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American violinist Maud Powell (1867-1920) pioneered the violin recital in North America and won international recognition for her artistry. This collection contains more than 40 wonderful concert pieces: Powell’s own transcriptions and works dedicated to her, including the entire contents of Rachel’s “American Virtuosa: Tribute to Maud Powell” recording. Many of these works have been out of print for more than a century or have never been printed. The collection also includes generous program notes about each composer by Powell biographer Karen Shaffer. Rachel served as Music Advisor and Editor.
This book is only available for purchase through The Maud Powell Society.
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Violin Transcriptions, Brahms Concerto Cadenza, Music Analyses and Editions, Music Dedicated to, Commissioned by or Associated with Maud Powell
Printed from the original editions, manuscripts and recordings
Karen A. Shaffer, Music Compilation & Introductory Notes Rachel Barton Pine, Music Advisor & Editor
In Four Volumes
Part I: Maud Powell’s Transcriptions of European Music
http://media.rachelbartonpine.com/books/2/Maud_Powell_plays_Beethovens_Minuet.mp3
Beethoven: Minuet
http://media.rachelbartonpine.com/books/2/Maud_Powell_plays_Boccherinis_Minuet.mp3
Boccherini: Minuet
http://media.rachelbartonpine.com/books/2/Maud_Powell_plays_Chopins_Minute_Waltz.mp3
Chopin: “Minute” Waltz
http://media.rachelbartonpine.com/books/2/Rachel_Barton_Pine_plays_Couperins_La_Fleurie_arr_Powell.mp3
Couperin: La Fleurie
http://media.rachelbartonpine.com/books/2/Maud_Powell_plays_Dvoraks_Humoresque.mp3
Dvorak: Humoresque
http://media.rachelbartonpine.com/books/2/Rachel_Barton_Pine_plays_Dvoraks_Songs_My_Mother_Sang_arr_Powell.mp3
Dvorak: Songs My Mother Sang
http://media.rachelbartonpine.com/books/2/Maud_Powell_plays_Glucks_Melody.mp3
Gluck: Melody
Jensen: Serenata
http://media.rachelbartonpine.com/books/2/Maud_Powell_plays_Martinis_Plaisir_damour.mp3
Martini: Plaisir d’amour
http://media.rachelbartonpine.com/books/2/Maud_Powell_plays_Massenets_Twilight.mp3
Massenet: Twilight
http://media.rachelbartonpine.com/books/2/Rachel_Barton_Pine_plays_Palmgrens_May_Night_arr_Powell.mp3
Palmgren: May Night
Rimsky-Korsakov: Song of India
http://media.rachelbartonpine.com/books/2/Maud_Powell_plays_Sibeliuss_Musette.mp3
Sibelius: Musette
http://media.rachelbartonpine.com/books/2/Maud_Powell_plays_Sibeliuss_Valse_triste.mp3
Sibelius: Valse triste
Part II: Maud Powell’s Transcriptions of American Music
http://media.rachelbartonpine.com/books/2/Maud_Powell_plays_Fosters_Plantation_Melodies.mp3
Foster: Plantation Melodies
http://media.rachelbartonpine.com/books/2/Maud_Powell_plays__Bellstedts_Caprice_on_Dixie.mp3
Bellstedt, Jr.: Caprice on Dixie
http://media.rachelbartonpine.com/books/2/Maud_Powell_plays_Dankss_Silver_Threads_Among_the_Gold.mp3
Danks: Silver Threads Among the Gold
Part III: Maud Powell’s Transcriptions of African-American Music
http://media.rachelbartonpine.com/books/2/Maud_Powell_plays_Coleridge-Taylors_Deep_River.mp3
Coleridge-Tayor: Deep River
http://media.rachelbartonpine.com/books/2/Rachel_Barton_Pine_plays_Johnsons_Nobody_Knows_the_Trouble_I_See_arr_Powell.mp3
Johnson: Nobody Knows the Trouble I See
Part IV: Maud Powell’s Original Cadenza for the Brahms Violin Concerto
Part V: Music Analyzed or Edited by Maud Powell
Vieuxtemps: Arkansas Traveller and Banjo Tune
Wieniawski: Legende
Part VI: Original Music and Transcriptions Dedicated to, Commissioned by, or Directly Influenced by Maud Powell
http://media.rachelbartonpine.com/books/2/Rachel_Barton_Pine_plays_Bauers_Up_the_Ocklawaha.mp3
