Complete piano transcriptions from Wagner's operas
Complete piano transcriptions from Wagner's operas

Author: Franz Liszt

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 1981-09-01

Total Pages: 186

ISBN-13: 9780486241265

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Liszt's reputation as the supreme pianist of the 19th century often overshadowed his other achievements, including transcribing the works of such composers as Richard Wagner for the piano. This collection features all 15 of Liszt's brilliant compositions of Wagnerian themes from Rienzi, Flying Dutchman, Tannhäuser, Lohengrin, Tristan and Isolde, Parsifal, and others from 1848 to 1882.

Great Opera Arias and Themes for Solo Piano
Great Opera Arias and Themes for Solo Piano

Author: Carolinda Carlson

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2014-01-15

Total Pages: 146

ISBN-13: 048649280X

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This original transcription of popular opera melodies for solo piano features 50 pieces, comprising about half of the current performance repertoire and representing nearly all of the major composers.

The piano concerti in full score
The piano concerti in full score

Author: Franz Liszt

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 1986-01-01

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 9780486252216

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Authoritative Breitkopf & Hartel editions of Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major and Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major. Unabridged. "

Nineteenth-Century Piano Music
Nineteenth-Century Piano Music

Author: R. Larry Todd

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-10-08

Total Pages: 488

ISBN-13: 1136731288

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First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The Rough Guide to Classical Music
The Rough Guide to Classical Music

Author: Joe Staines

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2010-05-17

Total Pages: 691

ISBN-13: 1405383216

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This expanded and completely revised fifth edition is a unique ebook, spanning a thousand years of music from Gregorian chant via Bach and Beethoven to current leading lights such as Thomas Adès and Kaija Saariaho. There are concise biographical profiles of more than 200 composers and informative summaries of the major compositions in all genres, from chamber works to operatic epics. Topics such as the influence of jazz, notation, conducting, the madrigal, and why Stradivarius made such great violins are covered fully in feature boxes. The Rough Guide to Classical Music in a new ebook (PDF) fromat has been praised for its mix of well-known composers with more obscure, but interesting, figures (like Antoine Brumel and Barbara Strozzi), and for the way it takes contemporary music seriously.