Publisher's Synopsis
Verdi wrote as gifts for admirers the three original piano pieces-"Romance sans paroles," "Valzer," and "Album Leaf for Francesco Florimo"-also included here, and these critical editions are based on the autograph scores or, in the case of "Romance sans paroles," on photographs of the never-released original. Editor Gundula Kreuzer details the origins, sources, and performance questions of all these works in her skillful introduction, and her critical commentary explains editorial problems and solutions.
The instrumental parts are also available as Quartetto (1873): Four Parts for String Quartet (ISBN 978-0-226-85321-5), extracted from this full score.