French Piano Music

[Jim Faston]

BnF holds a bunch of his scores, but none of them appear to be digitized at this time. Anyone know if they take requests?

[4candles]

BnF holds a bunch of his scores, but none of them appear to be digitized at this time. Anyone know if they take requests?

Hi Jim
The BnF absolutely take requests. All you need to do is find the score you're after in their catalogue (http://catalogue.bnf.fr/jsp/recherchemo ... =catalogue), click through to it and on the very right hand side click on the little button that says 'Achetez une reproduction' and follow the instructions.
It is cheaper to request 'whole document' rather than pages xx to xx.
Hope this helps.
4c

[4candles]

For Paddys and Jim:
Isaac de Camondo, digitized scans at the BNE:

Isaac de Camondo_Suavita_Suite de valses.pdf

Isaac de Camondo_Charmante_polka.pdf

Isaac de Camondo_Brunette_Polka mazurka, op. 7.pdf

4c

[Jean-Séb]

Thank you, 4candles.
Some of the scores are shown in the very moving museum named Nissim de Camondo, in Paris. This rich, generous, philantropic, artistic Jewish family was finally annihilated in the Nazi camps.
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_de_Camondo
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famille_Camondo
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mus%C3%A9e ... de-Camondo

[Jean-Séb]

Alexandre Billet was a pianist and composer born in Russia from French parents. He attended the Paris Conservatoire in the class of Zimmermann. He played in many countries, including Paris around 1830-1850, and he was considered as a rival of Liszt with whom however he worked and played (in particular in Geneva). Here is a nocturne.

Billet Alexandre Nocturne.pdf

Liszt and Billet playing duet, by Jean-Gabriel Scheffer

[alfor]

SAINT-SAENS:

Second Concerto op. 22, edited Edwin Hughes

(nms)

Saint-Saens Cto. op.22 ed. Hughes.pdf

Who can fix the tilted pages???
Thank you very much!!!!!!!!

[fleubis]

Alfred, here's a version with the worst of the skewed pages fixed.

Saint-Saens Cto. op.22 ed. Hughes 2.pdf

[alfor]

Alfred, here's a version with the worst of the skewed pages fixed.

Saint-Saens Cto. op.22 ed. Hughes 2.pdf

Thank you very much, dear fleubis!!!

[alfor]

nms

Philipp Valse Humoresque op.46.pdf

[fleubis]

Professor Phillipp in a far more playful mood in this Valse Humoresque that we often find in many of his other pedantic pieces.
Nice change of pace!