The Schubert Song Transcriptions for Solo Piano/Series I "Ave Maria," "Erlkonig" and Ten Other Great Songs

by Liszt, Franz

• ISBN13: 9780486288659
• ISBN10: 048628865X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-04-25
• Publisher: Dover Publications

Summary

"Der Wanderer," "Die junge Nonne," "Gretchen am Spinnrade," and other famed lieder in piano transcriptions that reflect Franz Liszt's incomparable mastery of the keyboard. Reproduced from extremely rare early editions overseen by Liszt himself. With editorial notes, and translations of the German texts.

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

Introduction to the Dover Edition
Publisher's Note
Lieder von Fr. Schubert
  für das Piano-Forte übertragen von Fr. Liszt
[Franz Schubert's Song Transcribed for Piano by Franz Liszt]
1. Sey mir gegrüßt [Greetings]
2. Auf dem Wasser zu singen [Boating Song]
3. Du bist die Ruh [You are Repose]
4. Erlkönig [Elf King]
5. Meeresstille [Calm at Sea]
6. Die junge Nonne [The Young Nun]
7. Frühlingsglaube [Springtime Faith]
8. Gretchen am Spinnrade [Gretchen (Margarete) at the Spinning Wheel]
9. "Ständchen von Shakespeare [Serenade by Shakespeare ("Hark, hark! the lark!")]"
10. Rastlose Liebe [Restless Love]
11. Der Wanderer [The Wanderer]
12. Ave Maria (Hymne an die Jungfrau) [Hymn to the Virgin]