I'm working on a piano arrangement (my first publication, yay!) of the Adagietto from Mahler 5. If anyone has the full score of the movement and can PM or leave me the link here, I would be enormously grateful. :) Any advice and tips is also welcome ;)
*I'm using Sibelius 5 for the notation, by the way
I would not know the first thing about notation but this CD may be of interest to your endeavour:
(http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2004/Mar04/Bruckner_Shiraga_BISCD1297.jpg)
It includes the piano reduction of the adagio from Bruckner's 7th symph. It may give you some ideas on how a long and sustained orchestral adagio can be transcribed for solo piano.
Quote from: Perfect FIFTH on March 26, 2008, 05:36:43 PM
I'm working on a piano arrangement (my first publication, yay!) of the Adagietto from Mahler 5. If anyone has the full score of the movement and can PM or leave me the link here, I would be enormously grateful. :) Any advice and tips is also welcome ;)
*I'm using Sibelius 5 for the notation, by the way
1. It's been done already.
2. Have you agreed to do this without looking at the full score?
3. Do you have any experience in preparing piano reductions of symphonic works?
4. Are you unable to afford a copy of your own (which would cost you $10 US for a new Dover mini score, less if bought used from Amazon)?
Quote from: Sforzando on March 26, 2008, 07:14:20 PM
1. It's been done already.
2. Have you agreed to do this without looking at the full score?
3. Do you have any experience in preparing piano reductions of symphonic works?
4. Are you unable to afford a copy of your own (which would cost you $10 US for a new Dover mini score, less if bought used from Amazon)?
So what if it's been done? I am just doing it for fun, and for my own use.
Wouldn't it be easier just to order it online? It's very cheap, really. I have loads of Dover scores for next to nothing, including all the Mahler.
Quote from: orbital on March 26, 2008, 06:46:43 PM
I would not know the first thing about notation but this CD may be of interest to your endeavour:
It includes the piano reduction of the adagio from Bruckner's 7th symph. It may give you some ideas on how a long and sustained orchestral adagio can be transcribed for solo piano.
On a related note, I very much enjoy this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJJmF5qqQyE).
Quote from: Perfect FIFTH on March 26, 2008, 07:58:08 PM
So what if it's been done? I am just doing it for fun, and for my own use.
Well, if you are just doing it for "fun", then you don't really need a score. Scores are for serious people only.
Quote from: Gustav on March 26, 2008, 08:27:41 PM
Well, if you are just doing it for "fun", then you don't really need a score. Scores are for serious people only.
Fine, I seriously want to be fun. How about that?
Quote from: Perfect FIFTH on March 26, 2008, 09:09:26 PM
Fine, I seriously want to be fun. How about that?
then, you seriously should consider buying it.
Quote from: Perfect FIFTH on March 26, 2008, 07:58:08 PM
So what if it's been done? I am just doing it for fun, and for my own use.
The implication from your original post was that you were doing this for "publication." Publication implies someone has contracted with you to produce this reduction, and perhaps that there is payment involved. Doing a piano reduction of a symphonic score is not easy if you've never tried it before; you need not just to reproduce the essence of the musical textures, but to do so in a way that fits well into the pianist's hands. I would certainly think that someone who wants to do this seriously would have examined the full score already and would be willing to spend the minimal amount to acquire a personal copy.
BTW, the subject heading is inconsistent with the opening post (the OP limits coverage to the "Adagietto from Mahler 5", whereas the subject header encompasses the entire symphony). :P >:D
Quote from: Brian on March 26, 2008, 08:18:23 PM
On a related note, I very much enjoy this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJJmF5qqQyE).
I don't know the original piece, but this one sounds good :)
Quote from: Dm on March 27, 2008, 04:35:45 AM
BTW, the subject heading is inconsistent with the opening post (the OP limits coverage to the "Adagietto from Mahler 5", whereas the subject header encompasses the entire symphony). :P >:D
Well then I could just have the adagietto. Happy, papi?