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Thank you for your note about the cello solo arrangement of the piece. But did Halvorsen really trancribe it for cello solo, or was it done by a second hand (perhaps even by Mr.Hugh himself)? If that is the case then the second arranger should be cited. But you must understand, it is hard to believe that such a famous piece would all of a sudden appear in a new medium without ever appearing in any publishers' catalogs. However, it is not unprecidented that an arrangement or a faux-composition, such as the Cassado Toccata, would be purposely unrepresented, or misrepresented (like the Andres Diaz Russian Showpieces recording, where the arrangers' names never appear, and Chopin's Etude Op.25 no.7 is claimed to be by Glazunov, to go with the flow of the recording.) in order to increase record sales by the tiniest of margins, or simply being careless about what is going on the booklet. Thank you for understanding, and I will be looking into the cello solo arrangement of the piece. Maestroukr 20:16, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

There are plenty of great pieces that are yet to be famous. Take for example the Sibelius Theme and Variations for Cello solo in d minor (12 min) which was written in 1887 but only discovered in 1995. And still it is not published. Swanstone 20:28, 28 May 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I found a Zinoviy Dynov that did the transcription: http://www.amazon.com/Un-Violoncello-Venuto-dal-Freddo/dp/B00005YJIF . I see you have a lot of knowledge about cello related materials. Thank you for contributing. Maestroukr 20:36, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

I would do 'Zinoviy', personally, because of the correct English transliteration of the Cyrillic alphabet. 'Zinovij' is a German transliteration. Maestroukr 21:03, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

Is the arrangement still available for sale, or is it out of print? Maestroukr 17:03, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

I guess if I will one day be serious about playing the piece I could try to find it. Or I could just create my own Cello Solo edition of it (that is what I do if I can't find a transcription or an edition I am looking for). Thanks for the tip. Maestroukr 18:01, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Is Cossman's and/or Kiefer's Erlkonig for solo cello in print anywhere? If not, whose private collection is Kiefer's version in? LR 01:10, 12 July 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I hope the early Sibelius work has been brought to Ondine's attention, it doesn't seem to have appeared in their survey of his early chamber music- hopefully in a later volume. (Or in BIS records' stunningly would-be-complete Sibelius survey, either, that I can tell?) It would be interesting to hear. Schissel | Sound the Note! 19:40, 19 July 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]

In my opinion great cello work not yet famous and written initially for cello - Egon Wellesz's sonata. Only two recordings, though... Schissel | Sound the Note! 01:17, 15 October 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]

It's on BIS-CD-817 [1] - sorry! Schissel | Sound the Note! 19:45, 19 July 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]

If this hasn't already been mentioned, that work is a Johan Halvorsen arrangement of a fairly well-known Handel keyboard passacaglia, from one of the latter's suites. Actually in my experience I usually see "Handel/Halvorsen violin duet" or "violin/viola duet" or such (it's as a duet for violin and viola that it's mentioned in the Halvorsen article, along with a sarabande), but someone - perhaps also Halvorsen - may have made an arr. for solo cello as well. Schissel | Sound the Note! 01:14, 15 October 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Ah. Once again, my mistake- Maes. has mentioned this already. Schissel | Sound the Note! 01:15, 15 October 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Please check your edition's preface/comments. They must be transcriptions. The Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians doesn't mention any cello fantasies by him, and neither does Zohn's massive volume on Telemann which devotes a special chapter to his instrumental fantasias. Or, if there is no preface, you could compare the music. Does the first piece begin with a little ostinato section on a descending bass? IMSLP has facsimiles of both violin and flute. --Jashiin (talk) 21:29, 6 July 2009 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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