Synopses & Reviews
"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.
Synopsis
In the course of his long career as the outstanding pianist-composer of his time, Franz Liszt was a tireless champion of music by other composers, especially those whose works he felt deserved greater recognition. Beethoven's symphonies, Wagner's operas, and Schubert's songs were among the compositions Liszt chose to promote by transforming them from their original scoring into new conceptions for solo piano.
This volume contains twelve great Schubert lieder in Liszt's brilliant transcriptions, including such well-known masterpieces as Ave Maria, Der Wanderer, Die junge Nonne, Gretchen am Spinnrade, and the unforgettable Erlk nig.
Reproduced from extremely rare early editions, this unique volume of transcriptions brings to pianists and music lovers the familiar beauty of Schubert's melodies in solo piano arrangements that reflect Liszt's incomparable mastery of the keyboard.
Synopsis
Favorite Franz Schubert melodies in piano transcriptions that reflect Franz Liszt's incomparable mastery of the keyboard. Reproduced from extremely rare early editions overseen by Liszt himself.
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]