Alfor's Rarities

[lutoslawski]

Great ! The Kaun preludes !. Now i will be really busy hidden in my Notre-dame

Tony

[alfor]

...Be sure and check IMSLP which has his 2nd piano concerto and piano sonata. A short bio of Kaun can be found here: http://www.romana-hamburg.de/KaunEngl.htm

Yes, I know! The Kaun sonata is a real rarity, because Kaun later had withdrawn it and published a set of "Klavierstücke" under the same opus number!!
I also read his memoirs (in German) which mainly cover his years in the United States.

[Caprotti]

this may be of some interest

Monographien moderner musiker (1906) - H.Kaun.pdf

[alfor]

Hope it is not too indiscreet to reveal the weekend activities of Dr. H.:

Still in my early morning gown
I go and play some Hugo Kaun.

At ten o'clock when I am cleaner
I try to play the Sonatina.
(I take a closer look at Wee-ner).



Hugo KAUN
Fünf Klavierstücke op. 93 (among his best piano works!)

Kaun 5 Klavierstücke op.93.pdf

Jean WIÉNER
Sonatine Syncopée

Wiener Sonatine Syncopee.pdf

[Dani_area_51]

Hope it is not too indiscreet to reveal the weekend activities of Dr. H.:

Still in my early morning gown
I go and play some Hugo Kaun.

At ten o'clock when I am cleaner
I try to play the Sonatina.



Hugo KAUN
Fünf Klavierstücke op. 93 (among his best piano works!)

Kaun 5 Klavierstücke op.93.pdf

Jean WIÉNER
Sonatine Syncopée

Wiener Sonatine Syncopee.pdf

Alfor, thank you for those..I would love to play all this stuff, but I guess the time is not easy to find these days....About Kaun, I hope you still can find some more, although the preludes and this one are already awesome

[fhimpsl]

Hi Alfor,

You've summarized my activities quite well I'd say! And so I'll add some additional poetic thoughts (with the kind indulgence of fellow PP members!)

He practices for hours and hours
to bring the Kaun within his powers;

Whilst some results he does achieve,
other strains cause him to grieve...

But all the while he shows no frown
for all his love of Hugo Kaun!!

Now in all seriousness...many thanks for the latest Kaun Op. 93. Another great work!! The first piece Ballade is spectacular with its culmination in a breath-taking Horowitzian upward octave passage. Kaun rules!!

I shall also try the Wiener Sonatine Sycopee. This is a work which I've been curious about for more years than I care to remember. I am much more familiar with Jean Wiener from the popular piano-duet 78s which he made with partner Clement Doucet back in the 1920s-30s...released by Columbia in England, France and Germany I believe. These gentlemen were highly competent pianists to say the least. Wiener's classical music reveals an entirely different side of the man. Outstanding material!!

Once again sincere thanks & all best wishes,

Frank (a.k.a. Dr. H)

[fleubis]

Dear Alfor, what wonderful additions are the Wiener and Kaun. These Kaun pieces are deliciously understated highly effective pianistic treasures of the first order. Now how would we have known about these pieces without your digging about? That Weiner piece certainly adds a great deal to our understanding of this composer whose classical credentials have not been that well noticed heretofore.

[alfor]

A good portion of hitherto unknown poetic potential around here - I would say!

Alternative lines:

At ten o'clock when I am cleaner
I take a closer look at Wee-ner

Dear French members, please help: what is the correct pronounciation of the name "Wiéner"??

In all seriousness: I am especially glad that I can make you happy with Hugo Kaun! There are further 22 (!) single Kaun pieces waiting to be posted!!

[Jean-Séb]

Dear French members, please help: what is the correct pronounciation of the name "Wiéner"??

Very Frenchly, not in the German way : VeeAYNEHR
(I used the symbols of this page : http://www.pronunciationguide.info/French.html)
In other words, the first "ié" sounds like the diphtong in "pied"
The final "er" sounds like "air".

Dear Alfor, I do not comment on the music you post because it usually a level much above what I can play. But I appreciate a lot your posts anyway.
Jean-Séb

[alfor]

Hugo KAUN
Mümmelmann - Waldgeschichten Hermann Löns*** nacherzählt - Fünf Stücke für das Pianoforte op. 111
1. Auerhan-Balz (display of the capercaillie cock or Mountain cock or wood grouse) Octave-Study
2. Mümmelmann (rabbit) fugue
3. Einsam im Walde (forest solitude)
4. Fuchsjagd (fox hunting)
5. Nebelgestalten (guises in the fog)

Kaun Mümmelmann op.111.pdf

3 Stücke op. 56 (very good! in No. 2 & 3 K. obviously wanted to proove that through a refined use of the old 19th century devices of salon-music you still can compose really good music)

Kaun 3 Stücke op.56.pdf

***Löns was a German local "countryside" poet, immensely popular by settings (in folksong style) by school teacher and musician Fritz Jöde
("Rose Marie, Rose Marie, sieben Jahre mein Herz nach Dir schrie...remember, Ferruccio??!)

Eugene GOOSSENS
Kaleidoscope op. 18 (amazing enough, Eugen d'Albert recorded 2 of these)

Goossens Kaleidoscope op.18.pdf