![]() A child prodigy, he gave his first piano recital at the age of five in Santiago de Chile. Recognized as one of the greatest pianists of the twentieth century, Arrau lost his father when he was only one year old. He composed a Piano Concerto and music for the coronation of Charles XV.Ĭhilean-American ( Chillán, FebruMürzzuschlag, Austria, June 9, 1991) German-Norwegian ( Neunkirchen, Oslo, November 11, 1873)Īrnold arrived in Christiania (now Oslo) as a political refugee in 1847 and became a highly respected teacher, composer, pianist and theorist. Among his works as a composer, we find a Piano concerto and 3 piano sonatas. He was a noteworthy Beethoven interpreter and recorded the sonatas op. One of Franz Liszt´s last pupils in Weimar in 18 as well as one of the most intellectual pianists of his generation, Conrad Ansorge taught at the Klindworth-Scharwenka Conservatory in Berlin and was head of the piano department at the German Academy in Prague. German ( Buchwald, Silesia, OctoBerlin, February 13, 1930) It is generally accepted that his illegitimate son was the pianist Elie-Miriam Delaborde. ![]() ![]() He also published transcriptions of Bach, Handel and Marcello and some fascinating works for the pédalier, or the pedal piano. 39, as well as two chamber piano concertos. 33, the variations Le festin d´Esope, 25 Préludes op. Among is extensive piano output we find the Symphonie op. For several times, he withdrew from public performance and, as a result, his biography contains periods of obscurity. He usually performed the works of other composers rather than his own compositions. He was a close friend and admirer of Chopin and George Sand, although he became known for his misanthropy and introversion. There, Charles-Valentin obtained the Premier Prix of solfège at the age of seven and, subsequently, also for piano, harmony and organ. One of the most fascinating piano virtuosos and also a neglected composer, he was born into a Jewish family and all his siblings became musicians using the name Alkan, rather than their proper surname Morhange, including Napoléon Alkan who taught solfège at the Paris Conservatory. Agthe composed some works for piano.įrench ( Paris, NovemParis, March 29, 1888) Subsequently, he established similar schools in other cities and counted Theodor and Adolf Kullak among his pupils. German ( Ballenstedt, JBerlin, October 8, 1873)Īgthe played second violin in the Gewandhaus Orchestra in Leipzig, and founded a music school in Dresden, which used Johann Bernhard Logier´s methods on keyboard pedagogy. The musical content can be searched by using Traditions Through Their Genealogy Treesĭoctor of Musical Arts | Agthe, Albrecht Wilhelm Johann The collection is captured by OMR (Optical Music Recognition). We present the 34 volumes of the Carl Alexander Edition (including the double volume 8/9) from the BSB's music collection in digitalized form, supplemented by the two oratorios 'Die Legende von der heiligen Elisabeth' and 'Christus' in the first editions. Imre Sulyok), which has been published since 1970, has so far only been completed in the field of piano music for two hands. ![]() Nevertheless, the Carl Alexander Edition still represents Liszt's most comprehensive edition of his works, since the 'New Liszt Edition' (ed. On the other hand, the oratorios, the opera, the organ works, a number of choral works, the piano compositions for four hands, several piano arrangements and some works for piano and orchestra are missing. In this form it contains a large part of Liszt's musical output, including the most important of his major works (orchestral works, piano works, songs). After 1936 the edition was discontinued and thus remained incomplete. Each volume contains a preface and a critical apparatus. In the period from 1907 to 1936 a total of 34 volumes were published under different editors, most of whom were among Liszt's students (including Eugen d'Albert, Ferruccio Busoni, José Vianna da Motta, Bernhard Stavenhagen and Peter Raabe). However, the so-called 'Carl Alexander Edition', divided into seven groups of works, was never completed. However, shortly after Liszt's death, the project of a complete edition of his works was started for the first time: The Franz Liszt Foundation, founded in Weimar in 1888 under Grand Duke Carl Alexander von Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach, had set itself the goal of publishing a complete edition in the following decades. To date, the works of the great Romantic composer Franz Liszt (1811-1886) have not been published in an entire complete edition.
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