150th Birth Anniversary of Emanuel Moór

Emanuel Moór (1863 - 1931) - 10 Esquisses, Op. 82; No. 3 Choral in A major (à Madame Marie de Jaroslawska) 今日はエマヌエル・モールの生誕150年の誕生日ということで、彼のエスキス集作品82から第3曲「コラール」を弾きました。モールはハンガリーの作曲家・ピアノ奏者で、 Emánuel Moór Pianoforte という2段鍵盤式ピアノを発明したことでも知られています (参照: Emanuel und Henrik Moor Stiftung)。

200th Birth Anniversary of Aleksandr Dargomyzhsky

Aleksandr Dargomyzhsky; Александр Даргомыжский (Russia, 1813-1869)/ Adolf von Henselt (Germany, 1814-1889) - I still love him; Я все еще его, безумная, люблю! (Romance russe No. 6, Op. 33b; 1855/56) 今日はアレクサンドル・ダルゴムイシスキー生誕200年の誕生日ということで、彼の歌曲「私はまだ彼を愛する」のアドルフ・フォン・ヘンゼルトによるピアノ編曲を弾きました。この曲は6年前に一度人前で演奏したもののそのときは録音を残していなかったので、いい機会だと思ってまた取り組んでみました。原曲のユーリヤ・ジャードフスカヤ (Юлия Валериановна Жадовская; Yulia Zhadovskaya, 1824-1883) による詞については梅丘歌曲会館「詩と音楽」に日本語訳があります。

Exercises and Studies recommended by Ernst Pauer

Ernst Pauer (1826-1905) - The art of pianoforte playing. London, Novello, Ewer and Co. (1877); pp. 71-72

XII. -- EXERCISES ;-- STUDIES.

The Exercise may be defined as a figure or passage that is to be repeated over and over again without any variation in the harmony or melody; its object is to impart technical facility. The Study, on the other hand, is a short musical piece which presents the figures of the exercise in a variety of designs. Thus, the exercise may be termed the raw material, the study the manufactured article.

Among the technical exercises that combine thoroughness with a systematically arranged design in gradual development, we strongly recommend :--

• Plaidy, Louis, "Technical Studies."
• Knorr, Julius, "Materialien fur das mechanische Klavierspiel."
• Herz, Henri, "Gammes et exercices."
• Köhler, Louis, "Technische Materialien;" Op. 170.
• Czerny, Carl, "40 Dayly Exercises, Op. 337."
• Müller, August Eberhard, "Instructive Übungsstücke."

Among the studies for beginners, we recommend :--

• Brunner, Christian Traugott, Op. 412.
• Chwatal, Franz Xaver, Op. 105.
• Czerny, Carl, 100 Progressive Studies, Op. 139.
• Schmitt, Aloys, Preparatory Exercises, Op. 16 [I. Vorbereitende Übungen].
• Clementi, Muzio, "Preludes and Exercises."
• Köhler, Louis, Die leichtesten Etüden, Op. 151; Die ersten Etüden, Op. 50; Op. 152.
• Berens, Hermann. Neueste Schule der Geläufigkeit, Op. 61; 12 études de genre, Op. 73; 20 Etudes enfantines, Op. 79 (for children).
• Gurlitt, Cornelius, 24 melodische Etuden für Anfänger, Op. 50; Le Progrès, 24 melodische Etuden für geübtere Spieler, Op. 51; 20 Studies in Rhythm and Expression, Op. 52; 20 Etuden zur Förderung der Fingerfertigkeit, Op. 53.
• Krug, Diederich, Op. 213.
• Enckhausen, Heinrich Friedrich, Des Pianoforte-Spielers erste Studien, Op. 63.
• Czerny, Carl, First Lessons for Beginners, Op. 359.
• Duvernoy, Jean-Baptiste, Preparatory School of Velocity, Op. 276.
• Lemoine, Henry, Études enfantines, Op. 37.
• Czerny, Carl, The School of Velocity, Op. 299.
• Bertini, Henri, 25 Easy Etudes, Op. 100.
• Heller, Stephen, 25 Etudes, Op. 47.
• Löschhorn, Albert, 33 Etudes progressives et doigtées, Op. 66.

