August Stradal

August Stradal, pianist and music teacher, was born on May 17, 1860 in Teplice, Bohemia and died on March 13, 1930 in Krasna Lipa. A student of Anton Bruckner, he made solo piano arrangements of that composer's symphonies 1, 2, 5, 6, and 8. His pianistic credentials included studies with both Theodor Leschetizky and Franz Liszt. He received the Czechoslovak State Award in 1928.

Works list (selected, for solo piano unless otherwise stated)

* Bach - Organ sonata in e minor
* Bach - Second Organ Concerto
* Bach - Brandenburg Concertos nos.3 and 4
* Bach - Piano Concerto in F major
* Bach W.F. - Fantasy and Fugue in A minor
* Beethoven - String Quartet, Op.131
* Brahms - 3 Caprices after the Waltzes, Op.39
* Buxtehude - Passacagila in D minor
* Buxtehude - Prelude and fugue in A minor
* Buxtehude - Prelude and fugue in D minor
* Buxtehude - Prelude and fugue in E minor (no.2)
* Buxtehude - Prelude and fugue in F major
* Buxtehude - Prelude and fugue in F# minor
* Buxtehude - Prelude and fugue in G minor
* Buxtehude - Prelude in E minor
* Liszt - Dante Symphony
* Transcriptions of all 13 of Liszt's Symphonic Poems
* Liszt - Faust Symphony
* Liszt - Es muss ein Wunderbares sein
* Mozart - Symphony no.40
* Mozart - Canzone on The Marriage of Figaro
* Paganini - Bravoure Study on Caprices
* Purcell - Chaconne
* Reubke - Sonata on the 94th Psalm
* Stradal - Abenddaemmerung
* Strauss J - Concert paraphrase on the waltz "Dorfschwalben aus Oesterreich"
* Vivaldi / J.S. Bach - Organ Concerto in D minor

References

[http://members.aol.com/tamayu/VM.html Anton Bruckner (1824-1896) and Viennese Musicians of 19th century] , accessed April 8, 2008.

[http://www.abruckner.com/downloads/pianotranscription/stradalquintet/ Anton Bruckner Symphony Versions Discography Compiled and Maintained by John F. Berky] , accessed April 8, 2008.