Many of Hermann Goetz's piano works on this album, which lack opus numbers, are presented for the first time on a sound recording and were previously unavailable in sheet music.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Hermann Goetz, like his teacher Hugo Ulrich, considered a regular periodic structure and formal architecture indispensable in his compositions.
Composition History
The 'Lose Blätter' (Loose leaves), Op. 7, were composed between 1864 and 1869 in Winterthur and published in 1870 with a dedication to Clara Schumann.
Composer Biography
Hermann Goetz's career was hampered by his withdrawal from public life after 1872 due to tuberculosis and his early death, preventing him from fully maturing his art.
Recording & Production
The 'Waldmärchen' (Woodland Tale) piece on this album was recovered and performed by Christof Keymer, the album's pianist, from a barely legible photo-reproduction of a lost original manuscript.
Performer Biography
Christof Keymer, the pianist on this album, teaches piano at the Hanover University of Music and has released a double album of Moritz Moszkowski's complete piano transcriptions.
Composer Biography
Hermann Goetz, the composer, did not begin regular piano instruction until age 17, but his talent quickly led him to study at the Stern Conservatory in Berlin with Hans von Bülow.
