musical & biographical
PRIMARY
MATERIALS
Siloti's over 250 transcriptions and arrangments form the core residue of Siloti's musical art. These, alongside program booklets, articles, interviews, and letters are preserved in archives in US and Russia. The following collection curates an inventory to these sources and provides links to digital materials where avaiable.
Scores
Writings
Interviews
Letters
Archives
SCORES
link Barber 2003 Collection
The Alexander Siloti collection: editions, transcriptions, and arrangements for piano solo.
A collection of typeset Siloti editions providing a window into Siloti's work to "create and recreate a vast literature" (Barber 2003, 5). The introduction contains a high-level reflection on the artistic and pianistic impact of Siloti's redesign choices.
Barber, Charles. The Alexander Siloti collection: editions, transcriptions, and arrangements for piano solo. United States: C. Fischer, 2003.
WRITINGS
link Siloti 1923 Virtuoso
Alexander Siloti: Leaves From a Virtuoso's Note Book
Siloti's 1923 article in the Etude magazine, subtitled: "Practical Study Ideas from Personal Contact with Liszt and Rubinstein."
Siloti, Alexander. "Leaves from a Virtuoso's Notebook." Etude. XLI (August, 1923).
link Siloti 1923 Artistic
Many Roads to Artistic Playing: Alexander Siloti
A reflection on the process of developing artistry at the piano by Siloti for the Etude magazine, 1923. Topics Discussed: Learning by teaching, Analyzing one's own playing, The importance of the playing ideal, Development of the musical imagination, Reminiscences about Liszt as conductor.
Siloti, Alexander. "Many Roads to Artistic Playing." Etude. (March, 1923).
link Siloti 1920 Memories II
Memories of Rubinstein and Liszt II
Excerpts from the 1911 Methven Simpson Edition Published in the Etude 1920.
Siloti, Alexander. "Memories of Rubinstein and Liszt II." Etude. (August, 1920).
link Siloti 1920 Memories I
Memories of Rubinstein and Liszt II
Excerpts from the 1911 Methven Simpson Edition Published in the Etude 1920.
Siloti, Alexander. "Memories of Rubinstein and Liszt I." Etude. (July, 1920).
link Siloti 1911 Memories
My Memories of Liszt: English Translation from the Russian, 1911
The 1911 Methven Simpson edition of Siloti's Memories. This scan was signed by A. Siloti, dated 1938. Contains some footnotes and score engravings throughout.
Siloti, Alexander. My Memories of Liszt. London: Breitkopf & Hartel, 1911. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015070638864
INTERVIEWS
Downes, Olin. "Alexander Siloti Returns: Distinguished Pianist, a Pupil of Liszt, to Appear with Orchestra in Carnegie Hall Concert." New York Times (1929), X9.
LETTERS
Siloti 1963 Letters
The Alexander Siloti collection: editions, transcriptions, and arrangements for piano solo.
"In search of literature about Siloti, we find a single book - "Alexander Ilyich Siloti. Memoirs and Letters", published in 1963 on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of his birth." (Maltseva 2011)
Зилоти А. Воспоминания и письма / Сост., авт. предисл. и примеч. Л. М. Кутателадзе; под ред. Л. Н. Раабена. – Л.: Гос. муз. изд., 1963.
PHOTOGRAPHS & ILLUSTRATIONS
ARCHIVES
Library of Congress. Alexander and Oxana Siloti papers, 1863-1979. https://lccn.loc.gov/2020570085
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