Pianophilia

Alternative scan:

Jules ZAREMBSKI (for the less-educated: Juliusz ZAREBSKI)
Tarantelle op. 25 (I previously posted Bakst's recording of selected works by Z.)

Since I clearly belong with the less educated crowd, I'll go with ZAREBSKI whose beautiful Tarantelle has given me much fun this afternoon. I am always glad to add a nice tarantelle to my slim but growing collection of this somewhat rare dance. Thanks for posting this beauty, Alfred.

fleubis wrote:Since I clearly belong with the less educated crowd, I'll go with ZAREBSKI whose beautiful Tarantelle has given me much fun this afternoon. I am always glad to add a nice tarantelle to my slim but growing collection of this somewhat rare dance. Thanks for posting this beauty, Alfred.

You are welcome, dear fleubis! - There is an alternative scan around from a Japanese or Chinese anthology.
I am curious about when we will have the first Chinese edition not only of complete Zarebski but also of say Feinberg sonatas. The Chinese language does not know the word "copyright", so this is highly likely to happen .

alfor wrote:5th Polish Week:

Czeslaw MAREK
Mala Suita na fortepian

Marek Mala Suita.pdf

ładne kawałki dla mniejszych królików.
Ultimo pezzo è una toccata per il nostro amico Ferruccio (Eisenhans?).

Thank you, dear Alfor !
Are these other pieces by Marek (der mit dem dicken Buch ...) also written in this moderate style or more modern ?

Best wishes, Ferruccio

Ferruccio wrote:...Are these other pieces by Marek (der mit dem dicken Buch ...) also written in this moderate style or more modern ?...

Slightly more modern but longer and pianistically considerable more demanding. Late-romantic with some impressionistic influences. Emotionally slightly indifferent. Maybe good recital material for a moderate adventurous audience (and/or pianist ).

Yes, Marek indeed claimed to have written the "pianistic bible" (the bible has less pages though?). Maybe the fact that his career was shortcut by the poor health of his wife made him a "wisenheimer" to compensate for a slight frustration. Be that as it may, he surely was a good pianist and a (fairly) good composer.

Stefan KISIELEWSKI
Berceuse Unusual...

Dear Alfor
Many thanks for all this music! Fascinating to see all of these pieces.
If, by any chance, you can lay your hands on any:
Szeluto, Szabelski, Mycielski and Perkowski,
I'd be very curious to see them.
Best wishes

The Sarnecka is particularly good. More of this would be excellent. I'll have a look around here too.

alfor wrote:Stefan KISIELEWSKI
Berceuse

Kisielewski Berceuse.pdf

Unusual...

Unusual, indeed, Alfred. Not often one encounters a Berceuse this busy! It works reasonably well if played rather softly at the dynamics indicated.

I have become interested in the works of Marek and here's what's available on this side of the pond (even a biography!):

http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/search?q=Czeslaw+Marek

The Sarnecka "Impressions" are still making an impression on me as the second piece in the set is so interesting and pianisticlly (still!) very challenging to me. Sarnecka's music is highly inventive and greatly interesting and just wish there was more of it.

isokani wrote:Dear Alfor
Many thanks for all this music! Fascinating to see all of these pieces.
If, by any chance, you can lay your hands on any:
Szeluto, Szabelski, Mycielski and Perkowski,
I'd be very curious to see them.
Best wishes

You are welcome!

...Only one fairly familiar name: Boleslaw Szabelski (some nonsignificant children pieces are still in print).
One Mazurek by Szeluto (a prolific late-romantic composer) will be posted soon.
You now have the better starting conditions. Being a perfect place for personal bliss (hopefully!), Gliwice is not the favourite place when hunting for rare scores. An excellent start is Krakow (57 miles / 92 kilometres, i.e. a two-day horse ride from Gliwice). Some libraries (...lonian) with an excellent stock of rare scores there.

Some interesting recordings of Sernecka and Szeluto (chamber music) do exist.