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...
Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), edited by Riemenschneider. For pi...(+)
Composed by Johann
Sebastian Bach
(1685-1750), edited by
Riemenschneider. For
piano. Format: piano solo
book. With piano
reduction, introductory
text, instructional text,
lyrics and performance
notes. Baroque. 184
pages. 9x12 inches.
Published by Schirmer
Piano - easy SKU: M7.ART-42154 18 leicht spielbare Klavierkompositione...(+)
Piano - easy
SKU:
M7.ART-42154
18
leicht spielbare
Klavierkompositionen
für moderne
Romantiker. Composed
by Elmar Mihm. Score with
online audio files. 52
pages. MDS (Music
Distribution Services)
#ART 42154. Published by
MDS (Music Distribution
Services) (M7.ART-42154).
ISBN
9783866421547.
'Pia
no schwarz auf weiß'
überzeugt mit
klangschöner Harmonik
und Melodik sowie
allerlei interessanten
rhythmischen Facetten.
Inspiriert sind diese
Werke von den
verschiedensten modernen
Musikstilen wie Rock,
Pop, Elektro sowie
Klassik und Folk, von
J.S. Bach bis Nils Frahm.
Musik, die große
Freude macht und als
ergänzendes
Unterrichtsmaterial
hervorragend geeignet
ist. Klangliche
Gestaltung sowie
Fingerfertigkeit und
Rhythmusgefühl sind
wichtige Aspekte dieser
Sammlung. Die Werke
möchten ebenso
einladen zu Analyse, zum
besseren Verständnis
von Harmonien, Rhythmen
und dem Einsatz
musikalischer Stilmittel
wie Arpeggien usw. Auch
eigene Improvisationen
über gewisse Passagen
einiger Stücke (z.B. 4
Chords, Quattro) sind
leicht möglich und
fördern ungemein die
einem selbst innewohnende
Tonsprache und
Musikalität. Aus
diesen Erkenntnissen
können Deine ersten
Eigenkompositionen
entstehen. Das ist doch
klasse! Dies fördert
besonders das
Verständnis von Musik
und fehlt meiner Meinung
nach viel zu oft im
Unterricht. Die
Spielanweisungen sind
meine Vorstellungen von
Klang und Tempo. Mache
jedoch auch 'Piano
schwarz auf weiß' zu
Deinen eigenen 'bunten
Werken' mit Deinen
Empfindungen und
Emotionen.
Selbstverständlich
sind diese melodischen
Werke ebenso ein
Spielbuch für
Autodidakten und für
jeden, der diese
emotionalen Stücke auf
seinem Klavier zuhause
spielen möchte. Tauche
ein in meine musikalische
Welt und genieße
Harmonien, Melodien und
Rhythmen!
Edited from the Text of the Carl Maria von Weber Complete Edition. Composed ...(+)
Edited from the Text of
the
Carl Maria von Weber
Complete
Edition. Composed by Carl
Maria von Weber
(1786-1826).
Edited by Markus Bandur.
This
edition: Paperback/Soft
Cover. Sheet music. Piano
Solo. Classical.
Softcover.
144 pages. Schott Music
#ED22669. Published by
Schott
Music
Arranged by Shelley Helzerman Houser. For Piano. The FJH Sacred Piano Library. T...(+)
Arranged by Shelley
Helzerman Houser. For
Piano. The FJH Sacred
Piano Library. Titles
include: Open My Eyes,
That I May See; On
Jordan's Stormy Banks;
Poor Wayfaring Stranger;
Sweet By and By; Savior,
Like a Shepherd Lead Us;
Nearer, My God, to Thee;
Nothing but the Blood;
and It Came Upon the
Midnight Clear; as well
as some rare arrangements
of specialized hymns like
The King Shall Come;
Prayer Is the Soul's
Sincere Desire; Ring Out,
Wild Bells and Into the
Woods My Master Went.
Spiritual. Level: Late
Intermediate. Book.
Published by The FJH
Music Company Inc.
Piano - early intermediate SKU: BT.BOE8006 Leicht arrangierte Songs, d...(+)
Piano - early
intermediate
SKU:
BT.BOE8006
Leicht
arrangierte Songs, die in
keinem Repertoire fehlen
sollen. Pop & Rock.
Book Only. Composed 2021.
200 pages. Bosworth & Co.
#BOE8006. Published by
Bosworth & Co.
