George Frideric Handel
Sarabande and Chaconne from Handel's Almira (Liszt)
Franz Liszt composed his transcription of the Sarabande and Chaconne from Handel's opera Almira for piano solo (S.181) in 1879 for his English piano student Walter Bache to play at a Handel festival
References#
- Baker, James M., ed. Kenneth Hamilton, “A survey of the late piano works”, The Cambridge Companion to Liszt (Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005). (paperback).
- Hinson, Maurice, The Pianist’s Guide to Transcriptions, Arrangements, and Paraphrases (Indiana University Press). https://books.google.com/books?id=xsWjvwM_FWIC&dq=Liszt+Sarabande+Chaconne+Handel+Almira&pg=PA66
- Howard, Leslie, Notes for Hyperion CDA66371/2, Liszt at the Opera I, Leslie Howard, piano.
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel