Free Arrangements VI (II/6)

Volume 35 of the New Liszt Edition contains free arrangements made between 1842 and 1845. Transcriptions of works by Alabyev, Bulakhov, Glinka and Wielhorsky attest to the composer's journeys in Russia. Alongside them in this volume can be found two operatic paraphrases on themes by Gaetano Donizetti, a recently discovered transcription of Ernst (Herzog zu Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha), a Soriano transcription, paraphrases on national themes and songs: Canzone Napolitana, Gaudeamus igitur, and two French songs, and the Grosse Konzertfantasie über spanische Weisen presenting one melody each of three Spanish dances: the fandango, the cachucha and the jota. The appendix gives some of the more important earlier versions. An interesting feature of the volume is the first edition of the final, considerably reworked version of the Gaudeamus paraphrase.

In customary fashion, the edition is available in two versions: blue hard clothbound and soft paper bound. The clothbound edition includes a detailed description of the sources and a critical commentary.

Works marked by an asterisk in the Contents are published here for the first time in print.