Bauer: Up the Ocklawaha
http://media.rachelbartonpine.com/books/2/Rachel_Barton_Pine_plays_Beachs_Romance.mp3
Beach: Romance
http://media.rachelbartonpine.com/books/2/Rachel_Barton_Pine_plays_Burleighs_Four_Rocky_Mountain_Sketches.mp3
Burleigh: Four Rocky Mountain Sketches
Ern: Menuet
http://media.rachelbartonpine.com/books/2/Maud_Powell_plays_Gilberts_Marionettes_Scherzo.mp3
Gilbert: Marionettes (Scherzo)
http://media.rachelbartonpine.com/books/2/Maud_Powell_plays_Graingers_Molly_on_the_Shore.mp3
Grainger: Molly on the Shore
Grasse: Scherzo capriccioso
Grasse: Wellenspiel
Grasse: In a Row Boat
Grasse: Polonaise No. 1
http://media.rachelbartonpine.com/books/2/Maud_Powell_plays_Griegs_To_Spring.mp3
Grieg: To Spring
Humiston: Suite
http://media.rachelbartonpine.com/books/2/Rachel_Barton_Pine_plays_Husss_Romance.mp3
Huss: Romance
http://media.rachelbartonpine.com/books/2/Rachel_Barton_Pine_plays_Lieblings_Fantasia_on_Sousa_Themes.mp3
Liebling: Fantasia on Sousa Themes
Loesser: California (Humoresque)
http://media.rachelbartonpine.com/books/2/Rachel_Barton_Pine_plays_Venths_Aria.mp3
Venth: Aria
About
Violin Transcriptions, Brahms Concerto Cadenza, Music Analyses and Editions, Music Dedicated to, Commissioned by or Associated with Maud Powell
Printed from the original editions, manuscripts and recordings
Karen A. Shaffer, Music Compilation & Introductory Notes Rachel Barton Pine, Music Advisor & Editor
In Four Volumes
American violinist Maud Powell (1867-1920) pioneered the violin recital in North America and won international recognition for her artistry. This collection contains more than 40 wonderful concert pieces: Powell’s own transcriptions and works dedicated to her, including the entire contents of Rachel’s “American Virtuosa: Tribute to Maud Powell” recording. Many of these works have been out of print for more than a century or have never been printed. The collection also includes generous program notes about each composer by Powell biographer Karen Shaffer. Rachel served as Music Advisor and Editor.
HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION AND ANNOTATIONS
Preface
Acknowledgments
A Word about Sources
Key to Abbreviations
Bibliography
Maud Powell, “The Grand Woman of American Music”
Maud Powell’s Letter Concerning Herself as a Musician
Pioneering the Violin Recital in America
Recital Programming
The Role of Transcriptions
Recordings
Program Notes
Characteristics of Maud Powell’s Transcriptions
Missing Transcriptions
Maud Powell’s Legacy through the Violin Recital
Championing Music by American Composers
Commentary on the Music, Parts I–VI
VIOLIN AND PIANO MUSIC
Part I. Maud Powell’s Transcriptions of European Music
- Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) / Maud Powell
Minuet in G major, WoO 10, No. 2 - Luigi Boccherini (1743–1805) / Maud Powell
Six Quintets, Op. 11, String Quintet No. 5 in E major, G. 275, III: Minuet - Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849) / Maud Powell
Waltz No. 6 in D flat major, Op. 64, No. 1, “Minute” - François Couperin (1668–1733) / Maud Powell Pièces de clavecin, Book I, Première Ordre in G minor, No. 17:
La fleurie ou La tendre Nanette / La Fleurie - Antonín Dvo_ák (1841–1904) / Fritz Kreisler / Revised and adapted by Maud Powell
Eight Humoresques, Op. 101, No. 7: Humoresque in G flat major - Antonín Dvo_ák (1841–1904) / Maud Powell
Zigeunermelodien (Gypsy Melodies), Op. 55, IV: Als die alt Mutter / Songs My Mother Sang - Christoph W. Gluck (1714–1787) / Maud Powell
Orphée et Eurydice, Act II, Scene ii: Dance of the Blessed Spirits / Melody - Adolf Jensen (1837–1879) / Maud Powell
Serenade (Ständchen), Op. 32, No. 9 / Serenata - Jean-Paul-Gilles Martini (1741–1816) / Maud Powell
