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Mahler 4 hands arrangements
Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 4:23 pm
by propagationofsound
Hi,
I have a PDF of Bruno Walter's arrangement of Mahler 2 for 4 hands, and I know he did an arrangement for Mahler 1 also.
The score I am looking for, however is a 4 hands reduction of Mahler 4. Did Walter do a reduction of this symphony also? Is it available?
Thanks in advance.
-j
Re: Mahler 4 hands arrangements
Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 4:33 pm
by daphnis
I don't think Walter made an arrangement of the 4th. But just as an aside, since he died in 1962, none of those transcriptions can be posted here until 2013.
Re: Mahler 4 hands arrangements
Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 6:24 pm
by propagationofsound
Aha, I see. Oh well.
Re: Mahler 4 hands arrangements
Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2010 4:07 am
by panda
The published arrangement is by J V von Woess (d 1943) who played it through with Mahler. One story is that Mahler let von Woess take the lead when they played it to see how he handled the dynamics - and when he over-emphasised one, Mahler took it out of the score.
Re: Mahler 4 hands arrangements
Posted: Sat Apr 17, 2010 1:42 pm
by propagationofsound
Oh good news! And a good story also!
Is this still in print, or in electronic format?
Re: Mahler 4 hands arrangements
Posted: Sat Apr 17, 2010 2:16 pm
by daphnis
This one is PD and readily available at libraries all over.
Re: Mahler 4 hands arrangements
Posted: Sat Apr 17, 2010 7:08 pm
by propagationofsound
Aha, with a little bit of the correct search terms, I've found it!
http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/Sym ... -4/5166447
Thank you for your help.
I was looking for a piano arrangement because I'm going to be studying it for A-level next year, and this duet would be highly useful!
