Piano (Piano Solo)
SKU: HL.51481612
For Piano Solo.
Composed by Franz Liszt.
Edited by Peter Jost.
Henle Music Folios.
Classical. Softcover. 32
pages. G. Henle #HN1612.
Published by G. Henle
(HL.51481612).
UPC:
196288215820.
9.0x12.0x0.128
inches.
Volume I of
Liszt's Années de
pèlerinage, entitled
Suisse, is based on
impressions he gathered
during an extended
sojourn in Switzerland in
1835/36. The most
important piece of the
collection, first
published in 1841, is
undoubtedly Vallée
d�Obermann, which
offers a vast richness of
melodic, harmonic and
rhythmic variations on
the basis of two
contrasting themes. The
technically and
artistically demanding
composition owes its
title not to a scenic
valley in Switzerland,
but to the epistolary
novel of the same name by
French poet Ãtienne de
Senancour. Set in
Switzerland, it presents
an emotionally torn hero
who articulates his
weltschmerz in a dialogue
with nature. The musical
text of this separate
edition of Vallée
d�Obermann is
preceded by an excerpt
from Senancour's novel,
which may provide
impulses that are just as
important for the
interpretation as are
Francesco Piemontesi's
fingerings.
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