Crisantemi (reduction)

Other times, I learn a lot making piano reductions from works I love.

Crisantemi is an elegy composed by Puccini ¡¡in one night!! the day that  the duque "Amadeo de Saboya" died. It's a less known work, because of his operas, of course. Written for string quartet, it is actually performed nowadays by a string orchestra. The version for the quartet is wonderful.

Here is my version:

Generally, I think it's a pretty good rendition. I was a little confused by the ornaments and "interest keepers" you threw in here and there but I got over it over time. Some score-building issues at 68 and 70, but most of them have to do with an askew slur here or there. Pretty nicely done.

Strange.

I have only added two things that were not in the original score:

M. 7: the arpegio (right hand)

M. 46: the canon

Everything else was written (in other form) by Puccini, my effort here is to make it playable (in a piano), and keep all the important stuff.

When I work on this kind of reductions I stick strictly to the original. Otherwise I would say it's a "Fantasy on ... whatever".

3 minutes ago, Luis Hernández said:

Strange.

I have only added two things that were not in the original score:

M. 7: the arpegio (right hand)

M. 46: the canon

Everything else was written (in other form) by Puccini, my effort here is to make it playable (in a piano), and keep all the important stuff.

When I work on this kind of reductions I stick strictly to the original. Otherwise I would say it's a "Fantasy on ... whatever".

 

Is that so? Hm, maybe I played an arranged version of this, then. I mean, I'm totally with you in that I like to stick to the original, I guess I just hadn't remembered it correctly. I'll take a look at it with imslp again later.

Yes, you're right. I have also seen scores that are no reductions but fantasies. It's a different thing. I like to observe the original because I learn more if I try to keep the harmonies and melodic lines.

Maybe the confusion is a matter of differences between the original for string quartet and the string orchestra version?

14 hours ago, fishyfry said:

Maybe the confusion is a matter of differences between the original for string quartet and the string orchestra version?

 

I think the orchestra and the string quartet versions are the same because it is played by a string orchestra with the same distribution (violin I - violin II - viola - cello).