Russian & Soviet Composers - Part 3

[Emil Borisovich Sernov]

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[fleubis]

Thanks for the Op.39 no.1. Love this piece and your fingering is very practical.

Seconded! Alfred, until seeing your fingering, I've never had anything that would work for me......so I've not played this etude often because of the fingering issues, I've now got no excuse!

[alfor]

Thanks for the Op.39 no.1. Love this piece and your fingering is very practical.

Seconded! Alfred, until seeing your fingering, I've never had anything that would work for me......so I've not played this etude often because of the fingering issues, I've now got no excuse!

Dear phikfy, dear fleubis,

thank you very much for feedback!!

[alfor]

One more:

Rachmaninoff Etude-Tableau op. 39,9
alfor fingered

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See my later post of a revised/improved version!

[fleubis]

Thank you Alfred for R's Op.39,9 .... and a nice set of fingering it is, too. While much seems obvious to me, I have found a few surprises which simplify---one of the great benefits of the Alfor Edition.

[alfor]

Thank you Alfred for R's Op.39,9 .... and a nice set of fingering it is, too. While much seems obvious to me, I have found a few surprises which simplify---one of the great benefits of the Alfor Edition.

You are welcome!

Especially if you are a fairly good sight-reader your fingers/hands/body is/are often „piloted“ by fingerings. So in some cases it may be helpful to write down fingerings even in places where they may be more ore less obvious. This often goes together with the question whether we should write down identical fingerings for repetitions.

[alfor]

... can't leave it well alone...

1931 version:

Rach Sonata op.36 alfor fingered A.pdf

[vvedenskij]

looks like Samuil Feinberg's Rhapsody on Kabardino-Balkarian Themes has been posted on ISMLP by Emiles Mern ...

what a find, quite a few people have been trying to track this down,

Thank you!

[caostotale]

looks like Samuil Feinberg's Rhapsody on Kabardino-Balkarian Themes has been posted on ISMLP by Emiles Mern ...

what a find, quite a few people have been trying to track this down,

Thank you!

The NYPL has a copy of this (and hundreds of other rare Soviet scores) that may as well not exist at all, since they keep them in an off-site storage facility and don't allow them to circulate beyond the confines of the actual library (better pack up your piano for the visit!). If I felt like the librarians working there were actually doing anything with this material (i.e. scanning them for posterity), I'd be less dismissive, but I've little doubt that they're being typical modern Americans and ignoring it completely, rather aiming more effort towards figuring out how to transform the main library branches into the over-sized internet cafes that the public so desperately need.

[vvedenskij]

point well taken ... I just moved to NYC and over the next few weeks hope to figure out how to make best use of the resources available at NYPL ...