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This class will be both a history of transcriptions for solo piano from the nineteenth century to the present, and a practical course in the technique and craft of making transcriptions. It will focus on four main types of transcriptions: organ music, song repertoire, orchestral reductions, and free arrangements. Students will study the great transcriptions by Liszt, Godowsky, and Rachmaninoff, as well as contemporary transcriptions by Volodos, Olaffson, O’Reilly, and others. They will also make several transcriptions of their own.