pianomac wrote:I have just joined Pianophilia. I have almost everything by Ignaz Friedman. MANY years ago, when the Internet was just getting started, I had made available a list of Friedman's piano compositions
We would certainly be interested in your list, and it would be good to further our collection of Friedman's works in these fora (Alfor has scanned and uploaded some in the past). Rob (our erstwhile threadmaster) would probably want to create a specific Friedman thread under those circumstances.
Ignaz Friedman; Composition List
Acknowledgements to Allan Evans for much help, and photocopies of early compositions. An earlier version of this list has been available on the Internet for the past 15 years, and it was also published in the Bulletin of the NY Leschetizky Society.
Publishers.
UE = Universal Edition. Piw = Piwarski
NMV = Norsk Musik Verlag Id = Idzikowski (Kiev)
H = Wm. Hansen Ro = Roszavolgyi
B&H = Breitkopf and Härtel B&B = Bote and Bock
Kr = Krzyzanowski
* means I have this; X means I do not! (Publisher in parentheses)
Opus no Title
1 * Three songs (a) Dlaczegoz teraz nie moge gdzies z Toba
(b) Polecialy piesni moje (c) Limba (Piw)
2 X Song Krakowiak (no. 1)
3 * Song Krakowiak (no. 2) (Kr)
4 * 3 songs (Kr) (a) Miedzy nami nic niebylo (b) Kwiat po kwieciu jabym zrywal (c) Leci piosenka
5 * 3 songs (in German) (a) Das Mädchen am Teiche Singt(b) Arie des Schäfers (c) Kinderlied UE2550
6,7 Unknown to me
8 * Miniatures (a) Monologue(b) Arlequin
(c) Canzonetta(d) Reverie Interrompu (Piw)
9 * 3 Lyric Pieces (a) À la Cornemuse(b) Chant d'Amour
(c) Desillusion(to Paula Szalit) (Piw)
10 *5 Causeries (a) Intermezzo(b) Danse Fantastique (Piw)
(c) Capriccietto(d) Chanson Triste (e) Elle Danse
(* op. 10 no. 5 "Elle Danse" - revised version; l92l) (B & H)
11 Unknown to me
12 * Petites Valses (nos. 1 - 8) (Piw)
13 * 5 pieces (a)Improvisation (b) Melodie elegiaque
(c) Prelude (d)Marche Miniature (e) Arabesque(Piw)
14 * 4 Novellettes (Kr)
15 * 4 Mazurkas (Gebethner & Wolff)
16 Unknown to me
17 * 2 songs (a) Mlodo zaswatana (b) Hania (Piw)
18 *Aquarelles (a) Petite Berceuse (b) Minuetto (c) Poco Ostinato
(d) Polka peu dansante (e) Mazurka (Piw)
19 * Technical Problems (Piw)
20 * 5 Bagatelles (a) Prelude(b) Valse noble (c) Humoresque
(d) Noel (e) Pastorale (Piw)
21 Unknown to me
22a * Estampes (a)Impatience (b)Serenade du Pierrot
(c)Discours intimè(d Marquis et Marquise
(e)À la Watteau (f)Badinage
22b * Scenes Enfantines (Id )
(a)Petite chanson (b)Soldats de bois
(c) Près de l'église (d) En valsant
