Liszt – Piano Works Free Arrangements XIV II/14

Series II of the New Liszt Edition contains Liszt’s free arrangements and transcriptions for the piano. Volume 14 includes pieces based on works by Händel, Ferdinand Huber, Verdi, Dargomyzhsky, Eduard Lassen, Saint-Saens, Massenet, and Géza Zichy. After losing his right arm in an accident, with his friend Liszt’s encouragement Count Géza Zichy published his studies for the left hand, and he dedicated them to the great composer. In a letter of thanks Liszt expressed his gratitude, and attached his version of the studies, arranged for two hands. Another piece with a Hungarian connection is the work Revive Szegedin!. The basis for this was a piece by Massenet that was itself an arrangement: Massenet orchestrated a march by the amateur composer Ignác Frank Szabadi for a concert in Paris in aid of the victims of the flood in the town of Szeged in 1879. Liszt was one of the people invited to the concert, and he responded with the manuscript of Revive Szegedin!. The extent to which Liszt followed the structure of the original works and how much of his own material he added varies from piece to piece.
ContentsDanse macabre. Poeme symphonique de Camille Saint-Saens
Trois morceaux suisses ( 2nd version – 2. Fassung) 1. Ranz de vaches. Mélodie de F. Huber, avec variations
Trois morceaux suisses (2nd version -2. Fassung) 2. Un soir dans la montagne. Mélodie d’Ernest Knop.Nocturne
Trois morceaux suisses ( 2nd version – 2. Fassung) 3. Ranz de chevres. Mélodie de F. Huber. RondeauValse d’Adele. Pour piano a la main gauche seule par le Comte Géza Zichy
Agnus Dei della Messa da Requiem di Giuseppe Verdi ( 2nd version – 2. Fassung)Aus der Musik von Eduard Lassen zu Hebbels Nibelungen 1. Hagen und KriemhildAus der Musik von Eduard Lassen zu Hebbels Nibelungen 2. BechlarnAus der Musik von Eduard Lassen zu Goethes Faust 1. OsterhymneAus der Musik von Eduard Lassen zu Goethes Faust 2. Hoffest. Marsch und PolonaiseRevive Szegedin! Marche hongroise de Szabadi, orchestrée par Massenet
Sarabande und Chaconne aus dem Singspiel ‘Almira’ von Georg Friedrich Händel
Tarantella de Dargomijski’Vive Henri IV’
 
Pages: 156
Language: English / German
Publisher: Editio Musica Budapest