August Stradal

August Stradal (17 May 1860, Teplice, Bohemia – 13 March 1930, Krásná Lípa) was a Bohemian pianist and music teacher. 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 - Passacaglia 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

• Anton Bruckner (1824-1896) and Viennese Musicians of 19th century, accessed April 8, 2008.
• Anton Bruckner Symphony Versions Discography Compiled and Maintained by John F. Berky, accessed April 8, 2008.

External links

• Free scores by August Stradal at the International Music Score Library Project