(e) Le paysan joyeux (f) Au lac
(g) Grand' maman reve
(a and b assigned by me)
23 * 2 songs (a) Nastroj (b) Polaly sie lzy…(Piw)
24 * Variations (Piw)
25 3 songs (a)X Wiosenne rano(b)*Jak ta wilga
(c)*Z ta,k i pól(Id)
26* 3 pieces (a)Paysage slave (b)Appassionata (c) Esquisse (Piw)
27* 4 pieces (a) Prolog (b) Gestandnis
(c) Mazurka (d) Im Volkston
28 * 3 Moniuszko transcriptions (a) Wiosna (b) Piesn wieczorna (c) Dumka (Piw)
29 * 4 Preludes (Roszavolgyi)
30 * Theme varié (Piw)
31 * 3 Intermezzi (Piw)
32 * Romance for violin (or cello) and piano (Piw)
33* 3 pieces (a) Etude(b) Mazurka(c) Tabatière à musique
(UE2539)
* arrangement of no 3 for violin and piano by Arthur Hartmann
34a * 3 songs (a)W wedrowce (b)Zolte listki brzoz(c)Piesn Trubadura(Kr)
34b*2 transcriptions (a)Die Linde(Backer-Grondahl)(b)Ich will fort!(Elling)
35,36,37 Unknown to me
38a* Miniaturen (="Zabawki" 18 children's pieces)(1-11 Piw,12-18 NMV)
38b* Impressions (a) Élan (b) C'était autrefois…(c) Prés d'Amalfi
(d) À la Mazourka (e) Nocturno (Piw)
39* 3 pieces (a) Melodie (b) Cracovienne (c)Caprice (Piw)
40 Unknown to me
41* 5 songs (a)Przestroga (b)"Prozno ty sie miotasz w polu"
(c)Szumi gaj (d)Trzy lodzie (e)Zawod (Piw)
42,43 Unknown to me
44 * Passacaglia (UE3053)
45 * 3 Fantasiestücke (a) Einsamkeit (b) Tanz (c) Intermezzo (UE3365)
46 Unknown to me
47a* 4 Studien (UE3366)
47b* Studien über ein Thema von Paganini (UE5145)
48* 4 präludien (UE3377) (no 2 same as var. from op 47b)
49* Zwei Mazurkas (UE3378)
50 (cello and piano)(a) * Melodie Slave (UE3798) (b)* Valse lente
(UE3799)
51* 5 valses (4-hands)(UE3504); *solo version of no 1 (with his own middle section) by Frederic Meinders (Ms.); *solo version of #2 by Victor Borge (piano today magazine)
52 Unknown to me
53 * Polnische Lyrik(I) (a) Herbst(b) Schlummerlied (c) Bauerntanz (d) Wind (UE3702)
54 Unknown to me
55 4 songs (a) * Marsz Zbojecki (b)* Umarly moje piesni
(c)* Rozaniec (d) * Smutno (Piw)
56;57;58 - unknown to me
59 * Lyric Episodes (a)Chaconne (b) Mazurka (c)Intermezzo
(d)En Valsant(e)La Fileuse(f) Aubade("An meine Frau")
(g)Sur l'eaux (h)Jonglerie (i) Epilogue (H)
60* Polnische Lyrik (II) (a) Dumka(b) Hymne(c) Im Mai
(d) Valsette(e) Vieux refrain (UE5710)
61* Vier Präludien (UE5711)
62 Unknown to me
63 * 16 Etudes ( H) "An meine Schuler"
64 and 65 Unknown to me
66 * Ballade (UE6023)
67, 68 and 69 Unknown to me
70* Suite for two pianos (a) Tema con Variation (b)Chorale(c)Finale(H)
71* Strophes (H)
72* Polnische Lyrik (III)(a) Weinachtslied(b) Von Lieb' und Leid !
