Pianophilia

RLS scan:

Camille SAINT-SAENS
Menuet et Valse op. 56

Actually, these two files (which were my bad scans by the way) form only ONE set, viz. the second set of the Maîtres Italiens. Unfortunately, I do not have the first set (Nos 1-25).
I have also a large selection of the three sets (i.e. with German and French works) that I plan to scan some day but the score is so big and its state so bad that I have not found the courage to do it yet. But I will eventually.
Jean-Séb

I can report some progress on the earlier Maîtres Italiens. In the book I have of privately bound sheet musis are #s:

13 Donizetti - L'Elisire d'Amore "Io son ricco e tu sei bella" (Barcarola)
16 Bellini - Norma - "Oh! di qual sei vittima" (Terzetto)
17 Rossini - La Cenerentola - "Zitto, zitto!" (Duetto)
18 Lulli (Lully) - "Voi siete il ristoro" (Duetto) [Not sure what work this is from, or if it is just a separate art song]
19 Rossini - Il Barbiere di Siviglia "Zitti, zitti! (Terzetto) ' [Anyone sensing a pattern here?]
20 Bellini - La Sonnambula "Tu non sai, con quei begli occhi!" (Aria)
21 Donizetti - Anna Bolena "Nel veder la tua costanza" (Aria)
22 Bellini - I Puritani "Vien diletto, in cielo" (Aria)
23 Rossini - Il Barbiere di Siviglia "Ecco ridente il cielo" (Cavatina)
24 Rossini - Il Turco in Italia "Deh! raffrena" (Quintetto)
25 Rossini - L'Italiana in Algieri "Se inclinassi a prender moglie" (Duetto)

It's a shame about 1-12 and 14, 15. But we're making progress. The wild card is the one I have as a single sheet; it's currently amongst the moving boxes (7 months post-move and lots still boxed). I bought it just because of what it was, and paid no attention to whether it was one I already had in the bound volume.

I'm also putting my computer system back together, getting scanner attached, and getting programs back (had to re-install Windows). But hopefully within a few days I can start getting these posted. And search for the elusive single score...

Greg

UPDATE - OK, the piece was easier to find than I thought. Alas, it is no. 41. The scanner is up, so I just have to find & install the post-processing image editor. I will post shortly the cover page from the single sheet (shows titles for 1-50 and makes a nice Table of Contents) as well as the Editor's Preface.

That's good news Greg, thank you.

Hello all,

I'm looking for the -Nocturne in Fa- of G. Bizet.
Somebody has?


Thanks
Duirton

Scanning progresses on Pianiste Chanteur. 15-18 are scanned and cleaned; the set actually has 15-25 with earlier numbering incorrect due to misreading the 15 as a 13.

Visited the site of the French National Library and found a piano solo piece by Émile Paladilhe. I have collated the images into a PDF file; I couldn't take credit for the scans if I wanted to - BNF watermarks the images and I thought it fair to leave them. It's a shame they haven't digitized more since what they have online is really a mixed bag. And 698 French salon waltzes?? Not that I won't download them...

Here's a Sendspace link. I forget the PP file size limit but this obviously exceeds it; let me know if there are any problems with accessing the file.

Émile Paladilhe - Premières Pensées no.1 Rayon Matinal
http://www.sendspace.com/file/1xn2mp

A welcome batch of music by Vincent D'Indy, courtsey of Sibley...

Regards
Fred

Publication Name: Symphonie sur un chant montagnard français; pour orchestre et piano. Op. 25. La partie de piano solo.
URL: https://urresearch.rochester.edu/instit ... onNumber=1
Composer:Indy, Vincent, d’ (1851 - 1931)

Publication Name: Sonate (en mi) pour piano, op. 63 / par Vincent d'Indy.
URL: https://urresearch.rochester.edu/instit ... onNumber=1
Composer:Indy, Vincent, d’ (1851 - 1931)

Publication Name: Schumanniana : trois chants sans paroles pour piano : op. 30 / par Vincent d'Indy.
URL: https://urresearch.rochester.edu/instit ... onNumber=1
Composer:Indy, Vincent, d’ (1851 - 1931)

Publication Name: Poème des montagnes : suite pour piano : op. 15 / par Vincent d'Indy.
URL: https://urresearch.rochester.edu/instit ... onNumber=1
Composer:Indy, Vincent, d’ (1851 - 1931)

Publication Name: Nocturne pour piano, op. 26 / par Vincent d'Indy.
URL: https://urresearch.rochester.edu/instit ... onNumber=1
Composer:Indy, Vincent, d’ (1851 - 1931)

Publication Name: Helvetia : 3 valses pour piano : op. 17.
URL: https://urresearch.rochester.edu/instit ... onNumber=1
Composer:Indy, Vincent, d’ (1851 - 1931)

Thanks!

