French Piano Music

[musiclife217]

I'm posting this Gallica link here, even though some of the composers in the collection aren't French.
The individual pieces themselves might be available elsewhere too, but I thought it was a nice collection, especially as it includes a hand-written piece by Rossini.
Some of the pieces are challenging enough to boot!

"Keepsake des pianistes", from 1841.
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b5 ... .r=.langFR

Thank you for highlighting this - I was very interested to see it! is a PDF available?

[fleubis]

Seconded! 4Candles--I would never have spotted this without you highlighting this for us. This is worth having in our libraries for the Rossini alone let alone the other interesting pieces. I will have much fun today deciphering Rossini's handwriting.

[alfor]

...Thank you for highlighting this - I was very interested to see it! is a PDF available?

Yes:

Keepsake des Pianistes 1841.pdf

(Not exactly dominated by French composers )

[Jean-Séb]

(Not exactly dominated by French composers )

But most of them had settled in Paris, at least for a while around 1841 !

[alfor]

(Not exactly dominated by French composers )

But most of them had settled in Paris, at least for a while around 1841 !

That appears to be correct - Paris being a major musical centre at that time!

[liveforpiano]

Dear fleubis.
That Rossini work appears further through in the volume in a printed form, so no need to decipher the manuscript.
Peter.

[fleubis]

Dear fleubis.
That Rossini work appears further through in the volume in a printed form, so no need to decipher the manuscript.
Peter.

Thanks you, Sir Peter. It took a while to get there, playing through all that VERY interesting music in that collection and to see Rossini maintaining the composer tradition of illegible handwriting.

[4candles]

Glad you all liked it!
Thanks to Alfor for PDFing it.
4c

[musiclife217]

Glad you all liked it!
Thanks to Alfor for PDFing it.
4c

Yes, thank you!

[alfor]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolphe_Borchard
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Madelon

nms:

Borchard Fantaisie sur Madelon.pdf

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