Czech & Slovak Composers

[alfor]

Nice little „“Äntzolodschi”. Four piano pieces, two songs.

nms (alfor-edited)

Album Musica No.127.pdf

[fleubis]

Good heavens! This Vol. 127....and that begs the question of where the other 126 volumes are!
Meanwhile, the highlights in this collection include Smetna's Souvenir de Boheme and Novak's beautiful song, Chant D'Allegresse - even J.B. Foerster and Suk put in an appearance. Something I particularly like is that is collection contains complete pieces rather than extracts.

Very nice, Alfred.

[Jim Faston]

Good heavens! This Vol. 127....and that begs the question of where the other 126 volumes are!
Meanwhile, the highlights in this collection include Smetna's Souvenir de Boheme and Novak's beautiful song, Chant D'Allegresse - even J.B. Foerster and Suk put in an appearance. Something I particularly like is that is collection contains complete pieces rather than extracts.

Very nice, Alfred.

The good folks at the BNF have quite a few:
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb3268 ... ica.langEN

[alfor]

Some more SCHÄFER:

Imho these well-written but hardly contemporary studies
have not been intended for public performance
but rather as an replacement for some dull Czerny/Cramer material***.

*** In that respect they may be compared with Walter Lang's „12 Klavier-Etüden op. 72“.

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Schaefer 16 Etud.pdf

P.S. Dear moderators,
what will happen when I have reached 3000 posts?? I of course do know
the fairy tale „The Fisherman and His Wife”. So will I have to start
right from the beginning ?

[fleubis]

Yes, Alfred, indeed a nice change from Czerny and all the others, but I do like these kind of etudes very much.

The previous works were by a Dirk Shafter and this is by FR Shafter.....I'm not sure if this is the same composer or not, but am now off in search of Walter Lang's Op.72

Thank you, Alfred.

[alfor]

Yes, Alfred, indeed a nice change from Czerny and all the others, but I do like these kind of etudes very much.

The previous works were by a Dirk Shafter and this is by FR Shafter.....I'm not sure if this is the same composer or not, but am now off in search of Walter Lang's Op.72


Thank you, Alfred.

I previously posted Lang's Sonata op. 66 and his Studies op. 26.

Dirk Schäfer (Schaefer) was a Dutch composer and pianist (1873-1931),
and Frantisek Schäfer (Schaefer) was a Czech pianist and composer:

„FRANTIŠEK SCHÄFER was born in 1905 in Břeclav into a teacher’s family. As this occupation has always been closely connected to music, it is no wonder that he received his first musical education from his father. Since his childhood Schäfer wanted to become a professional musician. His mother, however, wanted her son to become a doctor and therefore sent him to a grammar school. Simultaneously, he took cello and piano lessons at the music academy in Brno. After leaving the grammar school he continued his education at the music academy in the class of Jaroslav Kvapil and finished the school successfully within two years. A versa­tile musician, besides piano he was proficient in playing the trumpet, trombone, French horn, cello, and violin among others. At the same time he was also active as a composer. Since 1929 he taught at the music academy in Brno and later also at the JAMU. Among his pupils was the famous composer Jan Novák. The lifelong interests of František Schäfer were motor sport and hiking. He died in 1966 in Brno.

Sonatina č. 2 op. 6 (Sonatina No. 2 op. 6) is the second of six sonatinas Schäfer composed during his lifetime. The first three were meant for children and the names of their movements draw on a child’s perceptions of the world. It consists of three parts – the jocular Memories of Clementi, The Chicories, and the playful Horse With a Golden Mane.“

[alfor]

P.S. Strictly spoken Lang's op. 72 are under copyright and still in print
(Ries & Erler: http://shop.rieserler.de/product_info.php?info=807)

[fleubis]

Thanks for clarifying the two Schäfers, Alfred. My spelling of the German without the umlauts occasionally causes me fits, but am just not willing to learn a 3rd language keyboard layout. I've gone back and added the initial to each filename to keep me straight.

Walter Lang, I know from mostly from my childhood...I remember playing his children's pieces, and as luck would have it I just received his Op.72 Etudes to add to your previous Lang postings (it's been a while since I played those), so now I can say that YES, these are a nice complement Schäfer's Etudes. Czerny still has more technical ground covered than any other composer and he wouldn't be so boring but for their bland harmonic palette). Between Lang and Schäfer we've got some good options.

[fredbucket]

what will happen when I have reached 3000 posts??

You will be exterminated.

Regards
Davros
(Chief Dalek)

[fleubis]

This is what we all fear!