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The Quiet Revolutionary of the Piano – Fauré’s Complete Piano Works Now on Piano Street
In the pantheon of French music, Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924) often seems a paradox—an innovator cloaked in restraint, a Romantic by birth who shaped the contours of modern French music with quiet insistence. Piano Street now provides sheet music for his complete piano works: a body of music that resists spectacle, even as it brims with invention and brilliance. Read more
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Offline nyonyo

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Transcription ??
on: February 25, 2008, 03:15:28 AM
Does a transcription need to have exactly the same number of measures or it is common to reduce the number of measures (shorten) too? Please advise.
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Offline thierry13

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Re: Transcription ??
Reply #1 on: February 25, 2008, 03:43:22 AM
A transcription can become a paraphrase if you modify it too much. But yes I guess you can shorten it a bit. It's just a less fidel transcription.
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