Review (PDF) Les Préludes And Other Symphonic Poems In Full Score
This authoritative edition presents full-score reproductions of three of Liszt's best-known symphonic poems. Les Préludes (Symphonic Poem No. 3) grew out of the composer's unpublished choral setting of Joseph Autran's poem "The Four Elements," blending stirring martial music and lovely pastoral themes to make this work the most popular of the symphonic poems. Mazeppa (Symphonic Poem No. 6) evokes Victor Hugo's portrayal of the Cossack leader and the symbolic triumph that comes only after defeat: "He runs, he flies, he falls, and stands up king!" Héroïde Funèbre (Symphonic Poem No. 8) is the last vestige of the monumental Revolutionary Symphony, planned but never completed, suggesting universal brotherhood: a fine, heroic, dignified funeral march.In these richly sonorous works, Liszt explored the concept of the one-movement "transformation of themes," an approach to composition that Wagner would carry forward in his development of the leitmotif. Liszt's expanding chromaticism would be no less influential, anticipating the twentieth century's embrace of atonality. Frequently performed favorites of audiences around the world, these three works are reprinted from the original Breitkopf & Härtel edition.
Paperback: 240 pages
Publisher: Dover Publications (June 18, 2014)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0486283224
ISBN-13: 978-0486283227
Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 3.2 x 12.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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This Dover edition cost effectively presents the full scores to Liszt's "Les Preludes", "Mazeppa", and "Heroide Funebre". It is easy to read the notes on the staves due to the large (9.5x12) size of the book, however, each page does not include an abbreviation of the instruments marking which staff is theirs, which makes it difficult to follow sometimes when the number of instruments on the page changes. There is also no commentary or criticism included in this volume. But for those who wish to study Liszt, this could be a handy tool in studying his symphonic writing.
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