PIANO WORKS: INCLUDING 'THE SORCERER`S APPRENTICE' FOR TWO PIANOS
BY: PAUL DUKAS, DANIEL GLOVER

PAGES: 144
PUBLISHER: DOVER PUBLICATIONS
SERIES: DOVER CLASSICAL PIANO MUSIC: FOUR HANDS
PUBLICATION DATE: 20TH NOVEMBER 2013
FORMAT: PAPERBACK

DESCRIPTION:
-FRENCH COMPOSER PAUL DUKAS (1865–1935) WAS ALSO A CRITIC, SCHOLAR, AND TEACHER. 'THE SORCERER`S APPRENTICE' IS HIS MOST FAMOUS CREATION, AND THIS ORIGINAL COMPILATION OF DUKAS`S PIANO WORKS IS HIGHLIGHTED BY THE WORLD-RENOWNED MUSIC THAT WAS BASED UPON GOETHE`S FAUST AND INSPIRED A MEMORABLE SEQUENCE FROM DISNEY`S FANTASIA. THE TWO-PIANO VERSION THAT APPEARS HERE WAS TRANSCRIBED BY THE COMPOSER HIMSELF.

-SUITABLE FOR INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED PIANISTS, THIS COLLECTION FEATURES FOUR ADDITIONAL PIECES: PIANO SONATA IN E-FLAT MINOR; PRÉLUDE ÉLÉGIAQUE; VARIATIONS, INTERLUDE AND FINALE ON A THEME BY JEAN PHILIPPE RAMEAU; AND LA PLAINTE, AU LOIN, DU FAUN. EDITED AND INTRODUCED BY RENOWNED PIANIST DANIEL GLOVER, THESE WORKS WERE REPRODUCED FROM AUTHORITATIVE SOURCES.

-DOVER ORIGINAL.

AUTHOR:
-FRENCH COMPOSER PAUL DUKAS (1865–1935) WAS ALSO A CRITIC, SCHOLAR, AND TEACHER. THE SORCERER`S APPRENTICE IS HIS MOST FAMOUS WORK, AND HE CREATED THIS TRANSCRIPTION OF THE SYMPHONY FOR TWO PIANOS.