Stadtfeld: Piano Songbook

Description

The official sheet music edition of the same-named CD album "Piano Songbook" (Sony Classical). Includes arrangements and fantasies of popular works, ranging from baroque to romantic as well as own compositions by Martin Stadtfeld. Easy to intermediate difficulty – ideal for young pianists and returnees to the piano.

"The works collected in this volume have accompanied me through my life. in difficult times, this music gives me stability and certainty.

The arrangements are partly free and subjective and distil what is essential for me. The motto was: as few notes as possible. This was also what I aspired to achieve in my 10 compositions in the third part. This means that most pieces can be used in piano lessons. Even those who return to the piano after a long time can pick up where they left off with these pieces. I hope that many people playing them will feel what I felt when making this volume: contemplation, absorption, inner strength."

(Martin Stadtfeld)

Part I, 10 piano songs after Handel, Bach, Beethoven and Schumann:

• I Hymn (after Handel's "Zadok the Priest")
• II Never alone (after Bach's "Bist Du bei mir")
• III Shepherd's song (after Bach's "Schafe können sicher weiden")
• IV Nature song (after Beethoven's "Pastorale")
• V Organ piece I (after Bach's "Toccata in C")
• VI Study (after Schumann's "Die Rose, die Lilie, die Taube, die Sonne")
• VI Organ piece II (after Bach's "Sonata No. 5")
• VIII Choral (after Schumann's "Aus meinen Tränen sprießen")
• IX Siciliano (after Bach's "Erbarme Dich")
• X Hymn II (after Handel's "Zadok the Priest")

Part II, 10 piano songs after Bach, Dvořák, Schubert, Vivaldi, Purcell, Beethoven and Mozart:

• I New song (after Bach's "Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied")
• II Folksong (after Dvořák's "Dumka from piano quintet")
• III Passacaille (after Bach's "Crucifixus")
• IV Night song (after Schubert's "Nachtstück")
• V Aria (after Vivaldi's "Sovente il sole")
• VI Bach meets Vivaldi (after Vivaldi's "Sovente il sole")
• VII Canon (after Bach's "Ich folge Dir gleichfalls mit freudigen Schritten")
• VIII Lamento (after Purcell's "When I am laid in earth")
• IX Folksong (after Beethoven's "Eroica")
• X Variation (after Mozart's "Marsch der Priester")

Part III, Ten Piano Songs:

• I Lullaby
• II Choral
• III Old song
• IV Passacaille
• V Minuet
• VI Eichendorff song
• VII Natural loud
• VIII Choral
• IX March
• X Lullaby
• Encore 1: Eroica Dance (after Beethoven's "Eroica")
• Encore 2: Jesu my joy (after Bach's "Jesu bleibet meine Freude")