), in
which material of the
opening verse (right
hand) is combined with
the triplet quarter notes
(left hand) from the
second section of the
Lied (mm. 32-43), as if
the transcriber were
attempting to reconcile
the different material of
these two sections.
Fruhlingsnacht resembles
a paraphrase by
presenting each of the
two verses in differing
registers (alto for verse
1, mm. 3-19, and soprano
for verse 2, mm. 20-31)
and by concluding with a
virtuosic section that
considerably extends the
length of the original
Lied. The original
tonalities of the Lieder
were generally retained
in the transcriptions,
showing that the tonality
was an important part of
the transcription
process. The infrequent
instances of
transposition were done
for specific reasons. In
1861, Liszt transcribed
two of Schumann's Lieder,
one from Op. 36 (An den
Sonnenschein), another
from Op. 27 (Dem roten
Roslein), and merged
these two pieces in the
collection 2 Lieder; they
share only the common
tonality of A major. His
choice for combining
these two Lieder remains
unknown, but he clearly
recognized that some
tonal variety would be
needed, for which reason
Dem roten Roslein was
transposed to C>= major.
The collection features
An den Sonnenschein in A
major (with a transition
to the new tonality),
followed by Dem roten
Roslein in C>= major
(without a change of key
signature), and
concluding with a reprise
of An den Sonnenschein in
A major. A three-part
form was thus established
with tonal variety
provided by keys in third
relations (A-C>=-A); in
effect, two of Schumann's
Lieder were transcribed
into an archetypal song
without words. In other
instances, Liszt treated
tonality and tonal
organization as important
structural ingredients,
particularly in the
transcriptions of
Schubert's Lieder cycles,
i.e. Schwanengesang,
Winterreise a...
Piano SKU: BT.BOE7935 Songbook. Composed by Hauschka. Contemporary...(+)
Piano
SKU:
BT.BOE7935
Songbook. Composed
by Hauschka. Contemporary
Music. Book Only.
Composed 2019. 80 pages.
Bosworth & Co. #BOE7935.
Published by Bosworth &
Co. (BT.BOE7935).
ISBN
9783954562008.
German.
Known
professionally as
Hauschka, composer Volker
Bertelmann has catapulted
himself into the top tier
of instrumental
composers. This is
proven, not least, by the
Oscar nomination which he
received for his
soundtrack to the2016
film Lion.
In his
latest album A Different
Forest, released on 8
February 2019 at Sony
Classical, Hauschka takes
the forest as a contrast
to the urban life. The
names of the pieces, such
as 'Talking To My
Father',testify equally
that those natural
experiences are
metaphorical of the
important things in
life.
For this
album Hauschka renounces
entirely his prepared
Piano. The existential
questions which he
musically poses,
however,donot lose their
intensity, but rather,
without the alienation by
electronic elements, gain
urgency.
In
addition to the 13 LP
tracks, this songbook for
Piano also contains three
exclusive arrangements of
previouslyunreleased
songs: 'Collecting
Stones', 'Loosing
Directions' and 'Misty
Day'.
Volker
Bertelmann aka Hauschka
lanceerde zichzelf naar
top van de instrumeantele
componisten, niet in het
minste door zijn
oscar-nominatie die hij
ontving voor zijn
soundtrack bij de film
Lion. In zijn laatste
album A Different Forest
- uitgebracht op 8
februari 2019 - gebruikt
hij het bos als een
contrast met het
stadsleven.
Titels
zoals Talking To My
Father tonen dat deze
ervaringen in de natuur
metaforen zijn voor
belangrijke
gebeurtenissen in het
leven. Dit songbook voor
piano bevat, naast de 13
nummers van de LP,
eneneens 3 exclusieve
bewerkingen van tot nu
onuitgebrachte nummers:
Collecting Stones,
Losing Directions and
Misty
Day.
Volker
Bertelmann alias Hauschka
hat sich mittlerweile in
die oberste Riege der
Instrumentalkomponisten
katapultiert. Dies
beweist nicht zuletzt die
Oscar-Nominierung, die er
für seinen Soundtrack
zum Film Lion“
erhielt. In seinem
neusten Album A Different
Forest“ am 08.
Februar 2019 bei Sony
Classical erschienen
nimmt er sich dem Wald
als Kontrastraum zum
städtischen Leben an.
