Danse Macabre and Other Piano Transcriptions

by Franz Liszt

In addition to his skills as a composer and performer, Liszt is famed for his genius in transcribing orchestral works for piano. Thanks to his efforts, pianists in the era before sound recordings could learn from the vast repertoire of orchestral, operatic, and vocal literature. This original collection offers modern-day pianists insights into Liszt's peerless gift for transferring sonorities from one medium to another as well as the opportunity to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486497313
• ISBN13: 9780486497310
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.9" x 11.8"