Pianophilia

In Munich (Bayr. Staatsbibliothek) is (or at least was) a Microfiche Cataloge not only fom Paris but from other more or less interesting locatrions too ...

Caprotti wrote:From my experience Fétis must be taken with caution. I can't verify online the catalogue of the French National Library, but there are only a few works by Forgues in the main european libraries and no cycles of 12 Etudes. Pazdirek is never complete, but Hofmeister database doesn't quote any other works by F. apart those already known. btw, I found that a 'Scherzo' that was circulating is the Etude stated as op.15.

Anyone form Paris who could go there and search for F. in the index cards?

Thanks for the info Caprotti. I have just read a brief record from the Library of Congress catalogue which seems to state that one of the Études was republished separately in 1924 by Durand. The title according to the record is "Mouvement perpétual" (Extrait des Pathétiques) .

Thanks.
4c

Incidentally, a few of his pieces are held in the British Library.

Ilu.

exactly, this is the same as the attached

Caprotti wrote:From my experience Fétis must be taken with caution. I can't verify online the catalogue of the French National Library, but there are only a few works by Forgues in the main european libraries and no cycles of 12 Etudes. Pazdirek is never complete, but Hofmeister database doesn't quote any other works by F. apart those already known. btw, I found that a 'Scherzo' that was circulating is the Etude stated as op.15.

In 1860, the publication of those 12 Etudes was announced in Le Ménestrel : "Monsieur Emile Forgues, de retour à Paris, va publier chez l'éditeur Flaxland son nouvel ouvrage intitulé les Pathétiques, douze grandes études de concert d'une exécution transcendante, appelées dit-on à faire faire un grand pas à l'art moderne du piano." But who knows whether the project was actually completed?
http://books.google.fr/books?id=Jc8JAQA ... CCcQ6AEwAA

A small selection of odd Etudes which may be of interest to members [thank you Mr P].

Leon Boellmann (1862-1897) - Etude Carl Evers (? can't seem to find anything on this composer) - Octave Etude [Etude de concert] Joseph Jongen (1873-1953) - Op 65 Etude de Concert No. 1
Malcolm

Thank you for these, Malcolm.
Jean-Séb

fleubis wrote:Thanks for the link, 4candles. I've got my copy coming shortly.

I'd be interested to hear what you thought of the (Méthode des Méthodes) recording, if you have received it?
Happy new year by the way

4candles wrote:

fleubis wrote:Thanks for the link, 4candles. I've got my copy coming shortly.

I'd be interested to hear what you thought of the (Méthode des Méthodes) recording, if you have received it?
Happy new year by the way

It is an interesting recording. Of the many etudes in this collection, Moscheles only wrote the first two and all the others by the virtuosi of the day. This recording brings to life pieces we would likely never hear performed and is therefore welcomed. Generally speaking, Shehori seems to perform all these pieces at a somewhat more pedestrian tempo than indicated in the score. Consider the final Taubert Scherzo marked "Molto Presto e sciolto" which seems barely andante in the recording.

And a happy New Year to you, 4Candles.