SKU: BR.EB-32117

ISBN 9790004187258. 7.5 x 10.5 inches.

The cantata Schmucket das Fest mit Maien has survived without any information about the time of its composition, its purpose, or its scoring. The librettist is also unknown, although there is a comparatively similar text in the work of the Silesian poet Hans Assmann Freiherr von Abschatz (1646-1699), printed in Leipzig in 1704. Since the copy of the score that serves as the source for this edition was probably written after 1708, and the work is closely related to the cantata Daran erkennen wir (PB 32090), it could have been written during Kuhnau's first years as Thomaskantor from 1701 on.The text set to music provides information about the purpose of the cantata. In the course of the work, the image of the bridegroom and his bride from the Song of Songs is reinterpreted as the sending of the Holy Spirit upon the congregation of Christians. In the first part, passages from the Song of Songs predominate while the second part quotes their symbolic interpretations or treats them in free poetry. In the concluding chorale, a stanza from Philipp Nicolai's Wie schon leuchtet der Morgenstern (How beautifully the morning star shines), the outpouring and the flames are also mentioned, so the purpose to the feast of Pentecost is clear.Another special feature of the cantata is the varied and colorful instrumentation with the scoring of two flutes, two oboes and bassoon in individual movements, in addition to the usual, sometimes divided strings.

SKU: HL.51481346

ISBN 9790201813462. UPC: 888680925031. 9.25x12.0x0.066 inches.

When composing his Spanish Dances (HN 1370), the composer and violin virtuoso Sarasate united existing material - folk songs and songs by well-known composers - with his own uniquely charming musical language. The two Dances op. 22, “Romanza andaluza” and “JotaNavarra,” were completed in 1878 during Sarasate's first concert tour through Scandinavia. After their initial performances, the lyrical “Romanza” soon outstripped its brilliant sister piece in popularity, and thereafter it was one of Sarasate's compositions that he played most often himself. Since then, this piece has lost nothing of its charm, and it is now available as a stand-alone edition in the Henle catalogue.

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SKU: HL.50488142

ISBN 9790080042748. A/4 inches. Janos Szebenyi; Imre Sulyok.

Franz Anton Hoffmeister (1754-1812) was a popular, very creative composer of his age. His oeuvre consists of nine operas, sixty-six symphonies, forty-two string quartets, eighteen string trios, eleven piano trios, five piano quintets, serenades and ecclesiastical works. He composed especially numerous chamber music works for flute in various arrangements (duets, trios, quartets, quintets etc.). Out of his twenty-four flute concertos the one hereby published is marked No. 18 in the catalogue of Hoffmesiter's works, published in 1800. (A copy of that catalogue has been preserved at the Belgian Royal Library, Brussels.) The contemporary handwritten orchestral part-material ofthe concerto is to be found at the King Stephen Museum at Szekesfehervar, it had got there in 1951 as part of the music collection of the family Verebi-Vegh.

Franz Anton Hoffmeister (1754-1812) ist einer der beliebten und fruchtbaren Komponisten seiner Zeit. Er komponierte 9 Opern, 66 Symphonien, 42 Streichquartette, 18 Streichtrios, 11 Klaviertrios, 5 Klavierquintette, Serenaden und Kirchenmusik. Besonders fur Flote schrieb er viele Kammerwerke in verschiedenen Gruppierungen (Duette, Trios, Quartette, Quintette u. s. w.) Unter seinen 24 Flotenkonzerten ist das jetzt veroffentliche Konzert mit Nummer 18 in dem im Jahre 1800 erschienenen Katalog seiner Werke versehen. (Ein Exemplar des Kataloges befindet sich in der Brusseler Koniglich Belgischen Bibliothek.) Das handschriftliche Orchestermaterial aus dieser zeit befindet sich imSzekesfehervar Konig Stephan Museum, wohin es im Jahre 1951 mit der Notensammlung der Familie Verebi-Vegh belangt ist.