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    Sonata in B Minor and Other Works for Piano
    Sonata in B Minor and Other Works for Piano
    Sonata in B Minor and Other Works for Piano
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    Sonata in B Minor and Other Works for Piano

    By Franz Liszt

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    Among Franz Liszt's many brilliant compositions for piano, few have been so admired and performed as the Sonata in B Minor, long considered one of the greatest piano compositions of the 19th century. A work of consummate structural ingenuity, it combines and transforms four distinctive themes in one long movement, in the free, rhapsodic development characteristic of the symphonic poem.
    A great favorite of pianists and their audiences, this piano masterpiece is reprinted here from the authoritative Franz Liszt-Stiftung edition published by Breitkopf & Härtel. Included with it are a number of other well-known Liszt compositions. Among these are the six beautiful pieces entitled Consolations; all ten works in the Harmonies poétiques et religieuses, including the popular "Funérailles"; the two Ballades, larger-scale works which require considerable technical prowess; and the two Légendes, "The Sermon to the Birds of St. Francis of Assisi" and "St. Francis of Paola Walking on the Waves."

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDover Publications
    Release dateJun 19, 2013
    ISBN9780486171852
    Sonata in B Minor and Other Works for Piano

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      Sonata in B Minor and Other Works for Piano - Franz Liszt

      Sonata in B Minor and Other Works for Piano

      Franz Liszt

      José Vianna da Motta

      Copyright © 1990 by Dover Publications, Inc. All rights reserved.

      This Dover edition, first published in 1990, is a republication of portions of Vols. 7, 8, and 9 (Verschiedene Werke für Pianoforte zu zwei Händen) of Series II (Pianofortewerke) of Franz Liszts Musikalische Werke, herausgegeben von der Franz Liszt-Stiftung, originally published by Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig, in 1926, 1924, and 1927, respectively. The editorial notes and literary texts have been newly translated from the German and French.

      We are grateful to the Paul Klapper Library of Queens College for the loan of the score.

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Liszt, Franz, 1811-1886.

      [Piano music. Selections]

      Sonata in B minor and other works for piano.

      Reprint, with new English translations of the editorial notes. Originally published in: Franz Liszts musikalische Werke. II, Pianofortewerke. Band VII-IX, Verschiedene Werke für Pianoforte zu zwei Händen. Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1924–1927.

      Contents: Sonata in B minor (1852-53) — Harmonies poétiques et religieuses — Ballade no. 1 in D-flat major (1848) — [etc.]

      1. Piano music. 1. Motta, José Vianna da, 1868-1948. II. Title.

      M22.L77M73 1989

      89-35304

      9780486171852

      Manufactured in the United States by Courier Corporation

      26182407

      www.doverpublications.com

      Table of Contents

      Title Page

      Copyright Page

      Editorial Notes

      Sonata in B Minor

      Harmonies poétiques et religieuses - Poetic and Religious Harmonies

      Ballade No.1 - in D-flat Major

      Ballade No.2 - in B Minor

      Consolations

      Légendes - Legends

      Editorial Notes

      Sonata. Published source: Edition of Breitkopf & Hartel. Thanks to the generosity of the Marchese de Casanova, the editor was able to compare a manuscript of Liszt’s that bears the notation: Terminé le 2 Février 1853. It was extremely interesting to observe the phases that various passages passed through before they attained their final form. In addition, numerous engraver’s errors and inaccuracies could be corrected from the manuscript.

      The introduction was originally planned with a further doubling:

      Page 2 [of this volume] originally began thus in the manuscript:

      modulated to C major, and then continued thus:

      Later the passage was notated as follows:

      Page 2, 4th system: Between mm. 2 and 3 appeared the following two measures:

      Page 32, 2nd system, m. 2: The measure was originally conceived thus :

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