THE SCHUBERT SONG TRANSCRIPTIONS FOR SOLO PIANO/SERIES I: 'AVE MARIA,' 'ERLKONIG' AND TEN OTHER GREAT SONGS
BY: FRANZ LISZT

PAGES: 160
PUBLISHER: DOVER PUBLICATIONS
SERIES: DOVER CLASSICAL PIANO MUSIC
PUBLICATION DATE: 25TH APRIL 1996
FORMAT: PAPERBACK

DESCRIPTION:
-IN THE COURSE OF HIS LONG CAREER AS THE OUTSTANDING PIANIST-COMPOSER OF HIS TIME, FRANZ LISZT WAS A TIRELESS CHAMPION OF MUSIC BY OTHER COMPOSERS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHOSE WORKS HE FELT DESERVED GREATER RECOGNITION. BEETHOVEN`S SYMPHONIES, WAGNER`S OPERAS, AND SCHUBERT`S SONGS WERE AMONG THE COMPOSITIONS LISZT CHOSE TO PROMOTE BY TRANSFORMING THEM FROM THEIR ORIGINAL SCORING INTO NEW CONCEPTIONS FOR SOLO PIANO.

-THIS VOLUME CONTAINS TWELVE GREAT SCHUBERT LIEDER IN LISZT`S BRILLIANT TRANSCRIPTIONS, INCLUDING SUCH WELL-KNOWN MASTERPIECES AS 'AVE MARIA,' 'DER WANDERER,' 'DIE JUNGE NONNE,' 'GRETCHEN AM SPINNRADE,' AND THE UNFORGETTABLE 'ERLKÖNIG.'

-REPRODUCED FROM EXTREMELY RARE EARLY EDITIONS, THIS UNIQUE VOLUME OF TRANSCRIPTIONS BRINGS TO PIANISTS AND MUSIC LOVERS THE FAMILIAR BEAUTY OF SCHUBERT`S MELODIES IN SOLO PIANO ARRANGEMENTS THAT REFLECT LISZT`S INCOMPARABLE MASTERY OF THE KEYBOARD.

DOVER ORIGINAL.

CONTENTS:
-INTRODUCTION TO THE DOVER EDITION
-PUBLISHER`S NOTE
-LIEDER VON FR. SCHUBERT
-FÜR DAS PIANO-FORTE ÜBERTRAGEN VON FR. LISZT
-[FRANZ SCHUBERT`S SONG TRANSCRIBED FOR PIANO BY FRANZ LISZT]
-1. SEY MIR GEGRÜßT [GREETINGS]
-2. AUF DEM WASSER ZU SINGEN [BOATING SONG]
-3. DU BIST DIE RUH [YOU ARE REPOSE]
-4. ERLKÖNIG [ELF KING]
-5. MEERESSTILLE [CALM AT SEA]
-6. DIE JUNGE NONNE [THE YOUNG NUN]
-7. FRÜHLINGSGLAUBE [SPRINGTIME FAITH]
-8. GRETCHEN AM SPINNRADE [GRETCHEN (MARGARETE) AT THE SPINNING WHEEL]
-9. 'STÄNDCHEN VON SHAKESPEARE [SERENADE BY SHAKESPEARE ('HARK, HARK! THE LARK!')]'
-10. RASTLOSE LIEBE [RESTLESS LOVE]
-11. DER WANDERER [THE WANDERER]
-12. AVE MARIA (HYMNE AN DIE JUNGFRAU) [HYMN TO THE VIRGIN]

AUTHOR:
COMPOSER, CONDUCTOR, AND TEACHER FRANZ LISZT (1811–86) WAS RENOWNED THROUGHOUT EUROPE FOR HIS SKILLS AS A CONCERT PIANIST. THE QUINTESSENTIAL ROMANTIC, HE CREATED AN EXTENSIVE AND DIVERSE OEUVRE THAT RANGES FROM INFLUENTIAL EXPERIMENTS IN MUSICAL FORM TO MORE CONVENTIONAL PIECES AS WELL AS TRANSCRIPTIONS OF WORKS BY OTHER COMPOSERS.