mballan wrote:As the world's considered expert on Bortkiewicz I might take offense at your puns on his name "Alfi"......!!!! Where on earth did you get "Borti"! from ? Of course most people incorrectly call him Bor-key-witch....but should be pronounced Bort-kay-e-vich [original familly name was Bortkievich]. Nice to have these clean electronic copies and for your promotion of his music......so you're forgiven
Malcolm
...I must admit that the nickname "Borti" may be more familiar for the german tongue and yes I know how to pronounce his polish name correctly. I also want to stress the fact that I really enjoy most of "Borti's" music. So let's hope he - wherever he is staying now - has got a sense of humour and will forgive me!
P.S. alternatively "Bortki", but for my german ears "Borti" sounds better!
Best regards, Alfor S. Cans
Music is a higher revelation than wisdom and philosophy (Beethoven)
A rather odd personality who established his own museum (http://www.grainger.unimelb.edu.au/), was a fitness fanatic - quite unusual for his time! - and used a specific "sex-language" for the more intimate moments of his matrimonial live...
hrs600 Percy GRAINGER (a.k.a. "Graingi")
six folksong arrangements (sophisticated harmonization, fingering and pedal marking; need an excellent ability in "voicing" chords!)
Grainger Knight...pdf
Grainger Molly on the shore.pdf
Grainger My Robin...pdf
Grainger One more day...pdf
Grainger Sussex Christmas Carol.pdf
Grainger Walking Tune.pdf
...Sauguet PC No. 1...
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Best regards, Alfor S. Cans
Music is a higher revelation than wisdom and philosophy (Beethoven)
Unbelieveably, Alfor you have posted compositions from a composer I actually know and have been playing for years yet still you surprised me with pieces I have not yet seen. The delightful "One More Day, My John" is a very welcome addition to my Grainger collection with his interesting inner chord voicings and effects.
A little story from my university days: My music history teacher who also played 1st violin at the symphony remembers Grainger showing up for a performance of the Grieg Piano Concerto (his signature concerto) literally at the very last second. The conductor would give the downbeat with Grainger NOT ON STAGE (!) for the opening tremelo and while this extended tremelo was sounding, Grainger would run to the piano for the opening chords. He created a big roar of excitement and applause with this stunt.
Grainger was like Bartok and Kodaly, and liked roaming the countryside collecting folk tunes. Many of his folksong arrangements are not so easy to find, but we've got some here. Many of his original tunes and folk tunes were arranged for many different instrumental combinations which were sometimes rather surprising. Also several of his piano pieces exist in both simplified and concert arrangements. An example of this is "Handle on the Strand" which I remember playing back then.
fleubis wrote:Grainger would run to the piano for the opening chords.
He learned that trick from Adolf von Henselt
Regards
Fred
...who was suffering from severe stage fright and is reported once appearing on the platform with his burning cigar still in his mouth...(while Glazunov is reported playing the piano to his pupils with his cigar sticking between his fingers)...
Best regards, Alfor S. Cans
Music is a higher revelation than wisdom and philosophy (Beethoven)
fleubis wrote:Grainger would run to the piano for the opening chords.
He learned that trick from Adolf von Henselt
Regards
Fred
...who was suffering from severe stage fright and is reported once appearing on the platform with his burning cigar still in his mouth...(while Glazunov is reported playing the piano to his pupils with his cigar sticking between his fingers)...
.... which they all learned from Liszt (not the stage fright, the cigar trick), the famous 19th cent tenor Mario, also went on stage with cigar never mind what role he was singing, and if he had no cigar in his hand then a stagehand in the wings would be holding one for him in readiness as he came off stage.
regards
Brian
Large-scale compositions of young Muscovites:
RYABOV: Fantasia C minor in memory of Maria Yudina op. 21
YEKIMOVSKY: Sonata. Composition 33
LOBANOV: Sonata No. 2
PAVLENKO: Sonata No. 2 (Fantasia quasi una sonata)
Large-scale compositions of young Muscovites.pdf
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Best regards, Alfor S. Cans
Music is a higher revelation than wisdom and philosophy (Beethoven)
Large-scale compositions of young Muscovites:
RYABOV: Fantasia C minor in memory of Maria Yudina op. 21
YEKIMOVSKY: Sonata. Composition 33
LOBANOV: Sonata No. 2
PAVLENKO: Sonata No. 2 (Fantasia quasi una sonata)
Large-scale compositions of young Muscovites:
RYABOV: Fantasia C minor in memory of Maria Yudina op. 21
YEKIMOVSKY: Sonata. Composition 33
LOBANOV: Sonata No. 2
PAVLENKO: Sonata No. 2 (Fantasia quasi una sonata)
Large-scale compositions of young Muscovites.pdf
A most remarkable collection of pieces here, Alfor. One does wonder what happened to these young Muscovites............. But some of these pieces are fairly avant garde and as we know, such styles and harmonic idioms have limited appeal..............ah, well! That's why we're here--to unearth hidden treasures which most will miss.
Large-scale compositions of young Muscovites:
RYABOV: Fantasia C minor in memory of Maria Yudina op. 21
YEKIMOVSKY: Sonata. Composition 33
LOBANOV: Sonata No. 2
PAVLENKO: Sonata No. 2 (Fantasia quasi una sonata)
Large-scale compositions of young Muscovites.pdf
Thank you so much alfor for these treasures. Special thanks for the Yekimovsky Sonata with a march funebre. Its a much more cleaner version then one i had.
Would a recording of this Yekimovsky work be of interest, just so some people can listen to it as a sample of his music.
...I must admit that the nickname "Borti" may be more familiar for the german tongue and yes I know how to pronounce his polish name correctly. I also want to stress the fact that I really enjoy most of "Borti's" music. So let's hope he - wherever he is staying now - has got a sense of humour and will forgive me! 
