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Topic: Un Sospiro fingering score (Read 5485 times)

jim19130

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Un Sospiro fingering score

on: October 20, 2021, 12:54:34 AM

I have an old G Schirmer score for this Liszt piece, with sparse fingerings. I never learned it, but want to tackle it now.

Is there a best score for this piece? For example, in measure 13 the left crossover fingering is 3-2, which seems a little odd. Any suggestions on a good score for fingerings?

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James

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Re: Un Sospiro fingering score

Reply #1 on: October 20, 2021, 08:39:19 AM

The best fingered Liszt scores in my view are the Cortot editions. They also have various technical exercises for tricky passages. However, they're also known for misprints/inaccuracies so best to use them in conjunction with a solid edition like Leslie Howard's.

I don't have the Cortot version of this particular piece so I can't tell you anything specific about it, but I have a few others and they all have great exercises/fingerings but are very poorly proofread

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lelle

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Re: Un Sospiro fingering score

Reply #2 on: October 20, 2021, 04:13:25 PM

Any modern Urtext edition will have "good enough" fingerings. Cortot's fingerings are often interesting and worth checking out even if you end up not using them.

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