Love’s Delight (Plaisir d’amour) - Jules Massenet (1842–1912) / Maud Powell
Poèmes pastorale, No. 4: Crépuscule / Twilight - Selim Palmgren (1878–1951) / Maud Powell
Kevät (Spring), Op. 27, No. 4: Kevätyö (May Night) - Nikolay A. Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908) / Maud Powell
Sadko: Song of the Indian Trader or Chanson Indoue (Song of India) - Jean Sibelius (1865–1957) / Maud Powell
King Christian II Suite, Op. 27, III: Musette - Jean Sibelius (1865–1957) / Friedrich Hermann / Revised and adapted by Maud Powell
Valse Triste, Op. 44, No. 1
Part II. Maud Powell’s Transcriptions of American Music
- Stephen Collins Foster (1826–1864) / Luke Schoolcraft (1847–1893) / Henry Clay Work
(1832–1884) / Maud Powell
Plantation Melodies: My Old Kentucky Home (Foster); Shine On (Schoolcraft);
Old Black Joe (Foster); Kingdom Coming (Work). - Herman Bellstedt Jr. (1858–1926) / Maud Powell
Caprice on Dixie, for Violin (unaccompanied) - H(art) P(ease) Danks (1834–1903) / Maud Powell
Silver Threads Among the Gold
Part III. Maud Powell’s Transcriptions of African-American Music
- Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875–1912) / Maud Powell
Twenty-Four Negro Melodies, Op. 59, No. 10: Deep River - J(ohn) Rosamond Johnson (1873–1954) / Maud Powell
Nobody Knows the Trouble I See
Part IV. Maud Powell’s Original Cadenza for the Brahms Violin Concerto
- Maud Powell (1867–1920)
Cadenza for the first movement of the Brahms Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77
Manuscript facsimile - Maud Powell (1867–1920)
Cadenza for the first movement of the Brahms Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77
Edited by Rachel Barton Pine
Part V. Music Analyzed or Edited by Maud Powell
- Maud Powell’s Story and Analysis of Henri Vieuxtemps’ Arkansas Traveller
Henri Vieuxtemps (1820–81)
Bouquet américain, Op.33, No. 6: Arkansas Traveller and Banjo Tune - Henryk Wieniawski (1835–80)
Légende for violin and piano, Op. 17
Edited and with an analytical lesson by Maud Powell
Part VI. Original Music and Transcriptions Dedicated to, Commissioned by, or Closely Associated with Maud Powell
- Marion Eugenie Bauer (1882–1955)
Up the Ocklawaha, Op. 6 - Mrs. H. H. A. Beach (Amy Marcy Cheney Beach) (1867–1944)
Romance for Violin and Piano, Op. 23 - Herman Bellstedt Jr. (1858–1926)
Caprice on Dixie, for Violin (unaccompanied) - Cecil Burleigh (1885–1980)
Four Rocky Mountain Sketches, Op. 11:
At Sunset, The Rapids, Up the Cañon, The Avalanche
- Henri Ern (1863–1923)
Menuet pour Violon et Piano, Op. 39, No. 1 - Harry Mathena Gilbert (1879–1964)
Marionettes (Scherzo) - Percy Aldridge Grainger (1882–1961)
Molly on the Shore - Molly on the Shore violin part revised by Maud Powell
- Edwin A. Grasse (1884–1954)
Scherzo capriccioso, Op. 19 - Edwin A. Grasse (1884–1954)
Wellenspiel (Waves at Play) - Edwin A. Grasse (1884–1954)
In a Row Boat (Im Ruderboot) - Edwin A. Grasse (1884–1954)
Polonaise No. 1 in C Major - Edvard Grieg (1843–1907) / Sol Marcosson (1869–1940)
To Spring (An den FrŸling), Op. 43, No. 6 - William Henry Humiston (1869–1923)
Suite for Violin and Orchestra in F sharp minor - Henry Holden Huss (1862–1953)
Romance - Max Liebling (1845–1927)
Fantasia on Sousa Themes
Violin part edited by Rachel Barton Pine - Arthur Loesser (1894–1969)
California (Humoresque) (On a Tune by Paladilhe) - Edward A. MacDowell (1860–1908) / Arthur Hartmann (1881–1956)
Woodland Sketches, Op. 51: To a Wild Rose - Ede Poldini (1869–1957) / Arthur Hartmann (1881–1956)
Marionnettes, No. 2: Poupée Valsante (Waltzing Doll) - Carl Venth (1860–1938)
Aria
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