(BT.BOE8006).
ISBN
9783954562770.
German.
Der neue
Spielband Die ersten 50
Popsongs“
enthält 50 Toptitel
der Popmusik, die in
keinem Pianorepertoire
fehlen sollten.
Die Sammlung ist
speziell für
Anfänger/innen
konzipiert und kann
sowohl von Autodidakten
wie auch im
Klavierunterricht
verwendet werden.
Komplizierte Rhythmen und
Akkorde werden in diesem
Buch vermieden,
rhythmisch schwer zu
spielende Melodien wurden
so vereinfacht, dass sie
leicht zu spielen sind,
sich aber dennoch nicht
zu weit vom Original
entfernen. Die Songs
wurden nach
Schwierigkeitsgrad
sortiert, von sehr leicht
bis mittelschwer. Alle
Spielstücke sind mit
Tempoangaben,
Akkordsymbolen,
Fingersatz und dem Text
versehen. Bereits ab dem
ersten oder zweiten
Unterrichtsjahr können
problemlos Klassiker wie
Wind Of Change“,
Strangers In The
Night“ aber auch
aktuellere Hits wie die
Titelmusik zu Game Of
Thrones“ und No
Time To Die“
gespielt werden. Ein
unkompliziertes
Spielvergnügen für
Unterricht, Vorspiel und
Freizeit!
Composed by Various. For Piano/Keyboard. Hal Leonard Fake Books. Classical. Diff...(+)
Composed by Various. For
Piano/Keyboard. Hal
Leonard Fake Books.
Classical. Difficulty:
medium to
medium-difficult.
Fakebook. Melody line,
chord names and lyrics
(on some songs). 413
pages. Published by Hal
Leonard
Piano - easy to intermediate SKU: M7.VHR-13519 Arranged by Uwe Sieblitz. ...(+)
Piano - easy to
intermediate
SKU:
M7.VHR-13519
Arranged
by Uwe Sieblitz. Sheet
music. Holzschuh
Musikverlag #VHR 13519.
Published by Holzschuh
Musikverlag
(M7.VHR-13519).
ISBN
9783864342011.
31
Christmas songs in easy
to medium difficulty. The
arrangements of the piano
accompaniment are
especially characterized
by their stylistic
diversity: from classic
traditional to modern and
groovy. In addition to
traditional Christmas
songs, the German hits In
der Weihnachtsbäckerei
and Küss mich, halt
mich, lieb mich are
included, as well as
international titles,
such as: White Christmas,
Rudolph, The Red-Nosed
Reindeer, Feliz Navidad,
Sleigh Ride, Les anges
dans nos campagnes,
Winter Wonderland, Santa
Claus Is Coming To Town,
Little Drummer Boy, Let
It Snow, Let It Snow, Let
It Snow ... All editions
of the series
Weihnachtslieder aus
aller Welt (Christmas
songs from around the
world) are compatible
(exception: guitar solo)
and ideally suited for
playing together.
Piano Solo Piano Solo; Piano/Keyboard SKU: HL.244643 Over 60 Popular P...(+)
Piano Solo Piano Solo;
Piano/Keyboard
SKU:
HL.244643
Over 60
Popular Pieces &
Songs. By Naomi Cook.
By Various. Piano Solo
Songbook. Classical, Pop,
Standards. Softcover.
Composed 2017. 276 pages.
Duration 116 seconds. Hal
Leonard #AM1012836.
Published by Hal Leonard
(HL.244643).
ISBN
9781785585005. UPC:
888680747336.
9.0x12.0x0.61 inches.
English.
This
comprehensive collection
contains the most
well-known, best-loved
pieces of music that
every pianist should have
in their repertoire.
You'll find classical
favorites, famous film
themes, laid-back jazz,
chart hits, wedding
music, Christmas classics
and handy must-haves like
“Auld Lang
Syne†and
“Happy Birthday to
You,†all organized
into themed sections for
navigation. With
everything from Mozart to
Mariah Carey, Einaudi to
Elton John and John
Williams to Justin
Bieber, this is the
ultimate dip-in resource
for pianists!
(Twentieth-century arrangements from choral and instrumental works). By Johann S...(+)
(Twentieth-century
arrangements from choral
and instrumental works).
By Johann Sebastian Bach
(1685-1750). Arranged by
Michael Aston; David Owen
Norris. For Solo piano.
Piano. Other Collection.
