Pianophilia

Here are the 5 pieces from that web site.

Thanks so much!

I wonder why no one has apparently transcribed Rachmaninov's Romance for one piano, 6 hands.


It seems like this piece would be easily transcribed and wouldn't lose much in a solo transcription. Anyone have thoughts about this?

The Scherzo from Alexander Glazunov's 7th Symphony for your piano playing pleasure.

lebowl wrote: ↑Thu Jul 15, 2021 4:04 pm I wonder why no one has apparently transcribed Rachmaninov's Romance for one piano, 6 hands.


It seems like this piece would be easily transcribed and wouldn't lose much in a solo transcription. Anyone have thoughts about this?

Here's my stab at it. It would be a little easier if the soloist had 3-4 hands, but what can you do?

Thanks Lebowl for this new (to me) Rachmaninoff.
Rare Rachmaninoff piece is always a nice surprise.

Thanks bingo for making a nice transcription of it.
I really enjoy playing it.

There is a typo:
at bar 46, c flat should be sharp.

BTW what program do you use to notate your transcription?

bingo wrote: ↑Thu Sep 23, 2021 8:20 am

lebowl wrote: ↑Thu Jul 15, 2021 4:04 pm I wonder why no one has apparently transcribed Rachmaninov's Romance for one piano, 6 hands.


It seems like this piece would be easily transcribed and wouldn't lose much in a solo transcription. Anyone have thoughts about this?

Here's my stab at it.RACHMANINOV WoO Romance in A (6H to 2H).pdf

It would be a little easier if the soloist had 3-4 hands, but what can you do?

I think it's possible to do a transcription that utilizes a lot more of the notes in the original three person version. When I started doing a transcription of this many years ago, I had the RH play most all of the notes in in upper part(just octaves) and the LH play most of the notes in the middle and lower part by playing an octave in the bass followed by music like the middle person plays.

aladin wrote: ↑Fri Oct 01, 2021 7:01 pm Thanks Lebowl for this new (to me) Rachmaninoff.
Rare Rachmaninoff piece is always a nice surprise.

Thanks bingo for making a nice transcription of it.
I really enjoy playing it.

There is a typo:
at bar 46, c flat should be sharp.

BTW what program do you use to notate your transcription?

You're right. In fact there were two typos in that bar. Probably a hand slip in the notation program (Musescore freeware) as I am prone to do when I execute a command and the default measure isn't the one I thought it was.

lebowl wrote: ↑Fri Oct 01, 2021 9:29 pm

I think it's possible to do a transcription that utilizes a lot more of the notes in the original three person version. When I started doing a transcription of this many years ago, I had the RH play most all of the notes in in upper part(just octaves) and the LH play most of the notes in the middle and lower part by playing an octave in the bass followed by music like the middle person plays.

It's always possible to use a lot more of the original material. About 75% of this is trivially compressible due to the octaves as you describe but then you end up with a section (roughly measure 46 on) that is materially different to the rest of the piece in sound and difficulty without adding much musically. What works as a solution in part may not work well in the whole, especially where those partial solutions meet.

My aim was to create an accessible reduction that was not greatly more effortful than any of the three parts, and not feel like three sequences stitched together with the seams showing. Admittedly I only spent about three hours on it, but most of the work was in throwing away material that unbalanced the whole. However I look forward to seeing your version and learning from your approach!

While researching some family history in the National Library of Australia, I stumbled into the sheet music section, and found these Gounod transcriptions by the Italian pianist Emanuel de Beaupuis (1860-1913) who lived and worked in Australia for a number of years.

GOUNOD Serenade
https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-692449771/view
https://musescore.com/user/4151271/scores/7063927

GOUNOD Fantaisie facile sur l'opera Faust
https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-169052176/view
https://musescore.com/user/4151271/scores/7073679

There are many of his salon-ish original works on IMSLP and more in the NLA online archive. I'll post separately on those under Australian/Italian/Salon? section soon as his name doesn't seem to have appeared on this forum before.