Concerto No. 2 in E-Flat Major, op. 14

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Housed in the Richard Strauss Institute in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, formerly the home and "country house" of the Richard Strauss family, we find two notable manuscripts by Franz Strauss, titled Concerto No. 2 in E-flat Major, op. 14 for horn and orchestra or piano.*  The exact date for the completion of this work is not known, although it is thought that it was composed after 1884.  This may explain why this work was never published, as Strauss was in the later years of his career and devoting more time to the compositional work of his son, Richard Strauss (Hausen, Dirk, Der Hornist Franz Strauss: Eine Küstlerbiographie im Spiegel der kulturgeschichtlichen Entwicklung München im 19. Jahrhundert, Berlin: Rombach Verlag, 2017).†   Of these two manuscripts, the first represents the full handwritten orchestral score composed by Franz Strauss.  This manuscript was the primary reference for this new piano reduction. The second manuscript of this collection is the piano reduction that Strauss did of his own concerto, which omitted and changed several aspects from the full orchestral score. This new piano reduction of Strauss’ Concerto No. 2 incorporates previously omitted phrases (i.e., solo wind lines in the first and third movements) and reduces harmonic and melodic material from the orchestral score that was otherwise changed in Strauss’ piano reduction.  Additionally, the new reduction is as idiomatic as possible, making it an easier performance experience for the pianist, not to mention a much clearer read than Strauss’ handwritten piano version.    Special thanks to the Strauss family and Dr. Dominik Sedivy, director of the Richard Strauss Institute, for permitting and providing access to the manuscripts.  Additional thanks to Dr. Aram Arakelyan, whose pianistic input was invaluable.
在位於德國加米施-帕滕基興的理查-施特勞斯研究所（理查-施特勞斯家族的故居和 "鄉間別墅"）中，我們發現了弗朗茨-施特勞斯的兩份著名手稿，標題為《降 E 大調第二協奏曲》，作品 14，為圓號和管弦樂隊或鋼琴而作。 這或許可以解釋為何這部作品從未出版，因為施特勞斯正處於職業生涯的晚期，並將更多時間投入到兒子理查-施特勞斯的作曲工作中（Hausen, Dirk, Der Hornist Franz Strauss: Eine Küstlerbiographie im Spiegel der kulturgeschichtlichen Entwicklung München im 19. Jahrhundert, Berlin： Rombach Verlag, 2017）。

 在這兩份手稿中，第一份手稿是弗朗茨-施特勞斯創作的完整手寫管弦樂譜。 這份手稿是這部新鋼琴縮寫版的主要參考資料。本作品集的第二份手稿是施特勞斯為自己的協奏曲所做的鋼琴縮寫，其中省略和更改了管弦樂總譜的多個方面。施特勞斯《第二協奏曲》的新鋼琴縮寫本包含了之前省略的樂句（如第一和第三樂章中的管樂獨奏），並減少了施特勞斯鋼琴縮寫本中改變的管弦樂譜中的和聲和旋律素材。 此外，新的縮寫本盡可能符合成語習慣，使鋼琴家的演奏體驗更加輕鬆，更不用說比施特勞斯的手寫鋼琴版更加清晰易讀了。

 特別感謝施特勞斯家族和理查-施特勞斯研究所所長 Dominik Sedivy 博士允許並提供手稿。 此外，還要感謝阿拉姆-阿拉克裡揚博士，他在鋼琴方面提供了寶貴的意見。