64 pages. Published by
Oxford University Press
(OU.9780193392
Orchestra Piano SKU: PR.11641861SP Composed by William Kraft. Part. 35 pa...(+)
Orchestra Piano
SKU:
PR.11641861SP
Composed by William
Kraft. Part. 35 pages.
Duration 21 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#116-41861SP. Published
by Theodore Presser
Company (PR.11641861SP).
UPC:
680160685202.
What?
! - my composer
colleagues said - A
concerto for the piano?
It's a 19th century
instrument! Admittedly we
are in an age when
originally created
timbres and/or
musico-technological
formulations are often
the modus operandi of a
piece. Actually, this
Concerto began about two
years ago when, during
one of my creative jogs,
the sound of the
uppermost register of the
piano mingled with wind
chimes penetrated my
inner ear. The challenge
and fascination of
exploring and developing
this idea into an
orchestral situation
determined that some day
soon I would be writing a
work for piano and
orchestra. So it was a
very happy coincidence
when Mona Golabek phoned
to tell me she would like
discuss the Ford
Foundation commission.
After covering areas of
aesthetics and
compositional styles, we
found that we had a good
working rapport, and she
asked if I would accept
the commission. The
answer was obvious. Then
began the intensive
thought process on the
stylistic essence and
organization of the work.
Along with this went a
renewed study of
idiomatic writing for the
piano, of the kind
Stravinsky undertook with
the violin when he began
his Violin Concerto. By a
stroke of great fortune,
the day in February 1972
that I received official
notice from the Ford
Foundation of the
commission, I also
received a letter from
the Guggenheim Foundation
informing me I had been
awarded my second
fellowship. With the good
graces of Zubin Mehta and
Ernest Fleischmann,
masters of my destiny as
a member of the Los
Angeles Philharmonic, I
was relieved of my
orchestral duties during
the Hollywood Bowl
season. Thus I was able
to go to Europe to work
and to view the latest
trends in music
concentrating in London
(the current musical
melting pot and showcase
par excellence), Oslo,
Norway, for the Festival
of Scandinavian Music
called Nordic Days, and
Warsaw, Poland, for its
prestigious Autumn
Festival. Over half the
Concerto was completed in
that summer and most of
the rest during the 72-73
season with the final
touches put on during a
month as Resident Scholar
at the Rockefeller
Foundation's Villa
Serbelloni in Bellagio,
Italy. So much for the
external and
environmental influences,
except perhaps to mention
the birds of Sussex in
the first movement, the
bells of Arhus (Denmark)
in the second movement
and the bells of Bellagio
at the end of the
Concerto. Primary in the
conception was the
personality of Miss
Golabek: she is a
wonderfully vital and
dynamic person and a real
virtuoso. Therefore, the
soloist in the Concerto
is truly the protagonist;
it is she (for once we
can do away with the
generic he) who unfolds
the character and intent
of the piece. The first
section is constructed in
the manner of a
recitative - completely
unmeasured - with letters
and numbers by which the
conductor signals the
orchestra for its
participation. This
allows the soloist the
freedom to interpret the
patterns and control the
flow and development of
the music. The Concerto
is actually in one
continuous movement but
with three large
divisions of sufficiently
contrasting character to
be called movements in
themselves. The first
'movement' is based on a
few timbral elements: 1)
a cluster of very low
pitches which at the
beginning are practically
inaudibly depressed, and
sustained silently by the
sostenuto pedal, which
causes sympathetic
vibrating pitches to ring
when strong notes are
struck; 2) a single
powerful note indicated
by a black note-head with
a line through it
indicating the strongest
possible sforzando; 3)
short figures of various
colors sometimes ominous,
sometimes as splashes of
light or as elements of
transition; 4) trills and
tremolos which are the
actual controlling
organic thread starting
as single axial tremolos
and gradually expanding
to trills of increasingly
larger and more powerful
scope. The 'movement'
begins in quiescent
repose but unceasingly
grows in energy and
tension as the stretching
of a string or rubber
band. When it can no
longer be restrained, it
bursts into the next
section. The second
'movement,' propelled by
the released tension, is
a brilliant virtuosic
display, which begins
with a long solo of wispy
percussion, later joined
in duet with the piano.
