LA Danza and Other Great Piano Transcriptions

by Liszt, Franz

• ISBN13: 9780486416823
• ISBN10: 0486416828
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-05-18
• Publisher: Dover Publications

Summary

Masterful transcriptions include Rossini's "La Danza," Bach's "Organ Fantasy and Fugue in G minor," Beethoven's "Joyous gathering of the peasants" from the "Pastorale" Symphony, Mendelssohn's "Wedding March" and "Dance of the Elves" fromA Midsummer Night's Dream,"The Trout" and "Erlkonig" by Schubert, the "Polonaise" from Tchaikovsky'sEugene Onegin,and many others.

Author Biography

Composer, conductor, and teacher Franz Liszt (1811–86) was renowned throughout Europe for his skills as a concert pianist. The quintessential romantic, he created an extensive and diverse oeuvre that ranges from influential experiments in musical form to more conventional pieces as well as transcriptions of works by other composers.

Table of Contents

"Bach, Johann Sebastian"
  Organ Fantasy and Fugue in G minor
  Prelude and Fugue in A minor
"Beethoven, Ludwig van"
  "Joyous gathering of the peasants"
    "(Scherzo from Symphony No. 6, "Pastorale," Op. 68)"
"Chopin, Frédéric"
  The Maiden's Wish
    (Song theme and three new variations)
"Gounod, Charles"
  Waltz from Faust (Concert paraphrase from the opera)
"Mendelssohn, Felix"
  Wedding March and Dance of the Elves
    (Incidental music for Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream)
  On Wings of Song
"Rossini, Gioacchino"
  La Danza (Neapolitan tarantella)
  La Regata Veneziana (Nocturne)
"Shubert, Franz"
  Erlkönig (Elf King)
  The Trout
  Grand March in B minor
"Schumann, Robert"
  Widmung (Dedication)
"Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyitch "
  Polonaise (From the opera Eugene Onegin)