Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877–1933) Händel Transcriptions
edited by Günter Hartmann [org]
28 pages | 23 x 30,5 cm | 120 g | ISMN: 979-0-004-17825-6 | Softcover
Sigfrid Karg-Elert’s colorful organ transcriptions already drew admiring comments back when they first appeared. For example, in 1911 the English expert Arthur E. Hull wrote: “Karg-Elert understands the real spirit of the organ. Simple as is the texture of Handel's 'Hallelujah-Chorus', he has certainly converted it into a real organ piece worthy of the player's interest, without in the least violating the spirit of the great master's wonderful conception.”
From the press: „Neben Karg-Elerts ‘Bach-Bearbeitungen’ liegen nun auch seine ‘Händel-Bearbeitungen’ im guten Neudruck vor: das ‘Halleluja’ aus dem ‘Messiah’, ein Carpiccio F-Dur und die Variationen in E-Dur über ‘The Harmonious Blacksmith’; alles nicht ganz einfach, aber wirkungsvoll.”
| Händel/Karg-Elert | HWV 56 Halleluja from the Oratorio 'The Messiah' |
| Händel/Karg-Elert | HWV 430 Variations in E major the Harmonious Blacksmith from the 'Suite No. 5' |
| Händel/Karg-Elert | HWV 481 Capriccio in F major after the 'Piano Capriccio' |