Progressive Art Series Publications

[Oberon Smith]

I am hoping members here might be able to help me. I own a number of beautifully edited piano solo music from the "Art Publication Society" also know as the "Progressive Series" and sometimes the " Progressive Arts Series". I seem to recall that at one time, a teacher had to be registered to get this music. It was not sold through music store channels. Here in the USA, it was "Art Publication Society" St. Louis MO., cw 1913.....maybe we could start a catalog of music we collectively own and share.
Thank you in advance Oberon Smith

[musiclife217]

It was would be interesting to get some discussion going about The Etude or the Supplement Musical of L'Illustration....

[isokani]

And there were lots of interesting pieces published in the supplements of the Revue musicale...

[Jim Faston]

I am hoping members here might be able to help me. I own a number of beautifully edited piano solo music from the "Art Publication Society" also know as the "Progressive Series" and sometimes the " Progressive Arts Series". I seem to recall that at one time, a teacher had to be registered to get this music. It was not sold through music store channels. Here in the USA, it was "Art Publication Society" St. Louis MO., cw 1913.....maybe we could start a catalog of music we collectively own and share.
Thank you in advance Oberon Smith

There is a large (654pp, 66MB) file on Scorser that claims to be the complete Godowsky pieces/editions from the APS series.

http://en.scorser.com/Out/4785757.html

There were a lot published from the teens through the 1960s--Worldcat shows almost 1300 entries, no doubt with some duplication.

Jim

[alfor]

...There is a large (654pp, 66MB) file on Scorser that claims to be the complete Godowsky pieces/editions from the APS series.

http://en.scorser.com/Out/4785757.html

Jim

Thank you! But the selection is not complete, merely focussing on the editor Godowsky.
There were other editors like Emil Sauer.

[sgambatiesque]

There is a large (654pp, 66MB) file on Scorser that claims to be the complete Godowsky pieces/editions from the APS series.

http://en.scorser.com/Out/4785757.html

There were a lot published from the teens through the 1960s--Worldcat shows almost 1300 entries, no doubt with some duplication.

Jim

A quick index: The # is the series#, sometimes I had to guess as it was obscured on front page. NB One Schubert piece was repeated.

