Contains Hanson's Poemes Erotiques Op. 9, Tre Pezzi Op. 18, and Slumber Song; works composed before 1924. First publication. With critical notes and editorial introduction.
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For almost eighty years, only incomplete manuscripts of this work were known to exist, but in 2007, the Eastman School of Music acquired a manuscript that had been in private hands since Howard Hanson's widow's death in 1996. Carl Fischer Music has now made this important work available to the world. Most notably, the final movement is well-known as one of the first symphonic band compositions by an American composer: "Triumphal Ode." A welcome addition to the library of music by a seminal Americ...
20th Century (1919). Howard Harold Hanson's Symphonic Rhapsody for Piano, composed during the summer of 1919, is his largest single-movement solo piano work. In a letter in July of 1919 to College of the Pacific president, Tully C. Knoles, Hanson wrote, "It is an attempt to put the emotional contents of an entire four movement Sonata into one movement of considerable length." This piece reveals many pianistic features which demonstrate the technical and expressive gifts of the composer as pianist...
Classical. When he switched from the harpsichord to the fortepiano in the 1780s, Joseph Haydn found he had a rich palette of sound colors and dynamic variations at his disposal, and he employed them enthusiastically in his C-major Fantasy. This piano piece, composed in early 1789 in a "whimsical hour," was intended by Haydn to meet with approval from "both connoisseurs and amateurs" - not least because it is "not too difficult." Christine Schornsheim provides historically accurate fingerings. Thi...
Includes: Capriccio in G; Fantasia in C; 20 Variations in G; Arietta no 1; Arietta no 2; 6 Easy Variations; Andante con variazioni; Variations on Gott erhalte; Adagio in F; Adagio in G; Allegretto in G after a piece for Flute Clock; Allegretto in G from String Quartet Hob III:41; Il maestro e lo scolare, Sonata a quattro mani.
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Baroque. Written for orchestra in 1786, Haydn also made a version of The Seven Last Words of Christ for string quartet and later adapted the work as an oratorio. Although he did not write it, Haydn praised the keyboard arrangement, now available in this Urtext edition.
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Brought together in the early part of the 19th century, some of the pieces in this collection are transcriptions of instrumental works. However, these masterfully constructed miniatures are well suited to keyboard performance and are characteristic of Haydn's humor, tenderness, charm and passion. The selections provide intermediate pianists with a wealth of musical ideas and harmonic invention, and are similar in difficulty to Haydn's Sonatinas. - the publisher (thematic index)
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Classical. This Haydn sonata has previously not been available in the Henle catalogue as an individual Urtext edition. Nevertheless, it numbers among Haydn's famous piano works. It was written in 1789 (thus making it one of the "late sonatas") for the Leipzig publisher Christoph Gottlob Breitkopf. Its two-movement structure fathoms the entire spectrum of Haydn's musical language: from the brooding-improvisational first movement to the sparkling, humorous Finale. Haydn exploits here the full range...
The two Piano Sonatas in G major (Hob. XVI:6) and E major (Hob. XVI:31) occupy a special place in Haydn's sonata output. The G major sonata is one of the most expressive of the composer's early piano sonatas, while the E major sonata seems to have becomea very popular work immediately after it was written. Their moderate technical demands make them particularly welcome teaching materials. Their fresh musical approach and contrasting variety of expression make them equally worthwhile repertoire pi...