Fantasiestücke

Fantasiestücke
Author: Robert Schumann
Publisher: Alfred Masterwork CD Edition
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780739077658

Eight contrasing pieces with descriptive titles comprise the "Fantasy Pieces", Op. 12. Although the eight pieces form a homogeneous whole, each can be played individually without loss of effect. They are challenging works with strong, unusual rhythms, and melodic charm. This edition discusses the history of the collection and provides performance suggestions for each piece. Included is an outstanding CD recording from the Naxos label.

Fantasiestücke, Op. 12

Fantasiestücke, Op. 12
Author: Robert Schumann
Publisher: Alfred Music
Total Pages: 52
Release:
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9781457440205

Eight contrasing pieces with descriptive titles comprise the "Fantasy Pieces", Op. 12. Although the eight pieces form a homogeneous whole, each can be played individually without loss of effect. They are challenging works with strong, unusual rhythms, and melodic charm. This edition discusses the history of the collection and provides performance suggestions for each piece.

Aufschwung, Op. 12, No. 2

Aufschwung, Op. 12, No. 2
Author:
Publisher: Alfred Music
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1995-10
Genre:
ISBN: 9780739008843

The second piece in Schumann's Fantasiestucke," Aufschwung (or "Soaring") is played rapidly, in 6/8 time, but with fluctuations in tempo that suggest the feeling of flight. In this edition, Maurice Hinson includes historical and performance notes and suggestions for pianists who might have difficulty with the required reaches."

Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 36

Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 36
Author: Sergei Rachmaninoff
Publisher: Independently Published
Total Pages: 46
Release: 2021-12-13
Genre:
ISBN:

This is a newly edited and engraved edition: this new edition is based on the most authoritative early publications; mistakes and misprints from the old editions are corrected; missing technical markings and other inconsistencies have been resolved; all texts, titles and dates are carefully checked with Grove's Music Dictionary; the new layout offers more comfortable reading; increased staff size will help to make the score more legible on music stands, tablets or other digital media. Now, this new edition finally offers musicians the opportunity to fully enjoy this beautiful piece.

Schumann's Music and E.T.A. Hoffmann's Fiction

Schumann's Music and E.T.A. Hoffmann's Fiction
Author: John MacAuslan
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 297
Release: 2016-05-19
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1107141230

John MacAuslan interprets four great Schumann works in the context of their literary connections and Romantic aesthetic concepts.

Forbidden Childhood

Forbidden Childhood
Author: Ruth Slenczynska
Publisher: Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday
Total Pages: 272
Release: 1957
Genre: Child musicians
ISBN:

The "story of a child prodigy caught in a grotesque pattern of exploitaiton and abuse, her oppressor, her father, whose controlling passion was money, not music. After fleeing from her father and growing up in unhappy obscurity, Ruth Slenczynska has become again a remarkable and now mature pianist." Pub W.

Fantasie, Op. 17

Fantasie, Op. 17
Author: Nicholas Marston
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 138
Release: 1992-10-30
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780521398923

Nicholas Marston traces the fascinating history of Schumann's Fantasie, Op. 17.