Piano - advanced to
difficult
SKU:
HL.49019305
Recitative and Romance
from Tannhauser by
Richard Wagner.
Composed by Richard
Wagner. Edited by Wilhelm
Ohmen. Arranged by Franz
Liszt. This edition:
Saddle stitching. Sheet
music. Piano. Softcover.
12 pages. Duration 6'.
Schott Music #ED21300.
Published by Schott Music
(HL.49019305).
ISBN
9790001180597. UPC:
841886018105.
9.0x12.0x0.068
inches.
Arrangement
s for the piano,
transcriptions and opera
paraphrases take up a
large part in Franz
Liszt's complete ouvre.
He even arranged scenes
from the music dramas of
Richard Wagner. The
transcription of 'Lied an
den Abendstern' comes
from the third act of the
romantic opera Tannhauser
und der Sangerkrieg auf
Wartburg. In his
transcription of 1849
Liszt kept exactly to
Wagner's original but he
divided the scene into
'Recitative' and
'Romance'. He transposed
the piece to the keys of
G sharp minor and A flat
major, which sound warmer
on the piano and which
also allow for a more
easy-to-play romantic
piano setting. Liszt uses
the cantilena of the
violoncellos in Wagner's
original as tonal
highlight with octaves in
the descant. A
transcription that is
beautiful to listen to
for both pianist and
audience and perfectly
suitable for concert
performances and
recitals.