Titelnamen wie Talking
To My Father bezeugen
gleichermaßen, dass
jene Naturerfahrungen
metaphorisch für die
wichtigen Dinge des
Lebens stehen. Für
dieses Album verzichtet
Hauschka gänzlich auf
sein präpariertes
Klavier. Die
existentiellen Fragen,
denen er sich musikalisch
stellt, verlieren
hierdurch aber nicht an
Intensität, sondern
gewinnen ohne die
Verfremdung durch
elektronische Elemente
vielmehr an
Dringlichkeit. Dieses
Songbook für Klavier
enthält neben den 13
Titeln der LP drei
exklusive Arrangements
bisher
unveröffentlichter
Songs: Collecting
Stones, Losing
Directions und
Misty
Day.
Volker
Bertelmann aka Hauschka
si è portato a un
livello superiore dei
compositori strumentali.
Questo non è subito
evidente nella colonna
sonora del film Lion, per
cui ha ricevuto una
candidatura all' Oscar,
ma nel suo ultimo album A
Different Forest - uscito
l'8 febbraio 2019 - in
cui utilizza l'immagine
della foresta come
contrasto con la vita
urbana.
Titoli come
Talking to My
Father testimoniano
allo stesso modo che
tutte quelle esperienze
della natura sono
metafore di eventi
importanti della vita.
Questo canzoniere per
pianoforte contiene,
oltre ai 13 brani
dell'LP, tre
arrangiamenti esculisivi
di canzoni inedite:
Collecting Stones,
Losing Directions e
Misty Day.
Piano SKU: BT.WMP2315 Selected Piano Repertory and Studies. By Jos...(+)
Piano
SKU:
BT.WMP2315
Selected Piano
Repertory and
Studies. By Josephine
Koh. Teachers' Choice.
Exam Material. Book Only.
48 pages. Wells Music
Publishers #WMP2315.
Published by Wells Music
Publishers (BT.WMP2315).
ISBN 9789811105562.
English.
The
latest of this series
comprises popular choice
pieces and alternative
works from the ABRSM
Piano Examination
syllabi. These pieces
have been specially
selected for examination
purposes and general
repertoire
study. Meticulously
fingered and edited
by Josephine
Koh,
the Teachers
' Choice Selected Piano
Repertory &
Studies, just
like the past series,
offers teaching points
and performance
directionsthat help to
develop technical
assurance and stylistic
awareness in the
students. All works in
Teachers' Choice are
beautifully scored for
comfort of reading.
Beyond
examinations, the series
is enjoyed by music
teacherswhouse the
studies presented in each
grade, for the
development of specific
technical skills in their
students.
Piano - Intermediate SKU: YM.GTP01100873 Composed by Various. Piano Educa...(+)
Piano - Intermediate
SKU:
YM.GTP01100873
Composed by Various.
Piano Educational.
Yoshiko Kurokawa.
Studies, Exercises.
Method Book. Yamaha Music
Media #GTP01100873.
Published by Yamaha Music
Media (YM.GTP01100873).
ISBN
9784636106282.
The
scale training exercise
complete book, supervised
by Yoshiko Kurokawa. This
is a revolutionary
collection of all-key
scale exercises designed
to help both aspiring and
practicing pianists
practice essential scales
efficiently. The major
and minor (harmonic and
melodic minor) scales in
the 12 keys are an
important part of the
practice for learning
tonality and training the
muscles and joints of the
hand. The human hand is
flexible, and the thumb
and other fingers bend in
different directions,
making it easy to turn
and play a wide range of
notes. However, it is
important to learn scales
from an early age because
the correct playing style
is required, such as
knowing how to turn the
fingers when playing
speed is faster, the
position of the black
keys and white keys, and
how to use the wrist. To
play scales smoothly with
all five fingers (one
hand), the turn of the
first finger is
significant. It is
advisable to practice
scales from an early age
to improve the turns. The
fingering of the scale
changes depending on the
key. It takes a lot of
time to learn them
because fingering is
different for the right
hand and the left hand as
well. Also, although the
scale is written in
two-fourths time, if you
are not used to it, you
may end up playing one
octave at a time. Various
exercises are described
in this book to help you
solve these problems. It
takes a lot of time to
play scales well by
nature, but that is why
it is important to
practice efficiently.
Piano (Study Score) SKU: HL.132240 Chopin National Edition, A. XIIIa V...(+)
Piano (Study Score)
SKU: HL.132240
Chopin National
Edition, A. XIIIa Vol.
