Fantasy on La Sonnambula (Bellini)

My own composition - an operatic paraphrase in the style of Liszt and Thalberg.

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Music

Tags:

• bellini
• sonnambula
• somnambula
• operatic
• fantasy
• paraphrase
• liszt
• thalberg
• piano
• classical
• arpeggio

[sh24jame]

Wow

Very inspiring

Where do i get the score of this transcription?

Thank you in advance

[alkanliszt]

@sh24jame If you message me with your email, I can send you a pdf.

[Cimasiello00]

Have you considered writing a similar transcription on some of the best themes from Il Pirata? For years I've imagined how beautiful "Col sorriso" and other numbers from the opera would be on the piano.

[alkanliszt]

I'm really not familiar with Il Pirata, but will look into it. I don't think either Liszt or Thalberg wrote paraphrases on it, so that rules out two of the usual sources of arrangements.

[alkanliszt]

I was aware of the Thalberg La Straniera fantasia, but I didn't know about the Clara Schumann variations. It probably would be an interesting project, so I'll have a think about it.

[Cimasiello00]

And Thalberg did write a fantasia on themes from La Straniera, so it's almost stranger that he didn't also write one on Il Pirata. In any case, the music is stupendous, so I think you could have fun with the project.

[Cimasiello00]

I don't think they did either. But Clara Schumann wrote an excellent Variations on the tenor aria "Ah non fia sempre odiata" from the second act, and Carulli wrote a fantasia for flute and guitar based, if I remember right, on the same theme. Giuliani, meanwhile, arranged the whole overture for solo guitar. I expect there must be some lesser known early 19th century pianists who did write fantasias and variations on it.

[dilodio]

Is equal to the Thalberg version!Change left hand is a council :) honest Dilo

[operablogger]

This should be a very popular piece, especially with the Met having revived the opera in 2008-09 for Dessay and Florez -- gorgeous music gloriously sung in an execrable production. You have done a fine job to capture what are some of Bellini's loveliest tunes -- and he had a ton of them.