Franz Liszt
Spinning Song from “The Flying Dutchman” (Richard Wagner)
Arrangement for Piano, Urtext Edition, paperbound
Piano solo
Pages 27 (VII+20),
Size 23,5 x 31,0 cm
Weight 130 g
HN 585
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ISMN 979-0-2018-0585-6
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Franz Liszt arranged numerous works by other composers for his instrument, in particular excerpts from the operas by his friend and son-in-law Richard Wagner. He turned to “The Flying Dutchman” twice: alongside Senta’s ballad he also made a brilliant transposition of the spinning chorus (“Summ und brumm, du gutes Rädchen”) from Act 2 for the piano. His “Spinning Song” bubbles over with virtuosic brilliance and has to this day remained one of his best-loved transcriptions.
When preparing our Urtext edition, we were also able to consult the autograph score in Weimar and the composer’s own revisions in the archives of the publisher Breitkopf & Härtel.
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