Malaguena

By Ernesto Lecuona

This piece is challenging, but such a fun piece to learn and then perform. The contrasting sections, rhythms, dynamics as well as tempo changes. This is a piece for the advanced player.

Why is your sheet music SO DIFFERENT than how Mr. Lecuona composed the piece Malaguena, especially noticeable at the beginning of the piece. Please see YouTube's portrayal of himself playing the piece in the 50's. Since then Hal Leonard, YOURSELVES and everyone else prints it their own way...

but not the way the composer intended. When I was 7 or so, I had a copy of the original one he composed which was destroyed in a fire and I cannot find a copy of the original one now. I guess I am going to have to write it and publish it myself!Please notice the difference in how he plays it and how you wrote it:https://video.search.yahoo.com/video/play;_ylt=A2KLqINq13lWtW8AIR4snIlQ;_ylu=X3oDMTBzYTJubDR1BHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDdmlkBHZ0aWQDBGdwb3MDMTk-?p=Malaguena+%2B+Piano+%2B+played+by+Lecuona&vid=3dec0af9e1fb4c05ea2206e46cbc48f9&turl=http%3A%2F%2Ftse1.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DWN.uvfPXuW1vmNsAaS7LEf%252fZw%26pid%3D15.1%26h%3D240%26w%3D240%26c%3D7%26rs%3D1&rurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv

This is the original version for the advanced student. Great clear copy. Needs fingering added.

If it is printed by Hal Leonard, DO NOT TRUST ITS AUTHENTICITY...I know for a fact that this particular piano solo is NOT as the composer intended as I had a copy of the original and many of the stuff is wrong. I played my audition with it at...

an Ivy League Conservatory in the Northeast and believe me Hal Leonard publiscations are wrong for this and for many other composers.

This is an excellent piece for the advanced musician. Sheet music plus put this music in the mail the day following the order and I received the music in a couple of days. Excellent service and a good price.