Bayan Transcriptions
Ivan Adamovich Yashkevich (Яашкавич) (born in 1923) has published several popular transcriptions of music for bayan (для баяна) played by masters of the chromatic button accordion.
He graduated from the Kiev Conservatory in 1949 on button accordion, and remained there as a teacher, composer, and performer.
The Hungarian Dance No. 5 (in F# minor) by Johannes Brahms is a popular piece of music played in styles and arrangements from simple to complex.
Complexity involves adding chords and arpeggios to the basic music content.
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Yashkevich transcriptions
Yashkevich's transcription of the Brahms' Hungarian Dance No. 5 involves the playing of multiple independent musical lines at the same time.
This is achieved by playing the melody with the thumb while playing fill-in notes across several octaves with the other fingers.
Other transcriptions of his include the popular pieces Monti's Czardas, Rachmaninov's Italian Polka, and Strauss' Voices of Spring.
The performance complexity of these transcriptions is beyond the typical style of bayan performance and not even possible to perform on a piano accordion.
Performance of his version of Hungarian Dance No. 5
(Венгерский танец № 5 (фа–диез минор)) by Brahms (Брамс)For comparison, here is a more typical style of melody and chords performed on piano accordion by Henry Doktorski.
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Alexander Tchuev performs Yashkevich's transcription using a style of multiple musical lines, possibly in the style of a concert pianist.
Other bayanists performing the same transcription:
Other transciptions by Yashkevich
Rachmaninov Italian Polka performed by Vladimir Besfamilnov
Printed versions
The Italian Polka and The Voices of Spring transcriptions are available in:
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