Alfor's Rarities

[alfor]

Pavel Dmitrievich KRYLOV
(Russian composer, 1885-1935; http://www.russiancomposers.org.uk/page720.html)
Theme et Variations cis moll

Krylov Theme et Variations.pdf

An extended and at least pianistically excellent work, composed in 1909, published in 1923. So five years after the 1917 revolution a soviet editor had the courage to publish a completely "bourgeois" work, influenced by composers like Tchaikovsky, Arensky, Cui (?)!

[fleubis]

Dear Alfred, thanks for the interesting Krylov variations. I would say the variations are somewhat uneven in their quality and inspiration but what fun to play as they fall easily under the fingers and are very pianistic as you say. i can definitely hear a Tschaikowsky influence there. With the revolution well behind him, we can be glad the publisher was brave enough to publish them, .

[alfor]

My (two-folded) contribution to "Cyril-Scott-Day":

Cyril SCOTT
Deuxième Suite op. 75

Scott Deuxième Suite op.75.pdf

Homophonic, thick cords, frequent use of sequence.
Somewhat like Debussy seen through the eyes of Händel and Liszt.

Percy GRAINGER on Scott and piano playing in general

Grainger on Scott.pdf

(from: James Francis Cooke: Great pianists on piano playing;
Philadelphia, T. Presser, 1917; reissue Mineloa, Dover, 1999)

[alfor]

Posted as an example of the piano works of this polish composer and novelist:

Stefan KISIELEWSKI
Suita na fortepian

Kisielewski Suita.pdf

[alfor]

Francis POULENC
Pièce brève sur le nom de Albert Roussel

Poulenc Pièce brève (Roussel).pdf

Theodor LESCHETITZKY
Pastels
Quatre morceaux pour piano op. 44
1. Prélude

Leschetitzky Prélude op.44,1.pdf

Ferdinand HILLER
Zwei Monate nach Sicht. Deux Mois de vue. Impromptu (Es-dur.) für das Pianoforte op: 178

Hiller Zwei Monate nach Sicht op.178.pdf

Sorry, but I can't explain the misterious title (help appreciated!).

[Jean-Séb]

Ferdinand HILLER
Zwei Monate nach Sicht. Deux Mois de vue. Impromptu (Es-dur.) für das Pianoforte op: 178

Hiller Zwei Monate nach Sicht op.178.pdf

Sorry, but I can't explain the misterious title (help appreciated!).

Apparently, this is a commercial phrase indicating a common deadline prior to which a promissory note has to be paid. Now why Hiller has used this phrase remains mysterious. Probably by joke.
Any case, it gives me the opportunity to thank you for all the scores you share here.

[HullandHellandHalifax]

Ferdinand HILLER
Zwei Monate nach Sicht. Deux Mois de vue. Impromptu (Es-dur.) für das Pianoforte op: 178

Hiller Zwei Monate nach Sicht op.178.pdf

Sorry, but I can't explain the misterious title (help appreciated!).

Apparently, this is a commercial phrase indicating a common deadline prior to which a promissory note has to be paid. Now why Hiller has used this phrase remains mysterious. Probably by joke.
Any case, it gives me the opportunity to thank you for all the scores you share here.

I would guess that his publisher had given him a deadline for a composition and it was Hiller's way of being certain that it was ready on time to fulfil his contract with the publisher. If you remember, Tschaikowsky had to write a piece every month for The Seasons and required his manservant to remind him the night before each deadline so that he could write something before breakfast. (Oh that composing could be so easy).
regards
Brian

[WCosand]

Did Hiller ever travel to Persia?
http://www.tiptopglobe.com/city?i=11507 ... 970&zoom=7

[alfor]

Thank you for several "Sicht-vermerke"!

And here is one of my much-loved "alternative" scans :

Charles KOECHLIN (quite a challenge to pronounce his name properly!)
Paysages et Marines op. 63

Koechlin Paysages et Marines op.63.pdf

Very french! Experimental impressionism, but surely among his better works!

[alfor]

Hope this will make your weekend!

Aleksandr MICHALOWSKI
WYBÓR UTWORÓW na fortepian (fully fingered and pedalized by Stanislaw Szpinalski!)

Michalowski sel. piano works.pdf

Probably the only ever reissue of Michalowski piano works.