For more advanced performers :--

• Heller, Stephen, 25 Etudes Melodiques, Op. 45; 30 Etudes Progressives, Op. 46.
• Krause, Anton, Etüden zur Ausübung des Trillers, Op. 2.
• Bertini, Henri, 24 Etudes, Op. 29; 24 Etudes, Op. 32.
• Czerny, Carl, The Art of Finger Dexterity, Op. 740.
• Grund, Friedrich Wilhelm, 12 Etudes, Op. 21.
• Clementi, Muzio, Toccata in B flat, Op. 11.
• Pollini, Francesco, Toccata in G major.
• Onslow, Georges, Toccata in C major.
• Czerny, Carl, Toccata in C major, Op. 92.
• Mayer, Carl, Toccata in E major.
• Moscheles, Ignaz, 50 Preludes, Op. 73.
• Bach, Johann Sebastian, 15 Inventiones; 15 Sinfonias.
• Müller, August Eberhard, Caprices (1-15).
• Cramer, Johann Baptist, "Studio."
• Clementi, Muzio, "Gradus ad Parnassum, Op. 44."
• Mayer, Carl, Ecole de la Vélocité - 24 Grandes Etudes de perfectionnement, Op. 200; 12 Studies, Op. 119.
• Kessler, Joseph Christoph, 24 Etudes, Op. 20.
• Döring, Karl Heinrich, Op. 24; Op. 30, "Rhythmical Studies."
• Köhler, Louis, Op. 128, "New School of Velocity."
• Löschhorn, Albert, Op. 67.

For very advanced performers :--

• Köhler, Louis, Op. 112.
• Czerny, Carl, "The School of the Legato and Staccato, Op. 335."
• Heller, Stephen, The Art of Phrasing, Op. 16.
• Seeling, Hans, 12 Concert-Etudes, Op. 10.
• Hiller, Ferdinand, 24 Etudes, 6 Suites d'Etudes, Op. 15.
• Taubert, Wilhelm, 12 Etudes de concert, Op. 40.
• Goldschmidt, Otto, 12 Grandes études, Op. 13.
• Bennett, William Sterndale, 6 Etudes in the Form of Capriccios, Op. 11.
• Berger, Ludwig, 12 Etudes, Op. 12; 15 Etudes, Op. 22.
• Moscheles, Ignaz, 24 Etudes, Op. 70.
• Kalkbrenner, Friedrich, 25 Grandes Etudes, Op. 143.
• Chopin, Frédéric, 12 Etudes, Op. 10; 12 Etudes, Op. 25.
• Moscheles, Ignaz, 12 Charakteristische Studien, Op. 95.
• Henselt, Adolf von, 12 Études caractéristiques, Op. 2; 12 Études de salon, Op. 5.
• Schumann, Robert, Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13; Toccata, Op. 7.
• Döhler, Theodor, 12 Etudes de concert, Op. 30.
• Thalberg, Sigismond, 12 Etudes, Op. 26; "Three Studies."
• Schumann, Robert, "Paganini's Caprices," Op. 3; Op. 10.
• Mendelssohn, Felix, 6 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 35; 3 Studies, Op. 104; 3 Preludes, Op. 104a.
• Bach, Johann Sebastian, "48 Preludes and Fugues."
• Liszt, Franz, "3 Studies;" "6 Caprices de Paganini;" "Études d'exécution transcendante."
• "New Gradus ad Parnassum: 100 Studies by different Composers."

