August Stradal
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August Stradal was a Bohemian pianist
and music teacher. A student of Anton Bruckner
, he made solo piano arrangements of that composer's symphonies 1
, 2
, 5
, 6
, and 8
. His pianistic credentials included studies with both Theodor Leschetizky
and Franz Liszt
. He received the Czechoslovak State Award in 1928.
Pianist
A pianist is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers.-Choice of genres:...
and music teacher. A student of Anton Bruckner
Anton Bruckner
Anton Bruckner was an Austrian composer known for his symphonies, masses, and motets. The first are considered emblematic of the final stage of Austro-German Romanticism because of their rich harmonic language, complex polyphony, and considerable length...
, he made solo piano arrangements of that composer's symphonies 1
Symphony No. 1 (Bruckner)
Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 1 in C minor was the first symphony the composer thought worthy of performing, and bequeathing to the Vienna national library. Chronologically, it comes after the Study Symphony in F minor and before Symphony No. 0 in D minor. The first version of the Symphony No. 2...
, 2
Symphony No. 2 (Bruckner)
Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 2 in C minor was completed in 1872, and revised, like most of Bruckner's other symphonies, at various points thereafter....
, 5
Symphony No. 5 (Bruckner)
The Symphony No. 5 in B flat major of Anton Bruckner was written in 1875–1876, with a few minor changes over the next few years. It was first performed in public on two pianos by Joseph Schalk and Franz Zottmann on 20 April 1887 at the Bösendorfersaal in Vienna...
, 6
Symphony No. 6 (Bruckner)
Symphony No. 6 in A major by Austrian composer Anton Bruckner is a work in four movements composed between September 24, 1879 and September 3, 1881 and dedicated to his landlord, Dr. Anton van Ölzelt-Newin. Though it possesses many characteristic features of a Bruckner symphony, it differs the...
, and 8
Symphony No. 8 (Bruckner)
Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 8 in C minor is the last Symphony the composer completed. It exists in two major versions of 1887 and 1890. It was premiered under conductor Hans Richter in 1892 in Vienna...
. His pianistic credentials included studies with both Theodor Leschetizky
Teodor Leszetycki
Theodor Leschetizky was a Polish pianist, professor and composer.-Life:Theodor Leschetizky was born on the estate of the family of Count Potocki in Łańcut. His father was a gifted pianist and music teacher of Viennese birth. His mother Therèse Ulmann was a gifted singer of German origin...
and Franz Liszt
Franz Liszt
Franz Liszt ; ), was a 19th-century Hungarian composer, pianist, conductor, and teacher.Liszt became renowned in Europe during the nineteenth century for his virtuosic skill as a pianist. He was said by his contemporaries to have been the most technically advanced pianist of his age...
. He received the Czechoslovak State Award in 1928.
Works list (selected, for solo piano unless otherwise stated)
- Bach - Organ sonata in e minor
- Bach - Second Organ Concerto
- Bach - Brandenburg Concertos nos.3 and 4
- Bach - Piano Concerto in F major
- Bach W.F. - Fantasy and Fugue in A minor
- Beethoven - String Quartet, Op.131
- Brahms - 3 Caprices after the Waltzes, Op.39
- Buxtehude - Passacaglia in D minor
- Buxtehude - Prelude and fugue in A minor
- Buxtehude - Prelude and fugue in D minor
- Buxtehude - Prelude and fugue in E minor (no.2)
- Buxtehude - Prelude and fugue in F major
- Buxtehude - Prelude and fugue in F# minor
- Buxtehude - Prelude and fugue in G minor
- Buxtehude - Prelude in E minor
- Liszt - Dante Symphony
- Transcriptions of all 13 of Liszt's Symphonic Poems
- Liszt - Faust Symphony
- Liszt - Es muss ein Wunderbares sein
- Mozart - Symphony no.40
- Mozart - Canzone on The Marriage of Figaro
- Paganini - Bravoure Study on Caprices
- Purcell - Chaconne
- Reubke - Sonata on the 94th Psalm
- Stradal - Abenddaemmerung
- Strauss J - Concert paraphrase on the waltz "Dorfschwalben aus Oesterreich"
- Vivaldi / J.S. Bach - Organ Concerto in D minor