This is a very long shot, but does anyone (especially our French contributors) have anything on a composer (also a writer and performer) called BL de La Martre (I can't find his first names anywhere).

I think he was a Rouen native(?) and wrote instrumental works including a piano trio and quadrilles for the piano and violin. The info below on the composer, though not overly positive, intrigued me, particularly the bits I've put in italics:

L'un d'eux se présente sous un jour particulier ; il est à la fois littérateur, compositeur de musique et exécutant ; il s'appelle M. de La Martre, et un trait caractéristique le distingue : on trouve dans ce qu'il fait, une teinte d'originalité, quelquefois même d'excentricité, qui forme l'essence de son talent ; dans ce qu'il écrit, comme dans ses compositions musicales, surgissent souvent des idées imprévues , spirituelles, et qui, par ce motif, sont loin de manquer de séduction.

Mais c'est principalement de sa musique dont nous devons nous occuper : nous avons de lui un trio pour piano, violon et violoncelle ; une fantaisie héroïque pour violon seul ; une seconde fantaisie pour le même instrument ; une méditation musicale pour la voix, et même quatre quadrilles pour piano et violon. M. de la Martre est entré pleinement dans les idées de l'école moderne ; ses modulations qui, en général, ne sont pas préparées sans art, sont souvent inattendues et l'éloignent quelquefois de la manière la plus absolue de la tonalité primitive du morceau.

Nous ne lui reprocherons pas ces écarts et plusieurs autres dans ses fantaisies, genre de musique qui laissait un champ libre à l'auteur ; mais dans son trio, nous demanderons s'il ne s'est pas un peu trop écarté de la route tracée par les grands maîtres de l'école allemande, pour lesquels ses écrits nous annoncent qu'il professe la plus légitime admiration. Nous ne pouvons que l'inviter à y réfléchir , quand il se livrera à la composition d'oeuvres de cette nature , et quel que soit son talent d'exécution , à bannir aussi de ce genre de musique des difficultés qui doivent y rester étrangères.

Cheers,
4c

Francis Casadesus

Born in Paris on 2 December 1870 son of Luis Casadesus and Mathilde Sénéchal
Died in Paris on 27 June 1954

Scanning is complete for Le Pianiste Chanteur, 15-25 of the Italian masters. And just in time - in the mail today is a bound set of a few of the French masters. This set is a scattered group from Series 1 (1-2 French, 3-4 Italian, 5-6 German).

The French masters just in include:

03 - Rameau - Castor et Pollux "Naissez dons de Flore" (Choeur)
08 - JJ Rousseau - Le Devin du Village "Ta foi ne m'est point ravie" (Air)
09 - Dalayrac - Nina "Quand le bien aimé reviendra" (Romance)
12 - Monsigny - Le Roi et Le Fermier "Il regardait mon bouquet" (Ariette)
13 - Méhul - Stratonice "Versez tous vos chagrins" (Air)
15 - Nicolo - Joconde "Et l'on revient toujours à ses premiers amours" (Romance) - a real gem
16 - Gounod - Mon Habit (Chanson de Béranger)
17 - Grétry - Les Deux Avares "La garde passe il est minuit" (Marche et Choeur)
18 - Boieldieu - Jean de Paris "Le troubadour fier de son doux servage" (Romance)
21 - Grétry - Richard Coeur de Lion "Une fièvre brûlante" (Duo)
24 - Monpou - La Voile Blanc (Romance)
25 - Semet - Gil Blas "Valet d'un petit mâitre" (Duo)

Anyway, here are the Sendspace links for the Italian masters set (57 pages, ~20MB) and Editor's Preface for the Italian masters; cursory glance indicates that it matches the one for the French masters and it's probably the same one for all sets. I'll replace the TOC I scanned with one for the whole group later - I had one for just the Italian masters but it seems pointless if there's a TOC available to cover all sets. This posting has been put in one file to match the other 2 files of Italian masters that are out there.

I'll start scanning the French masters soon but it will be about 3 weeks before I'm really scanning them in earnest.

Editor's Preface:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/ajzlw7

Georges Bizet - Le Pianiste Chanteur - Les Maitres Italiens 15-25:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/6uwmm3