13. Composed by
Frederic Chopin. Edited
by Jan Ekier. PWM.
Classical. Study Score.
Polskie Wydawnictwo
Muzyczne #51600906.
Published by Polskie
Wydawnictwo Muzyczne
(HL.132240).
UPC:
884088970741.
Piano
concertos combine two
elements: pure playing
and full poetic
expression. Virtuosity
and romance. Pianistic
brilliance, educated in
the works in the stile
brillant, brought to
perfection, but at the
same time - a farewell.
Both are forms of direct
expression of the
personality of the
composer, which showed
itself in them for the
first time with so much
strength and is
manifested in a group of
characteristics of
forming Chopin's
individual style. Piano
Concerto in E minor
Characterised by an
extensive, in terms of
Chopin's concert pieces,
orchestral part. The
melody here is less
ornamented, and more
fluid, the sketch of the
cantilena very noble and
clear, the highly
virtuosic element is
exposed, but not to the
extent of overwhelming
the logic of the design.
Critical source-edition
edited by Jan Ekier and
Pawel Kaminski based on
manuscripts, copies
approved by Chopin
himself, and first
editions. Its purpose is
to present the works of
Chopin in authentic
form.
Piano - Grade 6 SKU: BT.WMP2113 12 Grade 6. Arranged by Josephine ...(+)
Piano - Grade 6
SKU:
BT.WMP2113
12
Grade 6. Arranged by
Josephine Koh. Teachers'
Choice. Exam Material.
Book Only. 41 pages.
Wells Music Publishers
#WMP2113. Published by
Wells Music Publishers
(BT.WMP2113).
ISBN
9789810884819.
T
eachers' Choice, Selected
Piano Repertory & Studies
for Grades 6 & 7 is
compiled to provide
teachers and students
with good options for the
2011-2012 ABRSM Piano
examinations.
A variety of interesting
andappealing Piano pieces
with up-to-date editorial
suggestions are presented
to assist students
achieve high standards of
musical
performance.
Effective teaching points
are suggested with
recommended technical
studies.Teachers will
find this approach very
helpful and effective,
thus enriching their
teaching process, leading
to a very successful
experience.
Examination requirements
aside, finer details in
interpretation
andstylisticperformance
are strongly encouraged.
Beyond the printed page,
the editorial suggestions
are directed to provide
the impetus to strive
towards greater musical
creativity and
perfection.
Most
important of all,enjoy
the high standard of
music typography; with
clear, professionally
laid scores that combine
musical semiotics with
modern publishing
technology. Digital print
on quality cream-coloured
paper ensures comfort in
reading andlearning for
all
students.
Piano - Grade 4 SKU: BT.WMP2112 12 Grade 4. Arranged by Josephine ...(+)
Piano - Grade 4
SKU:
BT.WMP2112
12
Grade 4. Arranged by
Josephine Koh. Teachers'
Choice. Exam Material.
Book Only. 38 pages.
Wells Music Publishers
#WMP2112. Published by
Wells Music Publishers
(BT.WMP2112).
ISBN
9789810884802.
T
eachers' Choice, Selected
Piano Repertory & Studies
for Grades 4 & 5 is
compiled to provide
teachers and students
with good options for the
2011-2012 ABRSM Piano
examinations.
A variety of interesting
andappealing Piano pieces
with up-to-date editorial
suggestions are presented
to assist students
achieve high standards of
musical
performance.
Effective teaching points
are suggested with
recommended technical
studies.Teachers will
find this approach very
helpful and effective,
thus enriching their
teaching process, leading
to a very successful
experience.
Examination requirements
aside, finer details in
interpretation
andstylisticperformance
are strongly encouraged.
Beyond the printed page,
the editorial suggestions
are directed to provide
the impetus to strive
towards greater musical
creativity and
perfection.
Most
important of all,enjoy
the high standard of
music typography; with
clear, professionally
laid scores that combine
musical semiotics with
modern publishing
technology. Digital print
on quality cream-coloured
paper ensures comfort in
reading andlearning for
all
students.
Piano SKU: BR.EB-8033 Piano Lessons by Jean-Philippe Rameau. Compo...(+)
Piano
SKU:
BR.EB-8033
Piano
Lessons by Jean-Philippe
Rameau. Composed by
Jean-Philippe Rameau.
Edited by Heinz Walter.
Solo instruments;
stapled. Edition
Breitkopf. Suite;
Dances/marches; Baroque.
