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virtuoso_735
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I believe Bach was relatively unknown after his death, and that mainly only his keyboard works and a few random pieces were still known. Mendelssohn was one that truly brought the true genius out of Bach's music, and exposed it to the world. |
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Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2004 3:48 am Post subject: |
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I believe Bach was relatively unknown after his death, and that mainly only his keyboard works and a few random pieces were still known. Mendelssohn was one that truly brought the true genius out of Bach's music, and exposed it to the world. |
That's right, and don't forget Mozart as well. He arranged lots of Bach fugues for sting quartet groups, in his youth, as a practice of Harmony and Counterpoint.
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Bach was revived by Mendelssohn, much like Horowitz revived Scarlatti's sonatas. |
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Bach was revived by Mendelssohn, much like Horowitz revived Scarlatti's sonatas. |
Yes, but not single-handedly, as mentioned before. He was not appreciated enough before Mendelsohnn's era, mendelsohnn made him popular and recognized him as a great composer before most did. Mendelsohnn was pretty famous then, so he could have brought such revival.
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You should also look into buying a book of various works by him, that is how I really got into playing some of his music, and I really enjoyed it.  |
Philip, that's quite an exhaustive list of Mendelssohn scores. I don't think it's extraneous for a pianist to get all of that. A better idea would be to get Mendelssohn's complete Song without words, which is a great grazing area for pianists, as well as miscellaneous works, such as the Rondo Capriciosso, the Scherzos and Fantasies op.16, the Fantasie in F# minor, etc.
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I couldn't agree more. Having bought a complete recording set and sheets of the SWW was what had instantly made me appreciate Mendelssohn. These pieces are each filled with passion, playfulness and wonderful creativity in any sense. I would truly recommend taking a look at those. My personal favorite being Opus 30 Number 4, just simply amazing beauty.
The best of luck with your discoveries with this composer!
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Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2004 2:29 am Post subject: |
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PianistSk8er wrote: |
virtuoso_735 wrote: |
PianistSk8er wrote: |
You should also look into buying a book of various works by him, that is how I really got into playing some of his music, and I really enjoyed it.  |
Philip, that's quite an exhaustive list of Mendelssohn scores. I don't think it's extraneous for a pianist to get all of that. A better idea would be to get Mendelssohn's complete Song without words, which is a great grazing area for pianists, as well as miscellaneous works, such as the Rondo Capriciosso, the Scherzos and Fantasies op.16, the Fantasie in F# minor, etc.
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I couldn't agree more. Having bought a complete recording set and sheets of the SWW was what had instantly made me appreciate Mendelssohn. These pieces are each filled with passion, playfulness and wonderful creativity in any sense. I would truly recommend taking a look at those. My personal favorite being Opus 30 Number 4, just simply amazing beauty.
The best of luck with your discoveries with this composer!
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I was going to buy a recording, but they didn't have it. Couldn't find it at least.
Anyways, I do agree that they are perhaps mendelsohnn greatest works for piano. It is quite an accomplisment. They are characteristic of Mendelsohnn and represent his piano music fully. I have only played the Agitation from it though. The it fun and not too hard to play.
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