Recent Researches in the Music of the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries

The tradition of the piano ballade, begun by Chopin's masterpieces, includes important works of Liszt, Brahms, Grieg, and Fauré, yet is otherwise virtually unknown to us. This collection offers a rich and varied sample from the enormous number of forgotten ballades originally published between 1842 and 1893. Among these are virtuosic ballades, salon ballades, narrative ballades, ballades inspired by folksong, and ballades inspired by Chopin. Considered together with better-known representatives of the type, these works suggest the nature and the range of an important genre.

"This anthology is an illuminating contribution to our knowledge of the nineteenth-century ballade and, to a lesser extent, of the piano repertory of the period and its reception in general. . . ." Elizabeth Norman McKay, Music & Letters, May 1992. 

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Contents 

Hans von Bülow	Ballade, Op. 11
Henry Cramer	La Romantique, Op. 91, No. 2
Theodor Kullak	Lénore, Op. 81
Edward MacDowell	Ballade, Op. 20, No. 3 for four hands
Ignaz Moscheles	Ballade, Op. 100
Vítezlav Novák	Ballada, dle Byronova "Manfreda" Op. 2
Joachim Raff	Ballade, Op. 17, Vol. 2, No. 2
Carl Tausig	Das Geisterschiff, Op. 1
Sigismond Thalberg	Ballade, Op. 76
Józef Wieniawski	Ballade, Op. 31