Score. 20 pages.
Breitkopf and Haertel #EB
8033. Published by
Breitkopf and Haertel
(BR.EB-8033).
ISBN
9790004174364. 9 x 12
inches.
This series
of easy piano music for
teaching purposes
presents pupils in the
lower and lower middle
grades with a carefully
chosen selection of
well-known and
lesser-known compositions
by important masters. The
volumes are deliberately
kept small in extant,
since it is more
stimulating for children
to change the teaching
material frequently.
Jean-Philippe Rameau
(1683-1764) is the second
great keyboard master of
the Baroque Age next to
Couperin. His works are
as unknown to pianists,
with few exceptions, as
they are famous among
harpsichord players. The
virtuosity and
imaginativeness of his
works lend themselves
especially well to the
sound of harpsichord,
which is why the piano
interpretation of works
by Couperin, Rameau,
Scarlatti and other
composers of that time
has been categorically
rejected. But, after all,
the works of Bach and
Handel were written for
the harpsichord and
clavichord, and no one
would dare question their
interpretation on the
pianoforte. In order to
introduce these
Impressionists of the
Baroque Era to piano
instructions, the editor
has added to this series
a folio of both
Couperin's (EB 8029) and
Rameau's music. The
selection of the pieces
is based on two criteria:
1. relatively modest
demands made on
technique, 2. various
musical forms of
expression. Baroque dance
forms and graceful
character pieces
(LaJoyeuse,
L'Indifferente) are
typical ofRameau's work.
Simplifications to a
small extent of the
harpsichord setting and
also of the omamentation
in the original version
were required, based on
the teaching experience
of the editor. The
indications for phrasing
and articulation are
those of the editor. The
Minuet on page 6 has been
precisely elaborated on
in this respect to serve
as a model, whereas the
remaining pieces contain
only suggestions. As in
other folios of this
series: what is here to
be stressed, is the
importance of working out
independently the
phrasing and the
dynamics. Directions for
this are given by the
espective footnotes;
these directions,
however, are not
obligatory. Indications
pertaining to dynamics
and tempo have been
omitted completely; the
clearly recognizable
character of the
individual pieces should
be direction enough. The
tonal possibilities of
the piano should in any
case by used subtly. The
very precise fingerings
have been adapted to the
suggested phrasings and
to the corresponding
realisation of trills
(according to the table).
Heinz Walter, Salzburg,
Spring 1980.
Piano SKU: BR.EB-8029 Piano Lessons by Francois Couperin. Composed...(+)
Piano
SKU:
BR.EB-8029
Piano
Lessons by Francois
Couperin. Composed by
Francois Couperin. Edited
by Heinz Walter. Solo
instruments; Softcover.
Edition Breitkopf.
Baroque period. Score. 20
pages. Breitkopf and
Haertel #EB 8029.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel (BR.EB-8029).
ISBN 9790004174326. 9
x 12 inches.
This
series of easy piano
music for teaching
purposes presents pupils
in the lower and lower
middle grades with a
carefully chosen
selection of well-known
and lesser-known
compositions by important
masters. The volumes are
deliberately kept small
in extent, since it is
more stimulating for
children to change the
teaching material
frequently. There are
four existing harpsichord
books with a total of 226
compositions by Francois
Couperin le Grand (1668
-1733). His works are as
unknown to pianists as
they are famous among
harpsichord players. The
grace and imaginativeness
of his works lend
themselves especially
well to the sound of the
harpsichord, which is why
the piano interpretation
of works by Couperin,
Rameau, Scarlatti and
other composers of that
time has been
categorically rejected.
But, after all, the works
of Bach and Handel were
written for the
haipsichord and
clavichord, and no one
would dare question their
intetpretation on the
pianoforte. In order to
introduce these
lmpressionists of the
Baroque Era to piano
instruction, the editor
has added to this series
a folio of both
Couperin's and Rameau's
(EB 8033) music. The
selection of the pieces
is based on two criteria:
1. relatively modest
demands made on
technique, 2. various
musical forms of
expression. The
Butterflies and the
Windmills are both
especially typical of
masterful character
pieces. The demands made
on technique certainly
correspond to a level of
moderate difficulty. The
simplifications made are
restricted to the
artistically realized
twopart accompaniment
(eg. p. 4 f. and p. 8 f.)
with regard to finger
stretch and to the
profuse ornamentation of
the original. The
indications for phrasing
and articulation are
those of the editor. The
first two pieces have
been precisely elaborated
on in this respect to
serve as a model, whereas
the remaining pieces
contain only suggestions.
