Walter Gieseking

Biography by Mark Satola

Gieseking's finger acuity, imaginative pedaling, and above all, preternaturally alert ear made him an ideal interpreter of Impressionistic music.
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Composition Highlights

Title	Year	Genre
Sonatine for flute & piano in E minor	1935	Chamber Music
Kinderlieder		Vocal Music
Variations for flute & piano on a theme of Edvard Grieg		Chamber Music
Ständchen, transcription for piano after Richard Strauss		Keyboard
Dance Improvisations (3) for piano	1925	Keyboard
Freundliche Vision, transcription for piano after Richard Strauss		Keyboard
O wüchsen Flügel mir, song for voice & piano	1917	Chamber Music
Heimkehr, transcription for piano after Richard Strauss	1887	Keyboard
Chaconne on a theme by Scarlatti, for piano (after Scarlatti, K. 32)		Keyboard
Schorschi-Batschi, foxtrot for piano		Keyboard
Der Frühlingskasper, song for voice & piano	1918	Keyboard
Winterweihe, transcription for piano after Richard Strauss		Keyboard
Schlechtes Wetter, transcription for piano after Richard Strauss		Keyboard
Die Distel, song for voice & piano	1950	Vocal Music
Work(s)		Miscellaneous (Classical)
Quintet for piano, oboe, clarinet, horn & bassoon in B flat major	1919	Chamber Music
Sonatine for cello & piano in C major		Chamber Music
Die Kaiserin, for piano	1917	Keyboard
Dann, song for voice & piano	1917	Vocal Music
Sag ich's euch, geliebte Bäume, song for voice & piano	1940	Vocal Music