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by goldberg988
Sun Jan 27, 2008 3:25 am
Forum: Music Related
Topic: Best Composer ever
Replies: 200
Views: 241915

My ranking of the composers: To me, Beethoven has that spiritual quality which makes him (for me) the greatest composer. His works are transcendental -- they point to something not of this world. Sorry to be so abstract, but that is how I find it. Bach is the master of balancing the superficially &q...
by goldberg988
Wed Jan 02, 2008 10:16 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: Autograph manuscripts of Mozart's operas for sale
Replies: 15
Views: 10033

Thanks! I'm really glad to hear about this... I love collecting facsimiles (and they also make great gifts...)
by goldberg988
Fri Dec 21, 2007 4:11 pm
Forum: IMSLP Announcements
Topic: Meh
Replies: 15
Views: 24430

I suppose you are right... but I just was so numb after the site went down I found it hard to formulate my thoughts. I still haven't recovered. But what is there to say that hasn't already been said? It's coming back, so I just sit and wait. And practice, occasionally :roll:
by goldberg988
Thu Dec 20, 2007 4:49 pm
Forum: IMSLP Announcements
Topic: Meh
Replies: 15
Views: 24430

IMSLP got me out of so many tight situations, when I needed a score, and the library was closed... The other day I had the very dubious honor of playing the harp part to the Nutcracker on a synthesizer (welcome to Arkansas) and lo and behold, the big cadenza in the Waltz of the Flowers was complete ...
by goldberg988
Thu Oct 18, 2007 4:40 pm
Forum: Archive
Topic: Second U-E cease and desist letter
Replies: 21
Views: 61988

My university subscribes to the Naxos Music Library , a wonderful resource for recordings. Naxos has some tracks available that are re-releases of older recordings. However, some of these tracks are still under copyright in the US, but not in the EU (if my memory serves me correctly), so they show u...
by goldberg988
Wed Oct 17, 2007 2:13 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: Please help with performance advice re: 2 violins & 1 pi
Replies: 2
Views: 4019

There is a beautiful Moszkowski suite for two violins and piano. I highly recommend it.
by goldberg988
Sun Oct 07, 2007 9:24 pm
Forum: Feature Requests / Bug Reports
Topic: [FEAT] Humongous list of composers / arrangers / editors
Replies: 6
Views: 7413

I use Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, a fantastic resource for lesser known composers and performers. Unfortunately unless the editor was also a composer or performer tey are not likely to be listed unless they did significant work.
by goldberg988
Sun Oct 07, 2007 1:43 am
Forum: Copyright Status Requests
Topic: Korngold's Piano Concerto for the left hand Op. 17
Replies: 6
Views: 9299

Indeed, but both are non-circulating. The Library of Congress also has a copy. I would have to go and actually photocopy it on site, if they would even allow me. To my knowledge a reduction was never published. Given the rarity of the score it seems highly unlikely. Maybe if I get my hands on a scor...
by goldberg988
Mon Oct 01, 2007 12:11 am
Forum: Copyright Status Requests
Topic: Korngold's Piano Concerto for the left hand Op. 17
Replies: 6
Views: 9299

My No.1 most wanted score. It's extremely rare, there are very few copies, but I'm working on it :wink:
by goldberg988
Sun Aug 12, 2007 10:37 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: Symphony Parts
Replies: 35
Views: 28263

I have access to my school's orchestra library and could scan some parts if there are specific requests. The Rachmaninoff parts I scanned I think were pretty rare, so I thought it might be nice to include them.
by goldberg988
Sun Jul 29, 2007 3:28 am
Forum: IMSLP Announcements
Topic: MIT Project: submission of 14,000 scores
Replies: 67
Views: 108075

Please, someone can take the letter 'A' for me... I was not wise and tried to start work on the project before I left, and I did not think it would get finished so quickly! So someone please finish it for me... Thanks.

LM
by goldberg988
Wed Jun 27, 2007 4:30 pm
Forum: Music Related
Topic: Beethoven Symphonies
Replies: 16
Views: 17664

I like Schoenberg. I don't listen to the atonal stuff for pleasure. The early stuff is quite nice, sometimes over the top (Gurre-Lieder). But is piano pieces (especially the Suite) and concertos are excellent. By far my favorite composer of the 2nd viennese is Berg. The Lyric Suite is the most wonde...
by goldberg988
Wed Jun 27, 2007 4:26 pm
Forum: Music Related
Topic: Beethoven Symphonies
Replies: 16
Views: 17664

I agree about the ninth. The Scherzo is its best feature, while the last movement is impossibly vulgar. The first movement is OK, but nothing to its counterparts in the fifth and third. The third symphony is similarly made by it's funeral march, and I'm likewise not sold on the last movement. The fi...
by goldberg988
Wed Jun 27, 2007 5:40 am
Forum: Music Related
Topic: Beethoven Symphonies
Replies: 16
Views: 17664

Fifth is the greatest. Then Third. Then Ninth. Then Seventh. Then Eighth. Then Sixth. Then First. Then Second. Then Fourth. Any questions? How about the piano sonatas? :)
by goldberg988
Tue Jun 26, 2007 12:19 am
Forum: Moderator Requests - Help - FAQ
Topic: Schubert Lieder
Replies: 22
Views: 19973

I have access to the entire Complete Works edition, from the Dover reprints of the late 60's. I will try to upload some of the Leider.