Composers' name acrostics written by Ernst Pauer

Acrostics of 9 composers' names: SEBASTIAN BACH, MOZART, BEETHOVEN, HANDEL, HAYDN, SCHUBERT, WEBER, MENDELSSOHN and ROBERT SCHUMANN from Ernst Pauer's Three historical performances of pianoforte music : in strictly chronological order : Volumes 1, 2, 3 (1870).
エルンスト・パウアー (Ernst Pauer, 1826-1905) の著作に9人の作曲家ヨハン・ゼバスティアン・バッハ、モーツァルト、ベートーヴェン、ヘンデル、ハイドン、シューベルト、ウェーバー、メンデルスゾーン、ロベルト・シューマンの名を使った折句（あいうえお作文）があったので抜粋しました。内容はそれぞれの作曲家を讃える詩のようです。

SEBASTIAN BACH.

Sweetness in thee and classic taste abound,
Erudite master, thorough and profound,
Bringing from tones combined by magic art
All that such great and varied works impart ;
Suite and Sonata, few can thine surpass,
Toccata, Fugue, Concerto, and the Mass,
Inventiones, Preludes and Motetts ;
And who that hears their beauties e'er forgets?
No one, thy sun of music never sets !

Blessed are thus thy labours, and thy name
Adorns our glorious art with boundless fame ;
Celestially inspired, thou dost convey
Happiness pure to cheer us on our way.

MOZART.

More, more than any of thy brother-band,
O son of song, exalted dost thou stand,
Zephyr-like breathing forth a potent spell ;
All the world loves thee, loved of God so well.
Richest in genius, though by fortune spurned,
Thou but expressest what from Heaven was learned.

BEETHOVEN.

Beauty comes to thee natural as day,
Endless the charms thy melodies display,
Ever complete thy fresh harmonious sway.
True to thyself and true to God above,
Heaven has inspired thy true artistic love ;
Over all obstacles, or small or great,
Victorious, undismayed by adverse fate ;
Energy, grace, and gentleness combine,
None bring us nearer to the fount divine.

HANDEL.

Hallelujah, Glory to the Most High,
And praises to His name for evermore,
Never dost thou with rapture cease to pour !
Divine thy power, to Heaven thou bring'st us nigh ;
Eternal will remain thy great renown,
Light from above, through human gifts, sent down.

HAYDN.

Humour and wit, such as we all admire,
Arise incessant from thy festive lyre ;
Young, ever young, attractive, pure and clear,
Dear to the aged and to children dear,
Ne'er canst thou fail to charm the grateful ear.

SCHUBERT.

Strains from thy tuneful lyre so pure and sweet,
Chords of such rich and mellow tone we meet,
Heaven seems with gracious sympathy to send
Us a warm greeting through a genial friend ;
Beloved by all who real art pursue,
Endeared to all who thy affection knew ;
Remaining still a star of stronger light
Than many now so pale though once so bright.

WEBER.

Where harmony and melody have place,
Exist admirers of thy noble muse ;
Beauty, romance, fire, energy and grace,
Earnest discourse and strains that mirth infuse,
Resound for ever from thy tuneful lyre.

MENDELSSOHN.

Muses and Fates, but seldom found combined,
Existing here in amity we find, —
Near to thy cradle keeping watch they came
Directing fondly thy precocious aim ;
Exalted zeal soon led thee to the goal,
Labouring with pure integrity of soul ;
Sweet was thy tune, thy fancy warm and chaste,
Strict wast thou to the mission thou'dst embraced ;
Onward still striving, till how soon alas !
Heaven called thee to its own seraphic class, —
Never can'st thou, bright favorite, from remembrance pass.

ROBERT SCHUMANN.

Rich in invention, fancy and design, —
Originality of thought was thine ;
Blameless thy soul, and free from guile and ire,
Earnest thy meaning, steadfast thy desire ;
Rigorous thy working highest art to gain,
Tempters assailed with sordid views in vain.

Sure wast thou of acquiring love and fame,
Certain a place among the best to claim ;
Heaven-high aspiring, thou did'st press thy race
Upward, and would'st the universe embrace.
Mental depression came thy life to cloud,
And Melancholy wrapped thee in her shroud ;
Never alas ! could'st thou appreciate more
Nature's most beautiful and bounteous store.

E. P.