Not to be ignored, the
orchestra takes over
shooting the material
throughout all its
sections like a small
agile bird deftly
maneuvering through
nothing but air, while
the piano counterposes
moments of lyricism. The
orchestra reaches a
climax, thrusting us into
the third 'movement'
which begins with a
cadenza-like section for
the piano. This moves
gently into an expressive
section (expressive is
not a negative term to
me) in which duets are
formed with various
instruments. There are
fleeting glimpses of
remembrances past, as a
fragmented
recapitulation. One
glimpse is hazily
expressed by strings and
percussion in a moment of
simultaneous contrasting
levels of activity, a
technique of which I have
been fond and have
utilized in various
fixed-free relationships,
particularly in my
Percussion Concerto,
Contextures and Games:
Collage No. 1. The second
half of the third
'movement; is a large
coda - akin to those in
Beethoven - which brings
about another display of
virtuosity, this time
gutsy and driving,
raising the Concerto to a
final climax, the soloist
completing the fragmented
recapitulation concept as
well as the work with the
single-note sforzando and
low cluster from the very
opening of the first
movement.
Piano (KL) - easy SKU: HL.49032642 Die Methode fur Digitalpiano. C...(+)
Piano (KL) - easy
SKU:
HL.49032642
Die
Methode fur
Digitalpiano.
Composed by Axel
Benthien. This edition:
Saddle stitching. Sheet
music. Edition Schott. 64
pages. Schott Music #ED
8503. Published by Schott
Music (HL.49032642).
ISBN 9783795751876.
German.
Dieses neue
Unterrichtswerk wendet
sich an alle, die das
Musizieren auf modernen
Digitalpianos erlernen
wollen, sei es im
Unterricht oder im
Selbststudium. Anfanger
jeder Altersstufe und
ohne musikalische
Vorkenntnisse, aber auch
Blaser, Gitarristen und
Sanger, die uber das
Tasteninstrument einen
Einstieg in Harmonielehre
und Komposition suchen,
finden hier in kompakten
Unterrichtseinheiten mit
popularen Songs und
nutzlichen Tipps einen
sicheren Weg zum Erfolg.
Das Werk ist fur
Einzelunterricht und in
ganz besonderer Weise
auch fur den gemischten
Gruppenunterricht mit
Tasteninstrumenten
geeignet. Zum Einhoren,
Mitspielen und als
motivierende Lernhilfe
wird eine seperat
lieferbare CD
angeboten.
Piano Solo Piano SKU: HL.323309 Composed by Clint Mansell. Piano Solo Per...(+)
Piano Solo Piano
SKU:
HL.323309
Composed by
Clint Mansell. Piano Solo
Personality. Movies.
Softcover. 111 pages. Hal
Leonard #HL00323309.
Published by Hal Leonard
(HL.323309).
ISBN
9781540070807. UPC:
888680978679.
9.0x12.0x0.401
inches.
The Music
of Clint Mansell is a
collection of 20 stunning
pieces from the
award-winning composer's
vast catalog of
soundtracks. Created in
close collaboration with
Clint and his team, the
solo piano arrangements
are accompanied by
introductions to select
films, offering an
inspiring insight into
the production of the
soundtracks from the
perspective of
“composerâ€
and
“director.â€
This exclusive folio also
includes a specially
written preface from
Clint himself.
Scott Joplin Reconsidered. Composed by Scott Joplin (1868-1917). Edited by L...(+)
Scott Joplin
Reconsidered.
Composed by Scott Joplin
(1868-1917). Edited by
Lara
Downes. Collection.
Theodore
Presser Company
#440-40028.
Published by Theodore
Presser
Company
Piano / keyboard - easy to intermediate SKU: M7.MF-2065-01 6 Chart-Hit...(+)
Piano / keyboard - easy
to intermediate
SKU:
M7.MF-2065-01
6
Chart-Hits: Blow Me (One
Last Kiss) - Balada - I
Follow Rivers -
Summertime Sadness - We
Are Young - Summer
Paradise. Noten für
Klavier und Keyboard. Mit
MIDI-Files, Playalongs
und Karaoke..
Arranged by Uwe Bye. This
edition: Saddle-wire
stitching. Sheet music
with CD. Music Factory.
CD with MIDI-Files &
Play-Along-Tracks. 42
pages. Music Factory #MF
2065-01. Published by
Music Factory
(M7.MF-2065-01).
ISBN
9783795790431.
