Pianophilia

Thanks for the nice Liadov pieces, Alfor. I didn't know he could write such charming miniatures. These are delightful little pieces.

fleubis wrote:...I have a young lady do this for me...

Dear fleubis,

thanks for the info! Now that I know what young ladies are good for, I will try get one for my personal use...

Regards

alfor

Hans PFITZNER
Palestrina
Musikalische Legende
Paraphrase für Klavier von Otto Singer

Heinrich Gottlieb NOREN
1861-1928; Austrian violinist and composer. In his Variationen, Phantasie & Doppelfuge ("Kaleidoskop")
for orchestra he quoted from Richard Strauss' "Heldenleben" and was sued for plagiarism!
I do not know if he wrote any significant piano works. Here is a nice little minuet:
op. 20 Drei Klavierstücke in mittlerer Schwierigkeit Nr. 3 Menuett

P.S.

Hi Alfor, while I am too old to enjoy employing this young lady for other purposes, it is nice not be be doing mundane work of binding, scaling and printing.

Today I enjoyed the Pfitzner-Singer Palestrina Paraphrase very much, and naturally it reminds of of another piece. This time it's Dello-Joio's 3rd Piano Sonata-- based on a plainchant. Being an unabashed Dello-Joio fan, I'm always looking at the harmonic layout and here the Pfitzner-Singer is primarily extended triads,while Dello-Joio is is more quartal in harmonization. This is a vast untapped field by most composers and I hope to encounter more works utilizing Palestrina and other plainchant as a point of departure, but I will say it is not easy.

You brightened my day with this interesting surprise. Thanks, Alfor.

...pianophilians are never too old...
(...but isn't music the best possible mistress anyway... )

Dedicated to fleubis and his "binding - lady"

Anatoly ALEXANDROV
Sonata No. 3 op. 18 (one of his best!)
DIN A3 scan from 1924 original first edition!

Hi Alfor, yes indeed music is the best possible mistress. An acute observation, and maintenance is less, too!

This is a chance to again compare the Alexandrov Sonata No.3 original edition with the 1967 revised edition available in Volume 3 of the collected works. I have a slight preference to the earlier version, Alfor, and am glad to have this nice hires version.

Heinrich NEAL
Auf einer Burg
Ein Cyclus von Klavierstücken op. 58

Heinrich NEAL
Ballade op. 73 (dedicated to Willy Rehberg - father of Walter) ...best regards to isokani...