As in other folios of
this series; what is here
to be stressed, is the
importance of working out
independently the
phrasing and the
dynamics. Directions for
this are given by the
respective footnotes;
these directions,
however, are not
obligatory. lndications
pertaining to dynamics
and tempo have been
omitted completely; the
clearly recognizable
character of the
individual pieces should
be direction enough. The
tonal possibilities of
the piano should in any
case be used subtly. The
very precise fingerings
have been adapted to the
suggested phrasings and
to the corresponding
realization of trills
(according to the table).
Heinz Walter, Salzburg,
Spring 1980.
Piano seul [Partition] - Débutant Alfred Publishing
By David Carr Glover and Jay Stewart. For Piano. Piano method/supplement. Level:...(+)
By David Carr Glover and
Jay Stewart. For Piano.
Piano method/supplement.
Level: Early Elementary,
Primer Level. Book. 48
pages. Published by
Alfred Publishing.
Piano - Beginning, Early Intermediate SKU: JK.02058 Composed by Barry Gib...(+)
Piano - Beginning, Early
Intermediate
SKU:
JK.02058
Composed by
Barry Gibbons and Bryce
Neubert. This song-leader
aid provides a variety of
resources to teach the
tender song Pure Love
Within in meaningful and
engaging ways. The pages
of this booklet are
filled with beautifully
designed visual aids,
doctrinal scripture
connections, sheet music,
and. Mother's Day,
Christian, Gospel,
Inspirational. Score.
Jackman Music Corporation
#02058. Published by
Jackman Music Corporation
(JK.02058).
This
song-leader aid provides
a variety of
resources to teach the
tender song Pure Love
Within in meaningful and
engaging ways. The pages
of this booklet are
filled with beautifully
designed visual aids,
doctrinal scripture
connections, sheet music,
and a service project
activity suggestion. As
featured in Minister
Through Music
Episode 17, this song kit
will save song leaders
preparation time and aid
them in focussing on
inspiration and direction
for the children they
serve. Multi
ple supplemental YouTube
videos are available for
this song: a lyric
video,
a piano-only
lyric video, and
the Minister
Through Music - Primary
episode. Stand-alone
sheet music is also
sold separately.
The Kit
Includes: Sh
eet Music Simplified
Sheet Music (Download
Access) Lyric Flip
Chart Lyric Slide
Show (Download
Access) Sunshine
Review Activity Shine
Like the Sun Cards
(Service Project
Suggestion) 3
Scripture Visual Aids
Composer:Barry
Gibbons and Bryce
Neubert Lyric
s:Barry
Gibbons and Bryce
Neubert Diffi
culty:Easy-medium Performance
Time:3:35
The stand-alone
sheet music is
available, including a
medium and an easy
version for
accompanists.
Piano SKU: SU.95010680 For Piano. Composed by Judith Lang Zaimont....(+)
Piano
SKU:
SU.95010680
For
Piano. Composed by
Judith Lang Zaimont.
Score. Subito Music
Corporation #95010680.
Published by Subito Music
Corporation
(SU.95010680).
Throughout our
wonderful spectrum of
sounds every instrument
speaks in its own unique
voice - in a special
manner, with a special
accent. Keyboard Cousins
asks the developing
pianist to adopt a few of
these other voices using
controlled varieties of
touch. —Judith
Lang Zaimont The
Harpsichord A
Harpsichord's sounds are
short and a bit brittle.
So use a detached touch,
and no pedal. The Guitar
A Guitar's tones linger,
and the instrument
responds to flexing
tempos. Watch for the
detached, moving inner
line, shared from hand to
hand, while the top and
bottom anchor points
sustain. And note the
given direction for
certain arpeggios, and
where the tempo loosens
(especially a long ending
ritard). The Harp A
Harp's exuberance
flourishes across its
wide range. Its
arabesques build up
resonance over time, so
watch how the pedaling
matches the phrasing.
Though the meter twice
switches from triple to
duple, there are the same
steady 2 beats in every
bar.Keyboard Cousins is
included in Piano
Premieres, Volume 1
(Cat.# 96010590), New
music for developing
pianists. Piano Duration:
ca. 5' Composed: 2020
Published by: Subito
Music Publishing.
