Finally, the music of Charles Koechlin is no longer an insider tip, but is being discovered for both the concert hall and the CD! With our issue we are now presenting a largely unknown facet of his work. Because hardly anyone knows that Koechlin turned to film at an advanced age. Although Koechlin was aware that there was no prospect of a cinematic implementation, he even designed a film scenario in 20 scenes in which he himself should appear in a double role! At the age of 66 he saw the actress Lilian Harvey as Princess Marie-Christine in Princesse à in a Parisian movie theater . vos ordres. He was so enchanted that he made the little pieces of Le Portrait de Daisy Hamilton for hercomposed & ndash. adorable miniatures that were not written as film music, but triggered by film experiences.
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Of the unfinished compositions Le Portrait de Daisy Hamilton, notated on two to four lines, we publish two volumes of twelve piano pieces each. Further booklets in other instrumentation will follow. With the seven planned issues Le Portrait de Daisy Hamilton , Charles Koechlin's last unpublished works from the field of film will finally be accessible to posterity.

Finally, the music of Charles Koechlin is no longer an insider tip, but is being discovered for both the concert hall and the CD! With our edition we are now presenting a largely unknown facet of his work. Because hardly anyone knows that Koechlin turned to film at an advanced age. Although Koechlin was aware that there was no prospect of a cinematic implementation, he even designed a film scenario in 20 scenes in which he himself should appear in a double role! At the age of 66 he saw the actress Lilian Harvey as Princess Marie-Christine in Princesse a vos ordres in a Parisian movie theater . He was so enchanted that he made the little pieces Le Portrait de Daisy Hamilton for her composed - captivating miniatures that were not written as film music, but drawn from film experiences.
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Three volumes of the unfinished compositions Le Portrait de Daisy Hamilton , notated on two to four lines, have already been published by Schott, now we are publishing two volumes of eight pieces each for flute and piano and for clarinet and piano. Two more books (11 pieces for piano and string quartet and 10 pieces for string sextet) will follow. With the total of seven planned issues, Charles Koechlin's last as yet unpublished works from the field of film will finally be accessible to posterity.

Finally, the music of Charles Koechlin is no longer an insider tip, but is being discovered for both the concert hall and the CD! With our edition we are now presenting a largely unknown facet of his work. Because hardly anyone knows that Koechlin turned to film at an advanced age. Although Koechlin was aware that there was no prospect of a cinematic implementation, he even designed a film scenario in 20 scenes in which he himself should appear in a double role! At the age of 66 he saw the actress Lilian Harvey as Princess Marie-Christine in Princesse a vos ordres in a Parisian movie theater . He was so enchanted that he made the little pieces Le Portrait de Daisy Hamilton for her composed - captivating miniatures that were not written as film music, but drawn from film experiences.
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Of the unfinished compositions Le Portrait de Daisy Hamilton, notated on two to four lines, we first publish two volumes with twelve piano pieces each. Further booklets in other instrumentation will follow. With the seven planned issues Le Portrait de Daisy Hamilton , Charles Koechlin's last, as yet unpublished works from the field of film will finally be made available to posterity.

Endlich ist die Musik von Charles Koechlin kein Geheimtipp mehr, sondern wird sowohl fur den Konzertsaal als auch die CD entdeckt! Mit unserer Ausgabe prasentieren wir nun eine weithin noch unbekannte Facette seines Schaffens. Denn kaum jemand weiss, dass sich Koechlin in bereits fortgeschrittenem Alter dem Film zuwandte. Obwohl Koechlin bewusst war, dass keine Aussicht auf filmische Umsetzung bestand, entwarf er sogar ein Filmszenario in 20 Szenen, in dem er selbst in einer Doppelrolle erscheinen sollte! Im Alter von 66 Jahren sah er in einem Pariser Filmtheater die Schauspielerin Lilian Harvey als Prinzessin Marie-Christine in Princesse a vos ordres. Er war so verzaubert, dass er fur sie die kleinen Stucke Le Portrait de Daisy Hamilton komponierte - hinreissende Miniaturen, die nicht als Filmmusik geschrieben, sondern durch Filmerlebnisse ausgelost wurden.
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Von den unvollendet gebliebenen, auf zwei bis vier Linien notierten Kompositionen Le Portrait de Daisy Hamilton sind bei Schott bereits zwei Hefte erschienen, nun publizieren wir erstmals einen Band mit Stucken fur zwei Klaviere. Weitere Hefte in anderen Instrumentierungen werden folgen. Mit den insgesamt sieben geplanten Heften Le Portrait de Daisy Hamilton werden Charles Koechlins letzte noch unveroffentlichte Werke aus dem Umfeld des Films endlich fur die Nachwelt zuganglich.