{"product_id":"piano-transcriptions-from-french-and-italian-operas-9780486242736","title":"Piano Transcriptions from French and Italian Operas","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn his long career as a composer, Liszt (1811-86) wrote some sixty works based on popular operas of his day. This volume, spanning the composer's output from 1835 to 1879, presents a selection of his paraphrases and fantasies on operas written chiefly in the French and Italian traditions. Reproduced directly from a rare Russian edition of Liszt's works, this edition includes the following transcriptions: \u003cbr\u003eSarabande and Chaconne from Almira, Concert Arrangement (Handel)\u003cbr\u003eReminiscences of Don Juan  Don Giovanni] (Mozart)\u003cbr\u003eReminiscences of Robert le Diable: Valse Infernale (Meyerbeer)\u003cbr\u003eOverture to William Tell (Rossini)\u003cbr\u003eReminiscences of Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti)\u003cbr\u003eConcert Waltz on Two Themes from Lucia and Parisina (Donizetti)\u003cbr\u003eGrand Concert Fantasy from Sonnambula (Bellini)\u003cbr\u003eReminiscences of Norma (Bellini)\u003cbr\u003eConcert Paraphrase of Rigoletto; \"Miserere\" from Trovatore; Concert Paraphrase of Ernani (Verdi)\u003cbr\u003eWaltz from Faust, Concert Paraphrase (Gounod)\u003cbr\u003ePolonaise from Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky)\u003cbr\u003eEncompassing selections as diverse as the Baroque melodies of Handel and the glittering romanticism of Tchaikovsky, Liszt's masterful transcriptions and fantasies reveal his exceptional ability to transform the essence of an operatic theme into unforgettable music for the piano. For this edition, published in association with the American Liszt Society, all headings, footnotes, and other indications that originally appeared in Russian have been translated into English. Liszt scholar Charles Suttoni has both selected the pieces and contributed a new Introduction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dover Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/1982\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780486242736\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.95h x 9.02w x 0.58d","brand":"Franz Liszt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38210808742069,"sku":"9780486242736","price":29.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_6cfcdbbf-649e-459d-b53c-c15c8be761d0.jpg?v=1610426900","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/piano-transcriptions-from-french-and-italian-operas-9780486242736","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}