Wurlitzer-Bruck announces the publication of a list of Music for Piano Four Hands, in both original editions and in a few facsimiles. The list includes a wide variety of music, from original works for the genre, such as Schubert’s Marches Militaires, as well as several piano four-hand versions of symphonies that were published along with the first edition of the original (Schubert’s Ninth Symphony, Schumann’s Second and Fourth Symphonies, and Bruckner’s Ninth).

Also among the selection are a number of transcriptions of operas, including Beethoven’s Fidelio (third version), Donizetti’s L’Elisere d’Amore and Verdi’s Rigoletto, and a set of overtures from four operas of Peter Winter.

Beethoven features prominently in the list, with four-hand versions of works in many genres, including piano concertos (No.1, No. 2 and No. 3), piano sonatas (“Pathetique” and “Waldstein”), string quartets (Op. 18 No. 1 and No. 6, Op. 59, No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3, Op. 95 and Op. 135) and five symphonies (No. 1, No. 4, No. 6, No. 7 and No. 9). Many of these Beethoven editions were formerly in the collection of Ludwig Landsberg (1807-58), who amassed a famous and extensive collection of early music and music literature.

Additionally there are a number of works from minor and little-known composers from the 18th through 19th centuries, as well as some near-forgotten works that were once popular, such as Goldmark’s Rustic Wedding Symphony. But there are also numerous gems from Spohr, Mendelsohn and Mozart, including a rare and beautiful 1820s Swedish lithograph of a four-hand arrangement of Mozart’s String Quartet in D Minor, K421.

Most of the editions are in very good to fine condition.

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