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Ferdinand Carl Ludwig Pfefferkorn (1808- 1891, Ernsthal Konigreich Sachsen) and/or Otto William Gotthold Pfefferkorn (1863 - 1939)

Re: Ferdinand Carl Ludwig Pfefferkorn (1808- 1891, Ernsthal Konigreich Sachsen) and/or Otto William Gotthold Pfefferkorn (1863 - 1939)

Posted: 14 Apr 2012 12:02AM GMT
Classification: Query
All of Otto's 1880 "Sweetest Dream Waltz" may be found at " Music for the Nation,American Sheet Music,1870-1885". That is a Library of Congress site. Otto was only 17 in 1880. The music reflects that. It does suggest some later tendency toward the dramatic. The 6/8 intro has hand crossing;voicing from soft to loud,twice;and an ad lib flourish at the end of its 11 bars,all Allegro. The B flat key continues as the pace becomes Tempo di Valse, 3/4. Call this the B section (the intro being A).B is 32 slightly syncopated bars,then repeated. The next(C) section goes into key of F for 32, more or less 1-2-3,1-2-3 rhythm,bars,also to be repeated. The key slides into B flat again to essentially reproduce the mood and melody of section B in 32 bars without a repeat. The E flat finale is slightly off a straight 1-2-3 count, 16 bars,and is repeated. Many pianists can play this work. That would not be true for most of what Otto wrote,say,between 1884 and 1910. There are many errors on this Message Board,notably in names and spellings of places in German lands.Also there are assorted pieces of misinformation.

Re: Ferdinand Carl Ludwig Pfefferkorn (1808- 1891, Ernsthal Konigreich Sachsen) and/or Otto William Gotthold Pfefferkorn (1863 - 1939)

Posted: 14 Apr 2012 2:27PM GMT
Classification: Query
I have never actually heard the piece played but, remember a copy of the sheet music stashed away in an aunt's house as a little girl. I was rather surprised when it popped up in the Library of Congress. I follow basically the explanation in the previous reply but will have to listen to it for it to make any sense to me. But then I can only play two small tunes on the piano:) Could you post an audio link?
I find its more helpful to post the correct info when pointing out errors, most aren't discovered until collaboration begins. Even though we have this great computer technology today, it still requires time to work out errors (even for a single person) in any family tree that have been carried down mainly by a page in the family bible or a story within the family. Could you please be more specific?

Re: Ferdinand Carl Ludwig Pfefferkorn (1808- 1891, Ernsthal Konigreich Sachsen) and/or Otto William Gotthold Pfefferkorn (1863 - 1939)

Posted: 15 Apr 2012 8:35PM GMT
Classification: Query
Audio link? No. Telephone works well. As for specifics,there is a fanciful foolishness that fills family fables.There are stumbling blocks,blanks,errors,and indeed even inventions.Disabusing fantasy in a public forum is bad form.Yet,here are a couple of adjustments not likely to raise hackles.One of Otto's middle names is fully spelled GOTTHOLDT.It refers to a particular connection to God.Further,ERNSTTHAL is the correct form.THAL is a depression in the land such as a valley.Now a little poetic license--- I gather ERNST used to encamp there regularly until the rains of the 100 year storm came.Then he struggled uphill to cross the road to higher,firmer ground where--------.Someone else with knowledge of the local geography can elaborate from here on.
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