MENDELSSOHN ARR. LISZT ON WINGS OF SONG
Key A flat Tempo Andante tranquillo Style Romantic
Will improve your: ✔Voicing of melody ✔Phrasing ✔Thumb agility
This glorious piece began life as a Mendelssohn song. Called Auf Flügeln des Gesanges (On Wings of Song), the song is No 2 from the 6 Gesänge Op 34. The text is by Heinrich Heine, the German poet to whom many of the great Romantic composers turned to for inspiration during the 1820s and 30s. Mendelssohn’s song was later transcribed for solo piano by Liszt, which is lucky for us as pianists because it enables us to play it without the addition of a singer!
During his lifetime, Liszt transcribed numerous songs by his contemporaries; most especially those composed by Schubert. The fact that Liszt