Pink
ist wieder da mit neuem
Album und dem Party-Hit
Blow Me (One Last Kiss),
Gusttavo Lima hatte mit
Balada (Tchê Tcherere
Tchê Tchê) einen
der Sommerhits 2012 und
mit dem Mitsing-Hit We
Are Young schaffte die
Band fun. den Durchbruch
auch bei unsLana Del Rey
konnte mit Summertime
Sadness einen eher
untypischen Sommerhit
landen, dafür haben
Simple Plan mit Summer
Paradise' richtiges
Sunshine-Feeling
verbreitet. Der Song 'I
Follow Rivers' hat mit
Lykki Li und
Triggerfinger gleich in
zwei Versionen die
Hitparaden gestürmt. 2
Hefte in einem:
Klavierarrangement sowie
Melodieausgabe für
Klavier, Keyboard,
Gitarre, Gesang, Flöte
oder Violine zum
Herausnehmen.
Piano (NOTEN+CD) - easy SKU: HL.49032644 Die Methode fur Digitalpiano<...(+)
Piano (NOTEN+CD) - easy
SKU: HL.49032644
Die Methode fur
Digitalpiano.
Composed by Axel
Benthien. This edition:
Saddle stitching. Sheet
music with CD. Edition
Schott. Edition with CD.
64 pages. Schott Music
#ED 8503-50. Published by
Schott Music
(HL.49032644).
ISBN
9783795754044.
German.
Dieses neue
Unterrichtswerk wendet
sich an alle, die das
Musizieren auf modernen
Digitalpianos erlernen
wollen, sei es im
Unterricht oder im
Selbststudium. Anfanger
jeder Altersstufe und
ohne musikalische
Vorkenntnisse, aber auch
Blaser, Gitarristen und
Sanger, die uber das
Tasteninstrument einen
Einstieg in Harmonielehre
und Komposition suchen,
finden hier in kompakten
Unterrichtseinheiten mit
popularen Songs und
nutzlichen Tipps einen
sicheren Weg zum Erfolg.
Das Werk ist fur
Einzelunterricht und in
ganz besonderer Weise
auch fur den gemischten
Gruppenunterricht mit
Tasteninstrumenten
geeignet. Zum Einhoren,
Mitspielen und als
motivierende Lernhilfe
ist eine CD
enthalten.
Keyboard (Piano) - very easy to easy SKU: HL.49007107 Musik verstehen ...(+)
Keyboard (Piano) - very
easy to easy
SKU:
HL.49007107
Musik
verstehen und sofort
spielen. Composed by
Axel Benthien. This
edition: Saddle
stitching. Sheet music.
Edition Schott.
Mehrstimmiges Spiel -
fill in - Liedbegleitung
- Improvisieren und
Komponieren - Praxisnahe
Musiktheorie. Method. 76
pages. Schott Music #ED
7283. Published by Schott
Music (HL.49007107).
ISBN 9783795750633.
German.
Der Neue
Weg wendet sich an alle,
die das Keyboardspiel in
methodisch durchdachten
Unterrichtseinheiten, mit
popularen Songs und
nutzlichen Tipps durch
Unterricht oder
Selbststudium erlernen
wollen: an Anfanger jeder
Altersstufe. Leichtes
polyphones Spiel bildet
in der uberarbeiteten
Neuauflage des 4. Bandes
neben dem Spielen mit der
Begleitautomatik den
Schwerpunkt.
Dreiklangsaufbau,
Fill-In,
Choralbegleitung, das
Spielen mit
differenziertem Einsatz
der Dynamik und die
Anleitung zum
Improvisieren und
Komponieren runden den
Band bezuglich
praxisnaher Musiktheorie
ab.
Piano (P+KRB) SKU: HL.49042462 No. 1-4. Composed by Carl Maria von...(+)
Piano (P+KRB)
SKU:
HL.49042462
No.
1-4. Composed by Carl
Maria von Weber. Edited
by Markus Bandur. This
edition: Full-cloth
binding. Sheet music.
Edition Schott. Score and
critical commentary,
complete edition. Op.
24+39+49+70. 372 pages.
Schott Music #WGA1071.
Published by Schott Music
(HL.49042462).
ISBN
9783795794637. German -
English.
Carl Maria
von Weber's fame rests
mainly on 'Der
Freischutz'. The
unprecedented success of
this opera overshadowed
all his other works and
contributed to their
increasing fall into
oblivion. Certain works
such as 'Preciosa',
'Oberon', and
'Euryanthe', the
overtures, solo concertos
and piano sonatas, the
lieder and chamber works
enjoyed great popularity
and were widely known in
Germany and abroad as
late as the second half
of the 19th century.
