Adolf von Henselt: 2 Nocturnes, Op. 6 (performed by Esther Budiardjo)

Adolf von Henselt (1814-1889)
2 Nocturnes, Op. 6 (1839)
1. 0:10 . "Schmerz im Glück" - Eb minor
Audio: • Deux Nocturnes, Op.6: ...
"Aimer, souffrir, point de bonheur sans peine.
Ah! c'est la peine, qui double le bonheur. "
2. 2:50 . "À la Fontaine de Postdam" - F major
Audio: • Deux Nocturnes, Op.6: ...
Performer: Esther Budiardjo
Sheet music: imslp.org/wiki...

[@francoislechampi2002]

beautiful rendition, thank you for posting

[@MrFartyman44]

And the second one looks really fun to play

[@mariaamaral1458]

Lindo!!!

[@MrFartyman44]

I can’t tell if I like the first piece. I mean I do like it. It’s just, interesting? The rhythm is strange. It’s good though

[@azur8439]

1. 0:10 . "Schmerz im Glück" - Eb minor 2. 2:50 . "À la Fontaine de Postdam" - F major

[@mohammedpasha1715]

The second one sounds a lot like Mendelssohn

[@eesetc.7556]

See also Alexander Gurilev's song "Fountain of Bakhchisaray", which is identical (except that it's for voice and piano): kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKm7e6iup91ka6c. The theme was later used in Asafyev's ballet score My first guess was that this etude was just a piano transcription of the song by Gurilev, but the Schirmer edition of Henselt's etude calls this the Fountain at Potsdam and doesn't mention Gurilev at all. The etude was supposedly written in 1839 (according to Wikipedia), not long after Henselt settled down in St Petersburg. There's an early edition of the Henselt on IMSLP but the uploaders don't seem to know the date of publication. I have not seen the first edition of Gurilev's (early prints of Russian parlor songs are rare on IMSLP) and don't know if it was actually published under his name during his lifetime, or if the attribution got tacked on at some later point.

[@pietrolandri6081]

Second piece is somehow an homage to Schubert (akin Impromptu D899/3)

[@123eldest]

not really

[@pietrolandri6081]

@@123eldest your opinion. As respectable as mine. Best regards

[@123eldest]

@@pietrolandri6081 Yeh, just my opinion but I have studied the Schubert piece quite a lot and it's not that similar. Fair enough if it reminds you of it but I really don't think it's an homage at all.

[@pietrolandri6081]

@@123eldest I didn't write "similar". İt's your (mis)interpretation. I wrote that the piece is "akin" Schubert one that means there's something conjuring up something else. And "homage" means simply that there's something quoting something else in terms of atmospheres, dynamics of stuff like that. "Similar" is an adjective that implies plagiarism or the like. What I wrote NOWHERE. Best regards

[@123eldest]

@@pietrolandri6081 Similar doesn't have to mean plagiarism at all, I just mean that if it reminds you of the Schubert piece then it must have similarities. You said homage, which is a 'respectful imitation' of someone else's work. If that's not what you meant then fine.

[@hanswegen9928]

Neat and predictable music. Nothing special. Can' t compare with Mendelssohn or Chopin. Kind of Field.