Piano SKU: HL.191946 Facsimile. Composed by Frederic Chopin. PWM. ...(+)
Piano
SKU:
HL.191946
Facsimile.
Composed by Frederic
Chopin. PWM. Classical.
Hardcover. Composed 2013.
35 pages. Polskie
Wydawnictwo Muzyczne
#61310142. Published by
Polskie Wydawnictwo
Muzyczne (HL.191946).
ISBN
9788361142829.
The
Polonaises, Op. 40 belong
to that later group. They
comprise two works: a
Polonaise in A major and
a Polonaise in C minor.
These two works comprise
the second opus of piano
polonaises to be
published by Chopin, and
they form a powrful
contrastwith one another,
representing two varietes
of the heroic polonaise:
the triumphant and the
tragic. They also mark a
further stage in the
evolution of the
polonaise: on the hand,
in the direction of
monumentalisation; on the
other, towards a
gradualweakening of its
dance features, so that
the dance in transformed
into a kind of dance
fantasy.
Piano SKU: FG.55011-512-5 Pianosonaatti c-molli op. 1. Composed by...(+)
Piano
SKU:
FG.55011-512-5
Pianosonaatti c-molli
op. 1. Composed by
Ilmari Hannikainen.
Fennica Gehrman
#55011-512-5. Published
by Fennica Gehrman
(FG.55011-512-5).
ISBN
9790550115125.
Ilma
ri Hannikainen
(1892-1955) was the most
important Finnish pianist
during the first decades
of the 1900s. In his
lifetime he also was one
of the country's most
famous composers.
Hannikainen studied
composition with Erkki
Melartin, Franz Schreker
and Maximilian Steinberg.
His piano techers include
Elli Rangman-Bjorlin and
Alexander Siloti. Piano
Sonata C minor Op. 1 was
completed in 1912, and is
one of the largest-scale
romantic piano
compositions in the
Finnish piano repertoire.
The work is a joyride of
flowing national
romanticsm filled with
youthful energy. Some
technical influence from
Chopin and Liszt is
evident, as is from
master Sibelius, the
major figure in Finnish
music at the time. The
Piano Sonata is published
now for the first time -
and directly as an Urtext
edition. Pianist Dmus
Risto-Matti Marin and
music engraver Jani
Kyllonen have studied all
surviving manuscript
sources, resulting in a
worthy edition of this
great work for piano.
Piano solo SKU: HH.HH513-SOL Composed by Franz Joseph Haydn. Edited by Sa...(+)
Piano solo
SKU:
HH.HH513-SOL
Composed
by Franz Joseph Haydn.
Edited by Sarah Jenner.
Arranged by C.D.
Stegmann. Playing score.
Edition HH Music
Publishers #HH513-SOL.
Published by Edition HH
Music Publishers
(HH.HH513-SOL).
ISBN
9790708185239.
Hayd
n’s Symphony No.94
was first performed on 23
March 1792 at the Hanover
Square Rooms under the
direction of Salomon as
concertmaster with the
composer himself at the
fortepiano. The work was
an instant success and
soon became – and
remains – one of
Haydn’s most
popular symphonies. The
soubriquet Surprise was
attached to the work very
early on, and was
prompted by the
unexpected forte chord
(reinforced by the
Timpani stroke) in bar 16
of the Andante. In
German-speaking countries
the symphony is known by
the nickname Mit dem
Paukenschlag for the same
reason.
Piano solo SKU: HH.HH515-SOL Composed by Franz Joseph Haydn. Edited by Sa...(+)
Piano solo
SKU:
HH.HH515-SOL
Composed
by Franz Joseph Haydn.
Edited by Sarah Jenner.
Arranged by C.D.
Stegmann. Playing score.
Edition HH Music
Publishers #HH515-SOL.
Published by Edition HH
Music Publishers
(HH.HH515-SOL).
ISBN
9790708185253.
Hayd
n’s Symphony No.
101 was first performed
on 3 March 1794 at the
Hanover Square Rooms
under the direction of
Salomon as concertmaster
with the composer himself
at the fortepiano. The
work was an instant
success and soon became,
and remains to this day,
one of Haydn’s
most popular
symphonies.
Composed by Douglas Lilburn. This edition: saddle stitched. The Douglas Li...(+)
Composed by Douglas
Lilburn.
This edition: saddle
stitched. The Douglas
Lilburn Complete Piano
Music
Series. Performance
score.
Published by Promethean
Editions