More Incredibly Beautiful Art Songs for Solo Piano

Among the most appealing western music ever written are many art songs – music set to poetry, a genre also known by the German word lieder (songs)– composed by such historically great composers as Schubert, Schumann, Wagner, Debussy, Ravel, de Falla, Rachmaninoff, and several others.

It occurred to me that this fantastic music ideally should be accessible as solo piano pieces to those who may desire to play these songs without having to have them sung, in the same manner that any Cole Porter, George Gershwin, Irving Berlin or Harold Arlen song may be performed purely instrumentally. Consequently, I have created this volume of famous beautiful art songs as a judicious combination of the vocal and piano parts, but for piano solo alone, in the hope that your musical life will be immeasurably enriched, just as this incomparable music has enriched mine.

Printre cele mai atragatoare muzici occidentale scrise vreodata se numara multe cantece de arta - muzica setata pe poezie, un gen cunoscut si prin cuvantul german lieder (cantece) - compusa de compozitori istorici precum Schubert, Schumann, Wagner, Debussy, Ravel, de Falla , Rachmaninoff si cativa altii. Mi-a trecut prin minte ca aceasta muzica fantastica ar trebui sa fie in mod ideal accesibila ca piese de pian solo pentru cei care ar putea dori sa cante aceste melodii fara a fi nevoie sa le cante, in acelasi mod ca orice melodie Cole Porter, George Gershwin, Irving Berlin sau Harold Arlen. poate fi efectuat pur instrumental.