Liszt: At the Piano (11 Well-Known Original Pieces in Progressive Order)

Description

The Perfect Music Series for Piano Students and for Those Returning to the Piano.

Henle's At the Piano series presents famous pieces in progressive order, with fingerings and a brief essay about each piece, discussing the history and tips on interpretation.

Each volume in the At the Piano series includes original pieces by one composer. The works are arranged in progressive order of difficulty and complement one another conceptually. Each piece ranges from one to eight pages. All volumes contain fingering and practical tips on technique and interpretation.

The At the Piano series is an ideal introduction to the world of classical piano music and is particularly suitable for piano students and for all those who are returning to the piano after a long break. The series is edited by Sylvia Hewig-Tröscher, a piano professor at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Munich. She has decades of experience teaching young people and adults, gives concerts and masterclasses around the world, and is a much sought-after educator.

Franz Liszt is still regarded as one of the greatest pianists of all time: a superb virtuoso whose own piano works also bristle with extreme technical difficulties. But no one needs to be afraid of big names. Our carefully chosen selection from Liszt's immense oeuvre ranges here from the easy to the moderately difficult. These pieces are truly charming, and well-suited for “ordinary mortals.” And for those who reach the end of the volume, there's a worthwhile reward: perhaps Liszt's best-known piano piece, the third “Liebestraum.”

Contents:

• Sehr langsam from Four Piano Pieces

• Andantino from Four Piano Pieces

• Andante con moto from Consolations

• Un poco più mosso from Consolations

• Quasi adagio; cantabile con devzione from Consolations

• Hymne de l'enfant à son réveil from Harmonies poétiques et religieuses

• Le mal due pays from Années de Pèlerinage, Première Année – Suisse

• Il penseroso from Années de Pèlerinage, Deuxième Année – Italie

• Canzonetta del Salvator Rosa from Années de Pèlerinage, Deuxième Année – Italie

• Aux Cypès dela Villa d'Este from Années de Pèlerinage, Troisième Année

• Liebestraum in A-flat Major