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  • Symphony No. 6, Op. 68 "pastorale", F Major
  • Symphony No. 7, Op. 92 A Major
  • Symphony No. 8, Op. 93 F Major
  • Symphony No. 9, Op. 125 "choral", D Minor

Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 6-9 (Solo Piano) (Transcribed for Solo Piano). By Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827). Edited by Franz Liszt. For solo piano. Piano Collection. Dover Edition. Classical Period. SMP Level 9 (Advanced). Collection. Standard notation, introductory text and glossary (does not include words to the songs). 223 pages. Published by Dover Publications (AP.6-418847).

ISBN 9780486418841. With standard notation, introductory text and glossary (does not include words to the songs). Classical Period. 9x12 inches.

Second volume in a Dover series of Liszt's piano transcriptions of Beethoven's nine symphonies includes Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68, "Pastorale"; Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92; Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93; and Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, "Choral." Also contains Liszt's handwritten French preface to his transcriptions and an English translation, plus an introduction by Dr. Alan Walker, author of the definitive Liszt biography. Also available: Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 1-5 (AP.6-401146).

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All types of major, minor, diminished, and augmented chords spanning more than an octave. Extensive scale passages.

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Stef

Location: from Grenoble (France)

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November 16, 2011

A superb Transcription

The transcriptions by Franz Liszt are extremely complete in terms of voices from the orchestral score. For the pianist, this means lots and lots of notes to play ! And many voices to conduct at the same time. Often Liszt uses one extra staff (or two or three ...) to...

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February 8, 2010

reply to Beethoven connoisseur

if you buy the book like it is you can take it to the office supplies store called Staples and they can make it spiral bound for you.

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Richard

Location: from Toronto

Difficulty Level:
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January 22, 2008

For the Beethoven connoisseur

Understand that this is a reproduction, albeit a pretty good one, of the original publication from the 19th Century, and the print is a bit on the small side. The intermediate pianist will be stretched extensively learning these works. Franz Liszt was attempting to put every voice of the orchestra...

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Alvaro Bertrand

Location: from Miami

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February 23, 2007

Liszt Transcriptions

The guy was fenomenal! Of course, his hands were humongous and not everybody can do what he did at the piano. Many times the music is way too crowded because he wanted to include as many notes as possible from the Symphonies. it not an easy read, but it's a...

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