feinberg sonatas

[streetwalkincheetah]

Does anybody have these.  I want the first one.  They aren't easy to find.  No library in my state has one it seems and I'm poor, so if I did find it to buy I wouldn't have enough money to pay for it.
Or any information on where I can get it would be nice.  Thanks. 

[retrouvailles]

Copyrighted.

[ahinton]

I ought to know the answer as to how to obtain these works but I don't. I suggest either waiting to see if Jonathan Powell writes in to tell you (he knows, for sure!) or write to Association Internationale Feinberg - Skalkottas at info@skfe.com.

Best,

Alistair

[lontano]

I recently discovered a source for most of the Feinberg piano sonatas. But if all you want is the first I can attach it. Beware, it isn't easy! Feinberg began where Scriabin left off (sort of). Otherwise, for around $25 you can download a large collection of Feinberg scores, inc. most of the sonatas at https://www.pianorarescores.com/

Cheers,

Lontano

PLEASE NOTE: The 1st time I posted this I attached the wrong file, a "First Suite". These next 2 are the First Sonata.

[lontano]

And again, it looks like I may have missed the first pdf of the sonata, so here goes again...

[retrouvailles]

Do not support that site. It just steals from sites like Pianophilia, where the scores are uploaded for free and scanned tirelessly by the frequent members there, myself included. Just go to Pianophilia, like I suggested before. I hope Thal backs me up on this.

[allthumbs]

I agree with retrouvailles, one should not have to pay for public domain sheet music that is readily available from various sites.

There are a lot of people, myself included, who are willing to share downloaded and personally scanned sheet music freely on this site and others such as Pianophilia, GamingForce, IMSLP etc., that pay sites are not necessary and should not be supported.

allthumbs

[lontano]

Thanks for the advice! I had a suspicion that they weren't quite right, but I wanted a "quick fix" when I discovered Feinberg's Sonatas on CD, so I decided to pay the price. I did get a lot of scores in the package, but if it's legally available for free, there's no reason to spend money for Public Domain scores, and certainly no reason to require the purchase of (I think) 9 of the 12 scores of the sonatas along with all the various transcriptions of Bach and Tchaikovsky.

That aside, at least I found the scores I was looking for as I suddenly discovered Feinberg's Sonatas CDs. I was a big fan of Scriabin back in my impressionable years in the 1970's, and as scores back then were still under copyright, I spent a lot of money as I dove deeper into the mystery of Scriabin, but the mystery is long gone and the scores are freely availiable today, so I have a score library of many volumes (some rebound with hard covers) that are only of value to people like me (and a bit more intense).

I just wanted to remark on Feinberg's First Sonata: It shares much with Scriabin Sonata-Fantasie #2. While scored differently, the work must have been the direct attempt to recreate the Scriabin sonata. Both pieces share a delightful, "argument - delightful reply" first section followed by a rather detached rapidly flowing 2nd movement. I prefer the Scriabin work (a real favorite!) in the 1st movement, but I think Feinberg managed to create a better integration between the two movements.

Feinberg's Sonatas are a rare treat. They flow from Scriabin (often greater density of rhythm and sonorities, but somewhat lacking in originality), yet, like Scriabin's first 5 Sonatas, Feinberg worked some fine originality in how he juxtaposed styles from one sonata to the next. Some are (for the time and circumstance) quite advanced in harmony and rhythm (anti-communism dictated laws of the Stalin years (which came a few years later)), and more formal structures in between. I believe they are all worth knowing, if not performing. They are a fine example of a solid attempt to merge the progressive work of Scriabin and the School of Schoenberg, etc., and that (to me) is to be commended (especially considering the time and place of the creation of these works).

[thalbergmad]

DO NOT GO TO PIANORARESCORES