Informationen zu "Goldberg Variations and other Bach Transcriptions for piano"
Verlag: Dover Publications Inc.
Verlagsnummer: 0-486-49070-X
EAN: 9780486490700
ISBN: 978-0-486-49070-0
Beschreibung
Busoni, Ferruccio, arr.
This volume collects four of the most important keyboard masterpieces by
Johann Sebastian Bachthe 'Goldberg' Variations, Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue,
Fantasia Contrappuntistica, and Concerto for PianoandOrchestra in D Minorin
arrangements by celebrated pianist and composer Ferruccio Busoni for his 1919
Breitkopf & Härtel edition.
Additional features include Busoni's originalsystemof keyboard notation,
demonstrated vis- -vis the Chromatic Fantasy. An important composer in his
own right, Busoni ranks among history's most celebrated pianists.
His controversial 25-volume editionoftranscriptions of Bach's keyboard music
includes side-by-side discussions of Bach's music with arrangements by Busoni
and his pupil, Egon Petri. Adapted for the modern resources of the grand
piano,thetranscriptions include plentiful doublings of voices for higher and
lower ranges of the keyboard that did not exist on Bach's clavier, in
addition to analytical re-shapings of the music itself.
This volume marksasignificant collection of rarities that merit greater
attention among performers and listeners. Dover Original.
1. Aria And Thirty Variations (Goldberg Variations) BWV 988
2. Chromatic Fantasy And Fugue BWV 903
3. Fantasia Contrappuntistica BWV 1080 (Based On Die Kunst Der Fuge)
4. Concerto For Piano And Orchestra In D Minor BWV 1052
