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I believe that Ashkenazy discovered it, and he may be the one to ask, but does anyone know where Rachmaninoff's transcription of Op. 26 No. 12 - Night is Mournful is found? Ashkenazy plays it quite endearingly and I just love a good Rachmaninoff transcription!

musiclife217 wrote:I believe that Ashkenazy discovered it, and he may be the one to ask, but does anyone know where Rachmaninoff's transcription of Op. 26 No. 12 - Night is Mournful is found? Ashkenazy plays it quite endearingly and I just love a good Rachmaninoff transcription!

musiclife217, I am not aware at all of a Rachmaninov transcription of this song - however, it was transcribed by Gryaznov. I can send you a copy if required.

Malcolm

Samuil Moiseyevich Maykapar [Maikapar]. Born 1867, Kherson, Ukraine; died 1938, Leningrad. Pianist, pedagogue and composer. Soon after his birth his family moved to Taganrog. Studied music with a local Italian teacher, Gaetano Molla, and in 1881 was heard by Medtner, who was impressed with his talent. Graduated in 1890 from the law school of St Petersburg University, then attended the St Petersburg Conservatoire where, on the advice of Anton Rubinstein, he studied composition with Solovyov, and chamber music with Auer. He also received piano lessons from Cesi [a student of Thalberg], and later with Weiss [a student of Liszt]. Graduated as a pianist in 1893, and as a composer in 1894. He then did advance piano studies with Leschetizky in Vienna (1894-95). He later taught at the St Petersburg Conservatoire from 1910-30. He also concertized with Auer and Hřímalý, and was noted as a soloist to performing Beethoven’s 32 sonatas during the 1925-26 season. As a composer he is best known for his excellent cycles of works for children and young players.

I've posted two works:

1. Three Pieces 2. Selection of Preludes [these are from Op 14 Twelve Preludes & Op 31 Six Staccato Preludes, but no indication which opuses each piece is taken]. Malcolm

Thank you!

Quite a number of M.'s piano works (some considerably more demanding
than the pedagogical pieces posted by Malcolm) have been reissued recently:

http://ruslania.com/sheetmusic/byauthor ... par-samuil

(Only for intelligent people who realize that music publishers
will only survive if somebody is willing to spend money
and buy scores!)

P.S. A while ago Malcolm himself posted a substantial number of Maikapar scores:

viewtopic.php?f=46&t=371&p=9435&hilit=maikapar#p9435

P.P.S. Benjamin CESI is perhaps best known as an editor of piano works for Ricordi
(many of his editions still in print).

Sarcasm aside, it is good to see these scores getting republished or in a new printing. Thank you Alfor for alerting us to this - I for one will be eager to buy these scores if I do not already hold these works (it is particularly good to see the sonata back in print). I can only hope that we see more obscure Russian scores being available in time (and there is a lot of Maykapar, for a start, that remains very difficult to find].

Malcolm

Something for those involved with teaching.

Leo Alexandrovich Laputin. Born 1929, Moscow: died 1968 same. Composer. Graduated in 1953 from Gnesin Institutes from the piano class of Vitsinsky. Further studies in composition at Moscow Conservatoire with Khachaturian – graduated in 1956. From 1963 taught at the Gnesin Institute.

Alfor posted his Op 8 Sonata-Fantasia previously, here is his Op 4 Children's Album: Malcolm

Translation of titles - Op 4 Children’s Album (1961)
1. “The Brook” Etude
2. A Frog Hopping About
3. Voices of the Forest
4. On a Walk
5. Spring Ball
6. Russian Song
7. March
8. Mazurka
9. Polka
10. Reflection
11. Racing One Another
12. Dance

Thank you, Malc. The Laputin is a very nice little album indeed.