Liszt: Miscellaneous Works
From the webpage
http://saintcricq.com/program-notes/:
S.169, Romance in e minor, 1848
Composed for solo piano and based on the song Oh pourquoi donc [Why is this so?], S.301a. Revised 1880, as Romance oubliée [Romance forgotten] (= S.527) in version for violin and piano,1880 (S.132b): Published 1881 by Schirmer (New York). The Romance oubliée derives from a song—Ô pourquoi donc?— was composed in 1843 and transcribed for piano as Romance (in e minor) in 1848. It’s title originated from the fact that it was ‘forgotten’ as result of a refusal by the editor to publish it in those days. A copy of the original manuscript was found in the late 1920’s in the music collection of Ferrucio Busoni. In 1880 Liszt’s publisher sent him a copy of his Romance in E for piano (S 169) with a request for its reprint. Instead, Liszt transformed the piece into a new four-minute composition, Romance oubliee (S 132) for viola (or cello) and piano. The 1880 revision, which amounts to a completely new view of old material overlaid with a mystical despair common in the extraordinary music of Liszt’s final, was apparently foreshadowed by the present text—whose manuscript is held in the Library of Congress—where the phrases are shorter, and the coda has not yet been added.
Franz Liszt (1811 – 1886) was a Hungarian composer, pianist, conductor, and teacher. During the 19th century he was famous throughout Europe for his great skill as a pianist. He was said by his contemporaries to have been the most technically advanced pianist of his age and perhaps the greatest pianist of all time.
Liszt composed an extensive and diverse body of works, which influenced subsequent composers such as Richard Wagner, Hector Berlioz, Camille Saint-Saëns, Edvard Grieg, and Alexander Borodin.
Tutorials
Weihnachtbaum Christmas Tree S. 186
3. Die Hirten an der Krippe The Shepherds at the Manger
Sheetmusic on imslp
