Product Description:
Done with great taste, in a perfectly simple and straightforward manner, Liszt's piano transcriptions of Bach's organ music became the classic models for all future works in this genre. Includes 6 Organ Preludes and Fugues (BWV 543-548) and the world-famous Fantasia and Fugue in G minor (BWV 542). New Dover compilation.
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ISBN 10:  0486426610 
ISBN 13:  9780486426617 
Author/Editor:  Franz Liszt 
Format:  Music Scores 
Page Count:  96 
Dimensions:  9 x 12 
Publication date:  September 2003 

 

Bach Transcriptions for Solo Piano Organ-Fantasy and Fugue in G Minor (BWV 542 • S463)

Six Organ Preludes and Fugues

 

Prelude and Fugue in A Minor (BWV 543 • S462/1)
Prelude
Fugue
Prelude and Fugue in C Major (BWV 544 • S462/2)
Prelude
Fugue
Prelude and Fugue in C Minor (BWV 545 • S462/3
Prelude
Fugue
Prelude and Fugue in C Major (BWV 546 • S462/4
Prelude
Fugue
Prelude and Fugue in E Minor (BWV 547 • S462/5
Prelude
Fugue
Prelude and Fugue in B Minor (BWV 548 • S462/6
Prelude
Fugue 

 

About the Auther：

A Hungarian composer, conductor, and pianist, Franz Liszt was a child prodigy who began studying piano with his father at the age of 6. At the age of 9, he gave his first public performance and a year later went to Vienna, where he studied with Karl Czerny and Antonio Salieri. By the end of Liszt's life, he was acknowledged as the greatest pianist of his time. One of the foremost musicians of the romantic period, Liszt enthralled audiences with his expressive interpretations and dramatic gestures in a style of playing that greatly influenced the advancement of pianistic techniques. From about 1822 to 1848, Liszt lived in Paris, where he came under the influence of Niccolo Paganini. Paganini's virtuosity inspired him to accomplish unheard of feats in piano technique and expression. Between 1848 and 1861, Liszt was musical director for the court at Weimar in Germany, where he conducted performances of many important works, including those of Richard Wagner. After 1861, Liszt spent much time in Rome, where he became a friend of the Pope and took minor orders in the Catholic church. The rest of Liszt's life was divided among Rome, Weimar, and Budapest. Liszt's compositions had an important impact on musical history. Avoiding traditional musical forms, he concentrated on program music. In this vein, "Liebestraume" (c.1850), is perhaps one of his most popular works. Also important are his 19 published "Hungarian Rhapsodies" and the "Sonata in B Minor" (1853). Not to be overlooked in historical importance are Liszt's transcriptions of other composers' works. These transcriptions familiarized a wide audience with major musical works and also demonstrated the piano's potential for interpreting orchestral music. Liszt also wrote books and essays on music, in many ways anticipating the music of the twentieth century.