However, any chance of a
revival of Weber's
influential and
substantial oeuvre was
wasted in the 1920s, when
a complete edition -
begun by Hans Joachim
Moser and with potential
contributors including
Wilhelm Kempff, Hans
Pfitzner, Max von
Schillings, Fritz Stein
and Richard Strauss -
failed after the third
volume.Ever since there
have been numerous
attempts to restart a
complete edition of
Weber's works, but as
this kind of project
would have required the
co-operation of scholars
from both sides of the
inter-German border, the
political situation after
1945 was not conducive to
any such enterprise.
Careful negotiations led
to the first tangible
steps in the 1980s. The
intention, right from the
beginning, was to place
Weber's work in context,
and not to separate his
musical output from his
influential work as a
writer, critic and
organiser in the musical
field, but to publish his
compositions together
with his letters, diaries
and other literary output
as the best way to
document the
cross-fertilisation
between his musical,
literary and practical
activities.Since the
German re-unification
both working-parties
concerned - at the
Staatsbibliothek zu
Berlin, and at the
Musikwissenschaftliches
Seminar,
Detmold/Paderborn - have
co-operated on the
complete edition of the
musical works (c. 45
volumes in 10 series:
sacred music; cantatas,
odes and other occasional
works; stage works;
lieder and vocal works;
orchestral works; chamber
music; music for piano;
piano reductions;
miscellanea, arrangements
and orchestrations; works
of doubtful attribution).
The diaries (6-8 vols.)
are edited in Berlin and
the letters (8-10 vols.)
and other writings (2
vols.) in Detmold. This
complete edition aims to
be a reliable basis of
scholarly debate as well
as for the authentic
performance practice of
Carl Maria von Weber's
music. Conforming to the
standards of recent
historico-critical
editions, the textual
material will be based on
all available authentic
sources, accompanied by a
detailed documentation of
the genesis and a list of
variants for each work.
The musicological
importance of the works
will be evaluated by
placing them in their
historical context, the
presentation of their
genesis, history and
Critical Commentaries.
The letters, writings and
diaries will be treated
as inter-related and
relevant to each other in
the commentaries,
therefore readers should
benefit from a wealth of
concise information and
cross-references.
Piano SKU: BT.9781408193075 Composed by Karen Marshall. Get Set! Piano. S...(+)
Piano
SKU:
BT.9781408193075
Composed by Karen
Marshall. Get Set! Piano.
Studies & Exercises. Book
Only. 48 pages. Collins
Music Publishing
#9781408193075. Published
by Collins Music
Publishing
(BT.9781408193075).
ISBN 9781408193075.
English.
Get Set! Piano Tutor
Book 2 is the
second volume in an
exciting new series by
Heather Hammond and Karen
Marshall, written
specially for the
twenty-first century
child.
This tried
and tested course
guidesbeginners from
their very first lesson
through to Prep test
level. Note learning is
taught alongside aural
theory, technique and
composing skills,
providing a holistic
approach to music.
Packed with favourites
such asWhat Shall We
Do With A Drunken
Sailor?, In The Hall Of
The Mountain King,
Amazing Grace and
The Entertainer,
Get Set! Piano
Tutor Book 2 is
the perfect tutor for
getting to Grade
1.
Thisbook is
fully compatible with Get
Set! Piano Pieces Book 2
(9781408192788),
providing plenty of
material for
reinforcement, or just
pure musical
enjoyment.
Piano (KL) - intermediate SKU: HL.49032978 Mit leichten Originalstucke...(+)
Piano (KL) - intermediate
SKU: HL.49032978
Mit leichten
Originalstucken und
Bearbeitungen.
Composed by Franz
Schubert. Edited by
Hans-Guenter Heumann.
This edition: Saddle
stitching. Sheet music.
Edition Schott. 48 pages.
Schott Music #ED 9255.
Published by Schott Music
(HL.49032978).
ISBN
9783795755645.
German.
The series
'Get to Know Composers'
presents works of famous
masters in easy
arrangements as well as
original compositions for
piano. A brief
biographical sketch with
contemporary colour
illustrations as well as
a list of the most
important works provide
easy access to the
respective composer.
