Pianophilia

alfor wrote:There should be a website (in English or German), explaining avantgarde notation symbols!?

not a great deal on Wikipedia, but for what it's worth: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphic_notation

Most if not all of the Grinblat notation seems much like the modern Polish school to me (as Klavierelch has written), so the scores to look at would be Penderecki's and Serocki's (whose names come immediately to mind, rather than Lutoslawski who never went to such extremes). Their music from the early to mid 1960s shows the extension of traditional notation toward graphic notation. It's supposed to be fairly intuitive, but often isn't!

Ludomir ROZYCKI
Fantasiestücke op. 46 Solomon LOBEL
Suita

Today in Germany we celebrate the "Tag der deutschen Einheit". So I have to post scores of east- and west-german composers.

Let us begin with an east-german composer, still known for his compositions for "Volksmusikinstrumente".

Werner HÜBSCHMANN
Vier Sonatinen (play the Adagio of the first!) German Composers born between 1875 and 1925 loved:
1) Bach
2) Bach
3) Bach
4) Kirchentonarten (modes)
5) Kirchenchoräle (Church hymns)
6) late-medieval German folksongs
7) Hindemith

Thanks, Ferruccio, for clarifying what to me seemed clear enough... (P.S. hope you were successfull )

Now the west-german composer; same generation, similar style:

Wilhelm MALER
Sonate in e (fine neo-baroque style with a faint echo of Prokofiev. Would make its effect in the hands of a skilled performer)

Played it again today and again was deeply moved. So this evening not a scan but a link for those (few?) who do not yet know the piece. A link to a romantic masterpiece (you can play through tons of Hellers, Hillers, Kirchners, etc., without finding a piece to match it):

Norbert BURGMÜLLER
Rhapsodie op. 13
http://www.burgmueller.com/tonhalle.html

Yes, Burgmüller is underrated. The Rhapsodie is certainly appealing, especially the slow arpeggiations in the B sections. A PDF copy of the piece is conveniently located at the bottom of the page from Alfred's link in case someone wants the score.

Personally, I think the Piano Sonata in F minor Op. 8, particularly the last movement, is Burgmüller's best solo piano work.

"The-early-20th-century-late-romantic-german-austrian-piano-sonata":

August REUSS
Sonate op. 27

Gottfried RÜDINGER
Sonatine in A-moll op. 57a (original for Zither) Reger-influenced, but less "hypertonic" German L. ZHUKOVSKY
5 (extended) titled pieces; recommended!! http://www.melofanas.lt/search/index.ph ... 0Zhukovsky

Rudolf PETERS (German composer, 1902-1962)
Zwei Präludien (und Fugen) op. 13 (midway between Brahms and Reger)

Thanks for this, Alfor. Do you have, by any chance, more information on Rudolf Peters? I could only find out that he lived from 1902-1962 and composed in the tradition of Reger which your scan confirms.