Ein Klassiker der zeitgenossischen Musik! Im 1967 entstandenen Orchesterwerk des prominenten ungarischen Komponisten schweben und gleiten vor allem Piano- und Pianissimo-Klange in einer spannungsgeladenen Atmosphare. Mit den Worten Ligetis "wachsen harmonische Gebilde gleichsam in andere hinuber - wie wenn man aus grellem Sonnenlicht in ein dunkles Zimmer tritt und die Farben und Konturen nach und nach wahrnimmt.".

I composed the orchestral piece Melodien in 1971. I tried to loosen up the dense micropolyphony of my musical language, to make it more transparent. Basically, I stayed true to my earlier style: the musical form unfolds like a stretched fabric in the continuously flowing time, but the individual voices no longer merge (as in my earlier music), rather they can be heard individually in their overlapping and interweaving . The voices become individual melodies, with their own style, their own tempo, rhythm and interval structure. If you listen to the work for the first time, it appears as a chaos of discrepant melodies - but if you know the music better, the internal connections become tangible, the hidden harmonic skeleton of the form becomes tangible. (Gyorgy Ligeti)

This facsimile edition offers an impressive access to the composer's work. A study score in modern notation is also available.

The European Hymn is the hymn not only of the European Union but of Europe in a broader sense. The melody has been taken from the Ninth Symphony by Ludwig van Beethoven from 1823.
In the last movement of this symphony Beethoven set music to the 'Ode to Joy' by Friedrich von Schiller from 1785. This poem sprang from Schiller's idealistic vision of men who become brothers - a vision Beethoven shared with him.
In 1972 the Council of Europe adopted Beethoven's 'Ode to Joy' as its anthem. The well-known conductor Herbert von Karajan was commissioned to arrange three instrumental versions - for solo piano, wind orchestra and symphony orchestra. Without words, in the universal language of music, the anthem is an expression of the idealistic values of freedom, peace and solidarity which Europe stands for.
In 1985 the heads of state and government adopted the hymn as the EU's official anthem. It does not replace the national anthems of the member states, but rather celebrates common values as well as unity in diversity.

The score of this offical anthem is exclusively available from the Schott publishing house.

Cinema Paradiso (from Ennio Morricone In Venice: Live At Piazza San Marco)This is a beautiful arrangement based on the concert "Ennio Morricone In Venice: Live At Piazza San Marco". You will not find any score for winds, brasses, percussion and piano and strings on the internet or on this site and any other place with this musical quality and for this price. You and your ensemble will be amazed at the quality of this edition and, above all, the music emanating from these notes. This beautiful composition by Morricone enchants all ages and fits in many situations, from thematic concerts, weddings, parties and recitals. Intermediate-advanced level.

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