Thus, amateur pianists
and young piano pupils
can embark on a vivid
excursion into the life
and work of important
composers.Tchaikovsky was
the first Russian
composer who gained
worldwide fame. His
symphonies, concertos and
ballets are part of the
standard repertoire of
the musical scene. In
addition to original
piano works, this volume
contains excerpts from
Tchaikovsky's best-known
compositions: the Violin
Concerto and his Piano
Concerto No. 1,
Symphonies Nos. 5 and 6,
the ballets 'SwanLake',
'The Sleeping Beauty' and
'Nutcracker', as well as
'Capriccio Italien' and
other works.
Piano (KL) - easy to intermediate SKU: HL.49032980 Mit leichten Origin...(+)
Piano (KL) - easy to
intermediate
SKU:
HL.49032980
Mit
leichten Originalstucken
und Bearbeitungen.
Composed by Franz Joseph
Haydn. Edited by
Hans-Guenter Heumann.
This edition: Saddle
stitching. Sheet music.
Edition Schott. 48 pages.
Schott Music #ED 9257.
Published by Schott Music
(HL.49032980).
ISBN
9783795755669.
German.
The series
'Get to Know Composers'
presents works of famous
masters in easy
arrangements as well as
original compositions for
piano. A brief
biographical sketch with
contemporary colour
illustrations as well as
a list of the most
important works provide
easy access to the
respective composer.
Thus, amateur pianists
and young piano pupils
can embark on a vivid
excursion into the life
and work of important
composers.Apart from
Mozart and Beethoven,
Haydn was the oldest of
the three representatives
of the Viennese
Classicism. The genres of
symphony, string quartet
and oratorio were
perfected by Haydn in a
way which is regarded as
'classical' today. Apart
from Haydn's original
piano works, these three
genres are among the main
topics in this volume
which contains excerpts
from 'Farewell Symphony',
'Surprise Symphony', the
symphony 'The Clock',
'Emperor Quartet' as well
as the oratorios 'The
Creation' and 'The
Seasons', among
others.
Piano - easy SKU: M7.ART-42170 27 sehr leichte bis leichte KlavierstÃ...(+)
Piano - easy
SKU:
M7.ART-42170
27
sehr leichte bis leichte
Klavierstücke für
Anfänger. Composed
by Jens Rupp. Score with
online audio files. 48
pages. MDS (Music
Distribution Services)
#ART 42170. Published by
MDS (Music Distribution
Services) (M7.ART-42170).
ISBN 9783866421707.
German.
Das Album
'Meine ersten
Klavierträume' von
Jens Rupp besteht aus 22
leicht zu spielenden
Stücken aus
verschiedenen
Stilrichtungen, die
Spielerinnen und Spieler
auf eine musikalische
Reise durch bezaubernde
Klanglandschaften
mitnehmen möchten. Die
modernen Klavierstücke
umfassen den Bereich der
leichten klassischen,
romantischen und
keltischen Musik. Sie
erinnern zudem an
Filmmusik mit
vielfältigen
Stimmungen und laden zum
Träumen ein. Die
Kompositionen sind für
den Klavierunterricht ab
dem ersten Jahr und auch
für Wiedereinsteiger
bestens geeignet. Zu
Beginn sind die Stücke
sehr leicht und werden im
Verlauf des Buches ein
wenig anspruchsvoller.
Die verwendeten Tonarten
sind die leichteren
Dur-Tonarten C, F, G
sowie die einfachen
Moll-Tonarten Am, Dm und
Em. Die Kompositionen
haben jeweils eine
Länge von zwei Seiten
und enthalten schöne
Harmonien sowie
einprägsame Melodien
mit überschaubarem
Tonumfang. Trotz ihrer
Einfachheit klingen diese
kleinen Werke schön
und vollständig. Dies
erhöht die Motivation
zu üben und kleine bis
große
Erfolgserlebnisse sind
garantiert. Mit 'Meine
ersten Klavierträume'
ist Jens Rupp erneut eine
wunderbare Sammlung an
schöner,
eingängiger
Klaviermusik gelungen,
welches für das erste
und zweite
Unterrichtsjahr eine
musikalische Bereicherung
darstellt und zugleich
Jens Rupps
'Klavierträume-Reihe',
bestehend aus 'Meine
ersten Klavierträume',
'Meine schönsten
Klavierträume' und
'Klavierträume',
vervollständigt.