(c) In der Dorfschenke (d) Soldatenmarsch (e) Tandelei UE6022
73,74, and 75 Unknown to me
76 * Vignettes. 8 little pieces "an meine Tochter Lydie".(H)
77 * 2 Morceaux (a) Barcarolle (b) Valse Tendre ( H)
78 Unknown to me
79* Stimmungen 9 pieces (ded. Rachmaninov)( UE6020-1)
80* 8 Preludes (H)
81* 5 pieces (a) Serenade(b) Masque galante(c)Arlequinade
(d) Mirage(e) Ecossaise UE6460-4
82 *Sonatine ( UE 6197)
83;84 Unknown to me
85 * 6 Mazurkas (UE8178)
86-89;91;93-95: Unknown to me
90 *4 pieces (a)Plainte(b)Krakowiak(c)En revant(d)Valse gaie
(unpub.;MS)
92 * Polonaise (unpub.; MS)
96 *3 pieces (a) Dance & Double(b) À la mazourka(c) Prelude
(Allan's)
*MS of op 96 contains (a)Plainte(b)Sarabanda(c)Esquisse(d)Saltimbanque
(e)Krakowiak - all nearly the same as op 90 MS except (b)(="Dance & Double")
97 * Mendelssohn Scherzo from String Quartet op 44 no. 3 (Allan's)
98 Unknown to me
99 X (? =op 90/96)(a)Sarabande & Double(b)Air Plaintif(c) Esquisse
100* Cadenzas to Beethoven piano concertos (Schirmer)
Works without opus numbers
* Quintet (2 violins;viola;cello;piano) (including parts) (W. H)
* 4 songs (a) Preludyum(b) O przyjdz (c) Fragment from "Kazimierza Wielkiego" (d) Wrajskim dziwnymsnie (Kr)
* 3 songs (a)Po rosie (b) Zawod(c)Preludyum (Gubrynowicz & Schmidt)
* Humoresque (NMV)
* Menuet in A (Piwarski)
* Masques (a Menuet "Les Reverences" (b) Ariette
(c) Masovienne (d) Orientale (e) Pierrette (H)
* arrangement of "Les Reverences" for 2 violins, viola, cello and bass. Arranger not named; perhaps Friedman himself. (H0
* arrangement of “Les Reverences” for violin and piano (Leopold Auer)(H)
* Bei den Marionette (12 pieces) (UE10386)
* Exercises towards Higher Technique
* .Exercises from Alberto Jonas’s books on piano technique.
* Lied mit Dansk Text(H:3 of his Polish songs translated by Monrad)
(a)Forgaeves (= op 41 no 5) (b) Kolde Blaest, vel truer du (= op 41 no 2) (c) Tungsindig (not any I have)
* Folkevise (the Polish text into Danish by Cally Monrad)(H) (I do not know if a Polish original was written first)
A piano concerto was mentioned in an article, but there is no evidence of its existence. Also, three string quartets may have been written. Friedman’s many early compositional efforts were apparently destroyed by him after unfavorable comments . One wonders if the deficiencies were just from lack of academic training, or from use of Polish folk material not suited to conventional tastes.
Arrangements
* Anon Minuet "The Judgement of Paris" (B&B)
* Bach Boureé from violin partita no. 2 (Allan's)
* Bach Brandenburg Concerto no.3; 1st movement. (Allan's)
* Bach Chorale prelude "Wachet auf.." from Cantata 162.
1st version (H); 2nd version (Allan's
* Bach Chorale prelude "Nun kommt..." (H);
* Bach D minor Toccata and Fugue for Organ (Allan's)
* Bach Gavotte from violin sonata no. 6 (Allan's)
* Bach "My Heart Ever Faithful" (Allan's)
* Bach "Sheep May Safely Graze" (Allan's)
* Bach Siciliano from flute sonata no. 2 (Allan's)
* Beethoven Ecossaises (UE5075)
* Boccherini Pastorale(Symphony in Cm;B&B)
* Brahms Waltzes (no. 15 with no. 2 as middle section)
X Chopin Concerto Fm arr solo piano
* Couperin La linotte effaroucheè
* Couperin Le tendre fauchon (UE5416)
* Couperin Musette de taverni
* Dalayrac Romance (" La pazza per amore") (UE5414)
* Dall'Abaco Courante(Studie nach der Sonate op4 no 10(B&B)
* Dandrieu Les Fifres (UE5070)
* Dandrieu Le Caquet (UE5074)
* Dornel Tambourin
* Dussek Menuett
