Glazunov - Mélodie and Sérénade espagnole, Op. 20 (Urtext Edition)
  • Glazunov - Mélodie and Sérénade espagnole, Op. 20 (Urtext Edition)
  • Glazunov - Mélodie and Sérénade espagnole, Op. 20 (Urtext Edition)

Glazunov - Mélodie and Sérénade espagnole, Op. 20 (Urtext Edition)

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Alexander Glazunov composed five original works for cello, in addition to the two famous arrangements of Chopin's etudes. The five pieces are Elegy (in memory of Franz Liszt), Mélodie and Sérénade espagnole, Chant du ménestrel, as well as Concerto-ballata, which was dedicated to Pablo Casals but premiered by his student Maurice Eisenberg.

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Alexander Glazunov composed five original works for cello, in addition to the two famous arrangements of Chopin's etudes. The five pieces are Elegy (in memory of Franz Liszt), Mélodie and Sérénade espagnole, Chant du ménestrel, as well as Concerto-ballata, which was dedicated to Pablo Casals but premiered by his student Maurice Eisenberg.

Our new edition presents Mélodie and Sérénade espagnole, Op. 20, dedicated to cellist Alexander Wierzbilowicz, who was also the dedicatee of Glazunov's Chant du ménestrel, as well as the first two Spanish Dances by David Popper. Wierzbilowicz furnished fingerings and bowings in the first edition by Belaieff, which have been reproduced in the present edition.

The short score of the Mélodie, a fleshed-out sketch for cello and piano, is located at the Russian National Library in Saint-Petersburg, Russia. This version has been included in the appendix of our edition. The score has a few slurs and dynamics, but, otherwise, is bare. It demonstrates the composition process of the work.

The main portion of our edition is based on the first editions with piano and with orchestra published by Belaieff. There are a few differences in the dynamics between the separate solo part, the solo line in the piano score, and the solo line in the orchestra score. We have combined the dynamics from all of the sources for the most detailed reading. The tempo markings in the orchestra score are the most precise. We chose to print these tempo markings in our edition. Editorial marks are presented in brackets or with dashed slurs and hairpins. A few accents and staccato marks were added in Sérénade espagnole from the harp part for consistency.

We would like to thank the Russian National Library for furnishing the sources for our new edition.

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