1 First French Suites (Bergerettes) #307
6 First German Suite #218
14 First Hungarian Suite #342
19 First irish Suite #536
26 Netherland Suite #514
32 On the Alma (Austrian-Tyrol) #417
36 On the Bridge of Avignon (France) #416
41 First Russian Suite #203
46 Second Russian Suite #216
52 Ruthenian Melodies (Russia) #443
56 Santa Lucia #419
59 First Swedish Suite #219
65 BEETHOVEN Kreutzer Sonata Op.47 #533
82 BEETHOVEN Menuet in E-flat #529
89 BEETHOVEN Minuet in G #415
96 BEETHOVEN Sonate Pathetique Op.13 #1014
121 BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto Op.61 #405
129 BIZET Menuet from L'Arlésienne #1107
139 BRAHMS Cradle Song (Wiegenlied) Op.49-4 #626
156 CHOPIN Trois Ecossaises Op.72-3 #641
163 CHOPIN Fantaisie-Imprompt Op.66 #1109
180 CHOPIN Impromptu in F-sharp Op.36 #1405
196 CHOPIN Waltz in G-flat Op.70-1 #724
206 CHOPIN-LISZT The Maiden's Wish #814?
214 CHOPIN-LISZT Chant Polonais No.2 (Spring) Op.74-2 #620
220 CHOPIN-LISZT Chant Polonais (My Delights - Nocturne) Op.74-5 #725
233 DVORAK Humoresque Op.101-7 #726
241 GLINKA-BALAKIREV The Lark #913
251 GODARD Florian's Song #627
257 GODOWSKY A Night in Spring (Frühlingsnacht) Op.15-2 #1208
274 GRIEG Dance of the Elves Op.12-4 #531
279 GRIEG The Buttefly Op.43-1 #727
288 HANDEL The Messiah: But Who May Abide The Day #628
295 HENSELT The Gondola Op.13-2 #707
304 JENSEN Galatea Op.44-3 #712
311 LASSEN Ah, 'Tis A Dream #515
316 LASSEN Thine Eyes So Blue and Tender #535
320 LIADOV Barcarolle in F sharp Op.44 #1015
328 LIADOV The Musical Snuffbox Op.32 #644
335 LISZT Années de Pelerinage: Eclogue #631
348 LISZT Années de Pelerinage: The Lake of Wallenstadt #623
358 MENDELSSOHN Characteristic Piece Op.7-7 #815
372 MOSZKOWSKI Serenata Op.15-1 #640
380 MOZART Symphony No.2 in G minor #532
397 PALESTRINA Motet "Adoramus Te" #530
402 RACHMANINOV Prelude in C sharp minor Op.3-2 #812
413 RAFF Impromptu-Valse Op.94 #902
429 RUBINSTEIN Barcarolle in F minor #651
436 RUBINSTEIN Kamennoi-Ostrow Op.10-22 #731
449 RUBINSTEIN Melody in F #629
457 RUBINSTEIN Romance Op.44 #708
465 SCHUBERT Impromptu in A-flat Op.90-4 #808
478 SCHUBERT Wandering (Das Wandern) Op.25-1 #425
483 SCHUBERT Impromptu Op.142-3 #1112
497 SCHUBERT Little Hedge Rose (Heidenröslein) Op.3-3 #446
502 SCHUBERT Wandering (Das Wandern) #425 #336 REPEAT
507 SCHUMANN The Bird as Prophet Op.82-7 #713
517 SCHUMANN Childhood Scenes (Kinderscenen) Op.15 #909
543 SCHUMANN Night Visions Op.23-4 #719
550 SCHUMANN Novelette from Op.99 #904
559 SCHUMANN Romance Op.28-2 #809
567 SCHUMANN Two Songs: Song of the Bride Op.25-12 / Dearest Beloved Op.25-4 #447
572 SCHUMANN-TAUSIG Spanish Romance: The Smuggler #1007?
582 SINDING Rustling of Spring Op.32-3 #806
595 STRADELLA Church Melody - "O Salutaris" #540
599 STRAUSS (Richard) Reverie Op.9-4 #622
607 THOMAS Mignon's Song #526
614 TCHAIKOVSKY Chant Sans Paroles (Song without Words) Op.2-3 #733
624 TCHAIKOVSKY Humoresque Op.10-2 #706
634 TCHAIKOVSKY Romance in F minor Op.5 #813
644 VERDI First Rigoletto Suite #341

[sgambatiesque]

...There is a large (654pp, 66MB) file on Scorser that claims to be the complete Godowsky pieces/editions from the APS series.

http://en.scorser.com/Out/4785757.html

Jim

Thank you! But the selection is not complete, merely focussing on the editor Godowsky.
There were other editors like Emil Sauer.

I think "complete Godowsky pieces ... from the series" makes that clear.

[alfor]

...I think "complete Godowsky pieces ... from the series" makes that clear.

Sorry...yes, you are completely correct!!!! I overlooked the name "Godowsky"...

[Oberon Smith]

I wish to Thank the responders here, for this thread that I started. I find myself a bit ashamed, I was hoping to share and post my copies of this publisher, but find the ones I own, are already posted. I have other pieces by this publisher, but, they are the beginning student level, though edited by Von Sauer, and the composers are/should be assigned to oblivion. I hope members here will look at the wonderful Schumann Romance, Chopin/Liszt, Liszt, and Beethoven, these have to be the best editions I have ever encountered. Surprisingly, and questionable in taste, are the two transcriptions by Godowsky,... humm.... the Kreuetz Sonata and the Violin Concerto.... yikes... yikes yikes... LOL

a red faced, Oberon Smith

[Jim Faston]

I am hoping members here might be able to help me. I own a number of beautifully edited piano solo music from the "Art Publication Society" also know as the "Progressive Series" and sometimes the " Progressive Arts Series". I seem to recall that at one time, a teacher had to be registered to get this music. It was not sold through music store channels. Here in the USA, it was "Art Publication Society" St. Louis MO., cw 1913.....maybe we could start a catalog of music we collectively own and share.
Thank you in advance Oberon Smith

I found this Sarabande by Gardner Read as published by APS and gave it a quick scan:

Read_Sarabande Op33 No3a.pdf