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GtrsRGr8 · 02-06-2017, 06:13 PM

Sometime in the last 18 hours or so (when I last checked), Alexander Street posted its most recent biweekly free music download (they call it the "free download of the week" for some reason).

The composer is Franz Liszt. The download is Les Preludes. Here's a bit about the work, from Open Music Library:
This week's download features Liszt's Les Préludes. Les Préludes is the first orchestral work known as a symphonic poem, a one-movement genre developed by Liszt to move symphonic writing beyond the well-established four movement structure. Liszt composed thirteen symphonic poems in all, but Les Préludesis virtually the only one to secure a place in regular programming.

Again, the download is free and, in the past, Alexander Street's freebies have stayed that way until the next biweekly freebie is announced. The piece is formatted in MP3.

I wish that I could tell you precisely how long the piece is, but I don't see any information concerning that. I listened to all of it. If the counter on my MP3 player is correct, it is 4 minutes and 1 second long.

Anyway, to download the free piece, begin here. If you are a subscriber to Alexander Street's mailing list, and are logged in, you should see a bright blue button in the lower righthand corner of Franz Liszt's photograph. Click on it. That should take you to an Open Music Library webpage, where there is a light aqua blue box. Inside the box is a blue link that says "Les Preludes." If you click on it, the download should begin immediately.

I enjoyed the piece, even though it has a lot of the dreaded (to me) violin. But the violin is not overbearing, in my opinion, and I feel complements the rest of the orchestra's performance.

(BTW, and this might save you the trouble of looking yourself--Open Music Library does not mean by "open" that any of their music or scores or whatever else that they have is free. That conclusion comes from me scouring their website for about an hour one day. Almost everyone else does imply "free" when they use the word "open," based upon my observations when browsing on the web. Somewhere--I don't know where the webpage is now--OML tries to explain why they use "Open" in their name, but the explanation rang hollow to me. So, it remains a mystery to me. I say all of that to try to help someone the time and trouble of looking all over the OML website to see what other freebies that they might have.)

02-06-2017, 06:13 PM	#1380
GtrsRGr8 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,334 Karma: 27815322 Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Southeastern U.S., ya'll Device: Kindle; Kindle (10.1.1) for PC; Kindle Cloud Reader	Sometime in the last 18 hours or so (when I last checked), Alexander Street posted its most recent biweekly free music download (they call it the "free download of the week" for some reason). The composer is Franz Liszt. The download is Les Preludes. Here's a bit about the work, from Open Music Library: This week's download features Liszt's Les Préludes. Les Préludes is the first orchestral work known as a symphonic poem, a one-movement genre developed by Liszt to move symphonic writing beyond the well-established four movement structure. Liszt composed thirteen symphonic poems in all, but Les Préludesis virtually the only one to secure a place in regular programming. Again, the download is free and, in the past, Alexander Street's freebies have stayed that way until the next biweekly freebie is announced. The piece is formatted in MP3. I wish that I could tell you precisely how long the piece is, but I don't see any information concerning that. I listened to all of it. If the counter on my MP3 player is correct, it is 4 minutes and 1 second long. Anyway, to download the free piece, begin here. If you are a subscriber to Alexander Street's mailing list, and are logged in, you should see a bright blue button in the lower righthand corner of Franz Liszt's photograph. Click on it. That should take you to an Open Music Library webpage, where there is a light aqua blue box. Inside the box is a blue link that says "Les Preludes." If you click on it, the download should begin immediately. I enjoyed the piece, even though it has a lot of the dreaded (to me) violin. But the violin is not overbearing, in my opinion, and I feel complements the rest of the orchestra's performance. (BTW, and this might save you the trouble of looking yourself--Open Music Library does not mean by "open" that any of their music or scores or whatever else that they have is free. That conclusion comes from me scouring their website for about an hour one day. Almost everyone else does imply "free" when they use the word "open," based upon my observations when browsing on the web. Somewhere--I don't know where the webpage is now--OML tries to explain why they use "Open" in their name, but the explanation rang hollow to me. So, it remains a mystery to me. I say all of that to try to help someone the time and trouble of looking all over the OML website to see what other freebies that they might have.) Last edited by GtrsRGr8; 02-07-2017 at 02:31 AM.