Alfor's Rarities

[alfor]

Thank you for feedback, dear fleubis!

Posted as an example for the piano style of this hardly known Dutch composer:

Robert de ROOS
Sonatina per pianoforte

de Roos Sonatina.pdf

Equally condensed but considerably more difficult than the Ruyneman Sonatina.

Once again an alternative scan (...I know you love 'em ):

Samuil FEINBERG
Quatre Préludes op. 8

Feinberg 4 Préludes op.8.pdf

[alfor]

Sabin V. DRAGOI (Romanian composer, 1894-1968)

SUITA DE DANSURI POPOLARE PENTRU PIAN (demos)

Dragoi Suita de dansuri popolare.pdf

Kleine rumänische Volkstanzsuite
In Erinnerung an Bela Bartok (nms)

Dragoi Kl. rumänische Volkstanzsuite.pdf

Excellent!!

[alfor]

As requested by parag:

Wolfgang BOTTENBERG (Canadian composers of German descent)
Drawings by Paul Klee

Bottenberg Drawings of Paul Klee.pdf

SORRY, PREVIEW ONLY.
http://www.musiccentre.ca/home.cfm

[parag]

As requested by parag:

Wolfgang BOTTENBERG (Canadian composers of German descent)
Drawings by Paul Klee

Bottenberg Drawings of Paul Klee.pdf

SORRY, PREVIEW ONLY.
http://www.musiccentre.ca/home.cfm

Thanks Alfred...

Regards,
Parag

[fleubis]

Alfor, do you see in the Bottenberg file anything after page 5?

Sure did enjoy playing the Dragoi - very nice dances. Those melodies stick in your head. Thanks, Alfor.

[alfor]

Alfor, do you see in the Bottenberg file anything after page 5?

No, it is just an "appetizer". You can order a copy of the complete work from the cmc.

[alfor]

To fleubis who likes the challenge of deciphering a composer's handwriting .

Richard FRANCK
Polyphone Tonbilder op. 56
Consists of:
Fantasie und Fuge über das Thema B.A.C.H. (1924)
Fuge op. 4 (sic!)
Spanische Serenade für Streichquartett - Klavierauszug
Kleine Fuge aus meinem "Kinderalbum"

Franck, R. Poyphone Tonbilder op.56.pdf

Compiled somewhat at random. Musical style tends to be slightly conservative.
Deciphering maybe a bit of a challenge, otherwise of medium difficulty.

[fleubis]

Thanks for the Frank, Alfor. It certainly is difficult to read these scores, but they are easier to decipher than fuzzy out of focus scans, for sure! Thanks for the challenge.

[alfor]

Willem ANDRIESSEN (Dutch composer and pianist, 1887-1964)
Sonate voor piano

Andriessen, W. Sonate.pdf

Well-crafted; of a certain northern acridness.

[alfor]

Editions of Albeniz Iberia.

There are currently two edited editions available with suggestions for fingering and re-distribution of hands. Today I would like to introduce you to the lesser known of the two.

Hardly known in the USA and Europe: Japanese zen-on edition (main editor: Thomas Schumacher).
A well-bound, inexpensive volume. Urtext. Translation of unusual french terms. Well-readible. Performance suggestions often helpful (imho).

Preview: LAVAPIÉS zen-on edition

Albeniz Lavapiés zen-on.pdf

This piece - imho the most demanding of the whole set - shows the author at the peak of his idiosyncratic method of spicing or how I would like to call it "dirtying-up" simple harmony (in some spots ending up at something midway between Accciaccatura and Cluster). And the interlocking of hands is carried to extremes in this piece. My current opinion regarding this point is: Use as few redistribution as possible. Although often pianistically complicating, all that crossing of the left hand will add colour to your playing!