* Field Nocturne (UE9528)
* Franck Prelude, Fugue, and Variation (op18 no 2 - organ:Allans)
* Gärtner Wiener Tänze 1-6.(UE5658-9;6198) (2 versions of #1)
* arrangement of no 2 for violin and piano by Arthur Hartmann
* arrangement of no 2 for two pianos by Otto Schlaaf and Robert Riotte (UE 10292)
* Glück Ballet des ombres heureuses UE5073
* Glück Flute solo from "Orpheus" (Allan's)
* Glück Gavotte ( "Don Juan") UE5415
* Glück Gavotte (Iphegenia in Aulis)
* Grazioli Adagio (UE5072)
* Handel Gigue (from suite VIII; B & H)
* Handel Gigue (from suite X ; B & B)
* Henselt Petite Valse (op. 28 no 1) (B & H)
* Hummel Rondo Favori (op 11) (B & H)
* Kirnberger Allegro
* Lange-Müller Firenze (H)
* Lanner Die Schönbrunner (in “ enkmaler Tonkunst Ostereiche”)
* Mahler Menuet from Symphony #III (UE3703)
* Marais, Marian Rigaudon and Rondo
* Mozart Romance ( Eine Kleine Nachtmusik)
* Mozart Larghetto
* Mozart Larghetto from the piano concerto K537 (H)
* Mozart Menuetto
* Paganini Caprices 1,9,19 - piano accompaniment (UE8702-4)
* Palmgren Der Fluss (piano concerto no.2- orchestra arranged) H
* Rameau Le rappel des oiseaux ( UE5417)
* Rameau Musette (UE5071)
* Scarlatti Pastorale (UE5412)
* Scarlatti Gigue (UE5413)
* Schubert Alt Wien - 2 Walzersuiten
* Schubert Rondeau
* Shield Old English Minuet UE9526
* Stamitz Prestissimo (Symphony in G; B&B)
* Strauss(Joh.Jr) Fruhlingsstimme UE9388
* Strauss(Joh.Jr) O Schöner Mai (Ro)
* Strauss(Joh.Jr) Schatzwalzer (Ro)
Missing: songs and piano pieces
Publishers of some of these - Idzikowski (Kiev); T. Gieszczykiewicz (Cracow); and L. Zwolinski (Zakopane).
Allan's music (Sydney, Australia) had a Friedman album (their no. 1225) which includes all the arrangements they have published with the exception of the Bach choral prelude "Nun kommt..." .I have only a verbal statement to the effect that they had published a second version of this piece, but they have no knowledge of this now. Allan’s are now no longer publishing.
This is very interesting to me. I wonder if you have list of those Friedman pieces which have been recently recorded (i.e. still available, and on CD)? The reason I ask is that I have interested a company in recording a Friedman disc next year, and I want to include pieces that have not been commercially recorded.
I've heard some of this, and the bits I've heard were very uneven and home-made. The 2 piano suite, in which he "plays with himself", has some serious ensemble problems! Was only one volume of Valerie Tryon's series ever made?
This is what I have found to be available (mostly Tryon and Peter Froundjian) on CD:
Menuette from Le jugement de Paris.
Study on a theme by Paganini op.74b.
Tempo di menuetto (Concert transcription of 2nd mvt of Mahler's 3rd Symphony).
2 Childrens pieces from Bei den Marionetten.
Six Mazurkas op.85.
Firenze.
Music Box op.33 No.3.
Viennese Dance No.3.
Wiener Tanz No.6 Epilogue.
Frulingstimmen (after Johann Strauss).
Ballet des ombres heureuses (Gluck).
Les Fifres (Dandrieu).
Romance (Dalayrac).
Old English Minuet - The Countess of Westmoreland's Delight (Shield).
Fruhlingsstimmen (J Strauss II).
Passacaglia op.44.
Polish Lyrics Book 3 op.72.
Tabatiere a musique.
Ballade op.66.
Studies on a Theme of Paganini op47b (Friedman).
beside CD.
there must have been a lot of recordings from WDR (radio station, as we all know), a pianist named Höricke played as far as I remember very good a lot of Friedman transcriptions.
