Listen to both pieces and perhaps you’ll see what I mean. (The Alle- mande is followed by a rather. As trite as it sounds, this little discovery was liberating. Here is another revelation (I warned you): As I have gotten older, I have realized that I don’t have to like one thing more than another. Silotti took Bach’s Prelude in E Minor, changed the key from E to B (made it a bit darker), tweaked a few things, and created a completely new, wonderful piece of music.Īs I listen to Bach’s original version and Siloti’s transcription I see incredible beauty in both. Two of his many transcriptions are included here. I have not been able to find any original music by Siloti, but he had a great talent for “editing” (transcribing) the work of others. Download 34 free sheet music and scores in format PDF: Bach Siloti Bach, Johann Sebastian Siloti, Alexander Ilyich. Alexander Siloti (1865-1945) was pupil of Franz Liszt who later became one of Sergei Rachmaninov’s teachers at the Moscow Conservatory, and taught at the Julliard School in New York after leaving Russia. Piano softcover Editions, Transcriptions and Arrangements for Piano Solo.
IAS 1 Movements/Sections Mov'ts/Sec's: 4 Prlude (from the Cello Suite No.3 in C major, BWV 1009 by Johann Sebastian Bach) Bourre (from the Cello Suite No.3 in C major, BWV 1009 by Johann Sebastian Bach) Prlude (from the Cello Suite No. The Alexander Siloti Collection Anatoli Lyadov. However, editors may add a lot of value to original work and may even transform it. Siloti, Alexander: I-Catalogue Number I-Cat. Bach Gluck Mozart Chopin Liszt Saint-Saens Tchaikovsky Rimsky-Korsakov Liadov Johann Strauss. We usually glorify creators, but editors are lost in the footnotes of history. This volume includes transcriptions of the works of J. Also, after Tchaikovsky’s death Siloti took it upon himself to “improve” Tchaikovsky’s piano concertos, making them even more Lisztonian. The few guitar transcriptions I know of have chosen for a-minor (which seems logic). Alexander Siloti (problably 1912) changed the key to b-minor and also changed the sixteenth note figuration from left hand to right hand. I have mentioned that Siloti helped him with the piano parts in his piano concertos. Bachs BWV 855a (in e-minor) is an early version of BWV 855 no 10 (Well Tempered Clavier, 1722). He often relied on his friends to polish his wonderful masterpieces. Tchaikovsky was a great creator but still needed the help of editors. Often creators are not good editors and editors are not good creators. It took me a while to realize that some people are great at creating and some are terrific at editing the creations of others.
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(I have to warn you, this note is full of trite realizations.)
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This is a continuation of my series of articles about Alexander Siloti.
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