The Godowsky Collection Vol. 5. 46 Miniatures for Piano Duet

Leopold Godowsky: 46 miniaturas para piano a cuatro manos.

Compilation and Introductory Notes: Dr. Millan Sachania.

Leopold Godowsky (1870-1938) was one of the most celebrated pianists from the great age of the piano virtuoso that stretched from the middle of the 19th Century to the deaths of Vladimir Horowitz and Sviatoslav Richter. His transcriptions and arrangements, often elaborate and ornamental, have survived the changing winds of fashion, but it is only recently that his own original music has begun to receive the attention it deserves. This volume features Godowsky's 46 miniatures for four-hands where the student in five-finger position plays the primo and the teacher plays an interesting and sometimes challenging accompaniment in the secondo. Beautifully written, Rachmaninoff used these miniatures with his own students. Complete with scholarly commentary and detailed analysis, this handsome book should be part of any piano teacher's library.

CONTENIDO:

-Introductory essay, by Millan Sachania
-Godowsky: A biographical sketch
-An introduction to the "Miniatures" for piano 4-Hands by Leopold Godowsky
-A key for the Miniatures of Leopold Godowsky: Analytical essays on the forty-six "Miniatures" for piano four-hands, by Maurice Aronson
-Notes on the music, by Frederick H. Martens

1. Three Suites
-In Church (First Suite No. 1)
-At Night (First Suite No. 2)
-Lullaby (First Suite No. 3)
-Rustic Dance (First Suite No. 4)
-Arietta (Second Suite No. 1)
-Sarabande (Second Suite No. 2)
-Cradle Song (Second Suite No. 3)
-Bagatelle, valsette (Second Suite No. 4)
-Prelude, the Organ Point (Third Suite No. 1)
-Chorale (Third Suite No. 2)
-Hymn (Third Suite No. 3)
-Epilogue, retrospect (Third Suite No. 4)

2. Seven ancient dances
-First Minuet
-Second Minueet
-Rigaudon
-Gavotte
-Bourrée
-Siciliana
-Irish Jig

3. Seven Modern Dances
-Polka
-Tyrolean (Ländler)
-Valse élégiaque
-Tarantella (Italy)
-Csárdás (Hungary)
-Mazurka (Chopinesque)
-Polonaise

4-6. Miscellaneous
-Serenade
-The Miller's Song
-Meditation
-Pastorale (Angelus)
-The Exercise
-Processional March
-Scherzo
-Arabian Chant (Orientale)
-Albumblatt (Intermezzo)
-Funeral March
-Plaintitive Melody
-Ballade
-Nocturne
-Barcarolle
-Humoresque
-Toccatina
-Impromptu (In Days of Yore)
-The Schoral (Fuguetta)
-The Hunter's Call (Woodland Mood)
-Military March