And Genuin lists a CD from 2008
Theme varie op. 30; Intermezzo op. 31 Nr. 1; Passacaglia
op. 44; 2 Mazurkas op. 49; Polnische Lyrik I-III; Ballade
op. 66; 8 Preludes op. 80; Mirage op. 81 Nr. 4; 6 Mazourkas
op. 85
Michael Schäfer
For your reference, a list of my private (mainly live) recordings
Friedman - La Linote (Couperin) - Taramelli V. - 140584 - Milano.mp3
Friedman - La tendre fanchon (Couperin) - Taramelli V. - 140584 - Milano.mp3
Friedman - Le Caquet (Dandrieu) - Taramelli V. - 140584 - Milano.mp3
Friedman - Mazurka - Froundjian P. - 160808 - Husum.mp3
Friedman - Notturno (Field) - Taramelli V. - 140584 - Milano.mp3
Friedman - O schoener Mai (Strauss) - Froundjian P. - 160808 - Husum.mp3
Friedman - Pastorale (Scarlatti) - Taramelli V. - 140584 - Milano.mp3
Friedman - Polish lyrics - Herbst - Manildi D.mp3
Friedman - Polnische Lyrik (1,2,5) op.60 - Schaefer M.mp3
Friedman - Polnische Lyrik (1-4) op.53 - Schaefer M.mp3
Friedman - Sonatina DO op.82 n.1 - Froundjian P. - 160808 - Husum.mp3
Friedman - Tambourin (Dornel) - Taramelli V. - 140584 - Milano.mp3
Friedman - Valzer 4H - Tal Y.,Groethuysen A. - 151111 - Paris.mp3
Friedman - Valzer Db (Chopin) - Taramelli V. - 140584 - Milano.mp3
Friedman - Viennese Dance n.2 on motifs by Gärtner - Howard L.mp3
Friedman - Vier letzte klavierstucke op.96 - Froundjian P. - 160808 - Husum.mp3
C279A FRIEDMAN AN DIE SCH.BL.DONAU (STRAUSS) FRIEDMAN I. ROLLS
N275 FRIEDMAN CORALE (BACH) TARAMELLI V. 14/05/84 CONSERVATORIO
CD-HEL FRIEDMAN DANZA VIENNESE (GAERTNER) HOWARD L.
DV46.49 FRIEDMAN DANZA VIENNESE N.1 (GAERTNER) LIBETTA F. 30/01/2004 S.MUSICALI
N78 FRIEDMAN EN VALSANT (TR.FAZZARI) 009/4 TARAMELLI V. 22/12/81 MILANO
A596 FRIEDMAN FRUHLINGSSTIMENN (STRAUSS) LIBETTA F. 12/12/94 S.MUSICALI
CD-HYP FRIEDMAN FRUHLINGSSTIMMEN (STRAUSS) LANE P. 1994
A690 FRIEDMAN FRUHLINGSSTIMMEN (STRAUSS) LIBETTA F. 08/01/96 S.MUSICALI
A596 FRIEDMAN GIGA (SCARLATTI) LIBETTA F. 12/12/94 S.MUSICALI
A690 FRIEDMAN O SCHOENER MAI (STRAUSS) LIBETTA F. 08/01/96 S.MUSICALI
A176 FRIEDMAN UNE TABATIERE A MUSIQUE HOUGH S. 09/10/89 S.MUSICALI
N7 FRIEDMAN VALZER (5) 0051 FRIEDMAN I. ROLLS
A690 FRIEDMAN WIENER TANZ LIBETTA F. 08/01/96 S.MUSICALI
A650 FRIEDMAN O SCHOENER MAI (STRAUSS) LIBETTA F. 12/11/95 T.MANZONI
About Gunnar Johansen's Friedman recordings: extensive, but certainly not complete, and, yes, the playing is uneven and home-recorded. Much of what he played he received from me. I never met him, but had phone conversations. As for his playing: he was indeed a fine musician and a great pianist, but somehow, I think, not temperamentally best suited for playing certain kinds of music! Years ago there were advertisements in NY for Levy's Jewish Rye, showing photos of various ethnicities happily eating this with the caption, "You don't have to be Jewish to love Levy's"! (No; a Scotsman in a kilt was not included!) While you do not have to be Jewish, Slavic, or Viennese to play idiomatic Friedman, or Johann Strauss transcriptions, though it does seem to help perhaps, Johansen in my humble opinion did lack something here.
I have not checked for any previous discussion, but are there any comments about Juliusz Zarebski (or, Zarembski)? I have some of his piano compositions, but have only just sight-read them through - quite interesting music!
