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fredbucket wrote:
alfor wrote:Posted as an example for the piano style of this (nearly) forgotten British composer (of German birth):
Franz REIZENSTEIN
No afficionado of Gerard Hoffnung will ever be allowed to forget Franz Reizenstein...

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couldn't agree more fred, it was through Hoffnung that I came to know of Franz Reizenstein
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Quite right, Brian. I'd never heard of Reizenstein until I encountered Hoffnung. Who can forget Concerto Popolare !
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William WALYN (obscure British composer)
Piano works (out-of-print)
Fine recital/encore material!
Walyn piano works.pdf
Franz REIZENSTEIN
Twelve Preludes and Fugues Book 2
Reizenstein 12 Prel. & F. Book 2.pdf
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alfor wrote:William WALYN (obscure British composer)
Piano works (out-of-print)
Fine recital/encore material!
Walyn piano works.pdf
Franz REIZENSTEIN
Twelve Preludes and Fugues Book 2
Reizenstein 12 Prel. & F. Book 2.pdf
Thank you so much, Alfor :D. May I just ask, it is William Walyn or William Alwyn..?
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Dani_area_51 wrote:May I just ask, it is William Walyn or William Alwyn..?
Yes, that intrigued me, too.

It is Alwyn, not Walyn. The date (1956) corresponds to the Grove article on Alwyn for the composition of these pieces.
WORKS
Chbr and solo inst: Sonata, ob, pf, 1934; Rhapsody, pf qt, 1938; Novelette, str qt, 1939; Sonata impromptu, vn, va, 1939; Divertimento, fl, 1940; Suite, ob, hp, 1945; Sonata alla toccata, pf, 1946; Pf Sonata, 1947; Sonata, fl, pf, 1948; 3 Winter Poems, str qt, 1948; Conversations (Music for 3 Players), vn, cl, pf, 1950; Trio, fl, vc, pf, 1951; Str Qt no.1, d, 1953; Crépuscule, hp, 1955; Fantasy-Waltzes, pf, 1956–7; 12 Preludes, pf, 1958; Str Trio, 1959; Movements, pf, 1962; Sonata, cl, pf, 1962; Moto perpetuo, recs, 1970; Naiades, fantasy-sonata, fl, hp, 1971; Str Qt no.2 ‘Spring Waters’, 1975; Conc., fl, 8 wind, 1980; Chaconne for Tom, rec, pf, 1982; Str Qt no.3, 1984
I would add here that Alwyn is quite a notable composer, and died as late as 1985. So please regard this as a one-off upload of his works.

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PS Searching for William Walyn on Google brings up a complete blank...
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fredbucket wrote:PS Searching for William Walyn on Google brings up a complete blank...
It is Alfred little's yoke Nein? jaja

William Alwyn's a bit of a second-rater. Very enjoyable nevertheless, but little that is really memorable or original despite being expertly written - he had lots of practice, there are HUNDREDS of film scores.

I like his symphonies quite a lot (the third has moments that stick in the memory but it's terribly cliched). But I suspect his best music is when he is in an intimate mood - the chamber music: the three string quartets and the instrumental sonatas especially.
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rob wrote:
fredbucket wrote:PS Searching for William Walyn on Google brings up a complete blank...
It is Alfred little's yoke Nein? jaja

William Alwyn's a bit of a second-rater. Very enjoyable nevertheless, but little that is really memorable or original despite being expertly written - he had lots of practice, there are HUNDREDS of film scores.

I like his symphonies quite a lot (the third has moments that stick in the memory but it's terribly cliched). But I suspect his best music is when he is in an intimate mood - the chamber music: the three string quartets and the instrumental sonatas especially.
His Concertos are exquisite!
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I am terribly disappointed! I thought I had discovered a major British unknown composer (WALYN), but it was only a misprint of the name of ALWYN :( :mrgreen: :D :oops: :lol:

Scandinavia - terra incognita:

Posted as an example of the piano style of a hardly known Swedish composer:
Hilding OSERBERGN (a.k.a. ROSENBERG)
Sonat N:R 4
Rosenberg Sonat Nr.4.pdf
Suite
Rosenberg Suite.pdf
both works display a fine mildly contemporary piano style

P.S. Anybody who has played the Blues by BACH (alias Ferroud)?
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alfor wrote:...Scandinavia - terra incognita...
Not to some of us. His symphonies and string quartets are terrific. All Rosenberg is very welcome - and I know my friend Klavierelch has the same opinion. Thanks Alfred.
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rob wrote:
alfor wrote:...Scandinavia - terra incognita...
Not to some of us. His symphonies and string quartets are terrific. All Rosenberg is very welcome - and I know my friend Klavierelch has the same opinion. Thanks Alfred.
His other sonatas are - at very reasonable prices - available here:
http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/Son ... 1/18591017
http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/Son ... 2/18591022
http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/Sonata-No-3/4283035
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