New Alkan op 35 edition...free

[brianedward]

Hello all, I have a gift for those interested in Alkan's op 35 etudes. I have computer typeset the whole set and published them on my website in pdf format. I really enjoy this set of etudes, and I really dislike the Bote & Bock(master's music reprint) and Billaudot editions, because I find them visually cluttered and hard to read. In addition to that, these scores are hard to come by, and expensive, at least the billaudot is. So I began this project last summer in hopes that other people felt the same way about these editions as I did. I have completed what I am calling the "beta" release, and it is posted on my website. I would greatly appreciate you letting me know if you find any errors, so that the edition can be as accurate as possible. There Is a little bit more information about the edition on my website if you're interested. Also, please refrain from posting the pieces on other websites like imslp or the gutenberg project because I want to have a better idea of how many people are interested in these scores. That way it will help me know if what I am doing is worth while to a lot of people or to just a few. If I feel like there isn't very much interest,  i will spend my free time doing something more useful.

The website is www.brianedwardjarvis.com, and the scores are found by pressing the sheet music button on the left hand side of the page. I have also posted the first three etudes from op 39.

Please leave comments, suggestions or thoughts either on this forum or email me at brianedwardjarvis("at" symbol)gmail(dot)com. Enjoy!

-brian edward jarvis

[g_s_223]

Beautiful! Thanks. 

[orangesodaking]

This is wonderful! Thanks for doing so! I'm actually studying the third etude from Op. 35 myself, and I have the MM edition you're talking about. I agree... most of Alkan's music is published in a slightly unfriendly way, so this seems like it will be a great help. I think Scherzo Focoso Op. 34 suffers the most, haha! Have you seen the score of that one?

EDIT: Hmm... I see you stayed 100% verbatum to the score, so it's still an "Urtext" that's just formatted in an easier to read version. Still great!

[Maya Juraszik]

Thank you so much!