Alfor's Rarities

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Dirk FOCK
Dutch conductor & composer. Dirk Fock was born in Batavia, Java -
where his father was governor general of the Dutch East Indies - on June 18, 1886.
He died in Locarno, Switzerland on May 24, 1973. He studied, composed and
conducted in Europe, but made his American Debut as conductor with a
specially assembled orchestra at Carnegie Hall in N.Y. on April 12, 1920;
also conducted orchestral groups elsewhere in the U.S., and in Vienna-

Drei Balladen für das Pianoforte op. 3 (dedicated to Busoni)
Good music! Late-romantic-style, Brahms influence. Especially No. 3
might also have been called "Northern Rhapsody".

Fock 3 Balladen op.3.pdf

Max FIEDLER
Fünf Clavierstücke op. 3
(Quality 19th century characterpieces. Just the right thing if you
need a break from overly complicated 20th century scores!)

Fiedler 5 Klavierstücke op.3.pdf

Awesome post once again Alfor!! Is there any relation with von Brucken Fock and Dirk Fock??

[fleubis]

Love the Foch Ballades, Alfor. Makes you want to clamor for lengthier pieces with this juicy morsels! Fiedler comes through for us with a nice set of pieces which really SOUND! Very nice.

[alfor]

Love the Foch Ballades, Alfor. Makes you want to clamor for lengthier pieces with this juicy morsels! Fiedler comes through for us with a nice set of pieces which really SOUND! Very nice.

It is FOCK with "K"! Although his daughter, a well-known actress definitely changed her name to "Nina FOCH"!

[alfor]

Interesting russian-born composer, pianist and violinist (1899-1974)
http://www.egre.mb.ca/

Sonia (Sophie-Carmen) FRIDMAN-GRAMATTE (later Eckardt-Gramatte)
Sonate (No. 1)
skillfull neoclassical work, in parts slightly scholarly

Fridman-Gramatte Sonate No.1.pdf

Ignaz FRIEDMAN
Quatre Preludes op. 29

Friedman 4 Preludes op.29.pdf

[alfor]

I have been asked for piano scores by Brazilian composer

Claudio SANTORO

I found out that they should be available here (at reasonable prices):

http://www.claudiosantoro.art.br/San_Eng/1.html (click "Edition Savart" - "How to order")

[fleubis]

Love the Foch Ballades, Alfor. Makes you want to clamor for lengthier pieces with this juicy morsels! Fiedler comes through for us with a nice set of pieces which really SOUND! Very nice.

It is FOCK with "K"! Although his daughter, a well-known actress definitely changed her name to "Nina FOCH"!

Luckily, I play piano better than I type. With those 4 letters, I was desperately trying not to make the obvious typo.

[fleubis]

Thanks for these, Alfor. While the Fridman is a little to pedantic for my tastes, things really come alive with the beautiful Friedman Preludes, who continues to delight.

[alfor]

Thanks for these, Alfor. While the Fridman is a little to pedantic for my tastes, things really come alive with the beautiful Friedman Preludes, who continues to delight.

You are welcome! Good to know that we agree regarding the Fridman sonata. That is exactly what I meant with the word "scholarly" - nevertheless the work of a definitely talented composer!

[alfor]

Posted as an example for the piano style of this
lesser known French composer:

Maurice DELAGE
Contrerimes:
Nuit de Noel
Reves
Danse
(Post-Debussy; especially the last two with spanish influence)

Delage Contrerimes.pdf

Max FIEDLER
Vier Klavierstücke op. 6
(no impressionism, no expressionism, no futurism,
but quality 19th century character pieces - only
the main section of the "Walzer" is "salon"-style)
See below for corrected (completed) file!

P.S. Suffering from the sisyphus syndrome, I am contemplating whether or not
I should scan the 147 pages of: "The piano music of Alkan" edited by Raymond Lewenthal.

[Dani_area_51]

Posted as an example for the piano style of this
lesser known French composer:

Maurice DELAGE
Contrerimes:
Nuit de Noel
Reves
Danse
(Post-Debussy; especially the last two with spanish influence)

Delage Contrerimes.pdf

Max FIEDLER
Vier Klavierstücke op. 6
(no impressionism, no expressionism, no futurism,
but quality 19th century character pieces - only
the main section of the "Walzer" is "salon"-style)

Fiedler Klavierstücke op.6.pdf

P.S. Suffering from the sisyphus syndrome, I am contemplating whether or not
I should scan the 147 pages of: "The piano music of Alkan" edited by Raymond Lewenthal.

Thank you so much for the Fiedler, Alfor! At least, for me, I believe there are already very good versions of the pieces of Alkan, and although is always good to have a compilation of the piano works, I believe you could avoid the amount of pages to scan