Pianophilia

...a couple of truly sinister arrangements by Louis Victor Saar:

Jim:

Thanks so much for Read'' score, very interesting and original, nice jazz harmonies.

Do you have information about his piano works?

Can I get some from a Music Company?

ILU.

Jim Faston wrote:...a couple of truly sinister arrangements by Louis Victor Saar:

Foster-Saar_Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming.pdf

Irish Folk Song-Saar_Believe Me, if All Those Endearing Young Charms.pdf

Particularly the Irish Folk Song LH arrangement, is quite difficult, i am surprised that it appears in APS series. Would easily need some children at grade 7-8 to play at such tempo.

Jim Faston wrote:...a couple of truly sinister arrangements by Louis Victor Saar:

Foster-Saar_Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming.pdf

Irish Folk Song-Saar_Believe Me, if All Those Endearing Young Charms.pdf

Thank you for sharing these. However, I don't think they are necessarily sinister. More saar-donic, perhaps.

The Foster transcription makes me think of a line Groucho Marx says in Animal Crackers: "And now, Signor Revelli will play 'Come Where my Love Lies Dreaming,' with a male chorus."

Here are two more APS scans--A simple one-page piece from Theodor Oesten's Maiblümchen (a nice scan of which exists on IMSLP) and Charles Wakefield Cadman's Springtime which I've not found elsewhere. The Cadman seems to have been published exclusively by APS and the MS exists in the NYPL.

An octad o'APS editions: some unique to APS, some readily available in other editions. All fresh scans.

Nice series. Thank you.

These are the last four of the APS editions that I found. Scans of the Raff and Wagner-Brassin are available elsewhere but without the editorial/educational content. This series represents an interesting pedagogical philosophy--thanks to Oberon Smith for sparking an interest in same. Any additions are certainly welcome.

Wonderful series....... hope there is more to come.

Jim:

Muchas gracias!

ILU.