SKU: BR.OB-14660-19

ISBN 9790004335628. 10 x 12.5 inches.

All conducting scores and orchestral parts as well as piano-vocal scores and choral parts are thus obtainable exclusively from Breitkopf & Hartel. The piano reductions of Beethoven's solo concertos and the study scores (,,Studien-Editionen) remain within the G. Henle Verlag and can be ordered there.

Ludwig van Beethoven komponierte seine Missa solemnis zwischen 1819 und 1822.

Die vorliegende Ausgabe legt als Hauptquelle die Arbeitskopie der Partitur zugrunde die Beethoven wohl unmittelbar nach Fertigstellung der Komposition in Auftrag gab. Sie ist die alteste Abschrift des Werks und die einzige Kopie die das heute unvollstandige Autograph zur Vorlage hatte. Da die Arbeitskopie im Zuge des weiteren Kopierens immer wieder selbst revidiert und korrigiert wurde kommt sie heute einer Fassung letzter Hand am nachsten.

Beethovens komplexe Veroffentlichungsstrategie einer gleichzeitigen Herausgabe in England Frankreich und Deutschland bei der er nach der grosstmoglichen Verbreitung seiner Werke trachtete wirft die schwierige Frage nach der richtigen Datierung der Originalausgabe auf.

So konnte Hans-Werner Kuthen bei seiner Urtextausgabe der Ouverture zu Coriolan nachweisen dass es sich bei der ursprunglich als authentisch bewerteten Quelle vom 1. September 1807 doch um einen Nachdruck Simrocks handelt den Beethoven in einem Brief vom 16. Juni 1807 offensichtlich als ein toleriertes Relikt erwahnt. Verbindlich fur die Neuausgabe ist allein der Wiener Originaldruck des Industriekontors der vor der Simrock-Ausgabe entstanden sein muss. Die Neubewertung der Quellen brachte schliesslich auch Anderungen in der Artikulation mit sich.

SKU: HL.51487234

UPC: 196288023531. 6.75x9.5x0.242 inches.

When Dvorák wrote his Serenade for 10 winds and 2 lower strings in January 1878, the heyday of the great wind serenades and “Harmoniemusik” wind ensembles was already long gone. He was probably inspired by hearing Mozart’s Gran Partita shortly beforehand in Vienna. The home key of d minor here is striking, as is the often serious, even tragic atmosphere that repeatedly darkens the otherwise cheerful mood that is typical of the serenade genre. Perhaps this was a reaction to the death of two of his children just a few months earlier. Despite the work’s dramatic character - or perhaps because of it - Dvorák's Serenade was taken up in many European cities soon after its first performance in Prague, and fêted as a significant contribution to the chamber music repertoire for wind instruments. The autograph sources in Prague have been consulted for this Urtext edition. The parts are printed with player-friendly page divisions, perfect page-turning opportunities, and practical alternative parts in F for the three horns.

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SKU: BR.EB-8031

ISBN 9790004174340. 9 x 12 inches.

This series of easy piano music for teaching purposes presents pupils in the lower and lower middle grades with a carefully chosen selection of well-known and lesserknown compositions by important masters. The volumes are deliberately kept small in extent, since it is more stimulating for children to change the teaching material frequently. When the aspiring pianist has dealt successfully with the works of Frederic Chopin for the first time, he will have left the elementary level of instruction behind. The following selection of easy pieces also requires security of technique and capability of musical expression in order to enable the florid sound of Chopin's piano music to unfold. As much as works like the Prelude in D flat major or the Walz in A minor may tempt one to premature endeavours, a study of Chopin's music should not be attempted too early. In the following five Preludes, the two Valses and the Nocturne in G minor (six Mazurkas have been published in a separate folio), the editor has made a selection of pieces, which can be mastered by the pupil (with the exception of opus 28/15 and opus 28/20), even if a limited facility and finger stretch is present. Because of the finger stretch required for some chords, a different distribution of the hands has been indicated or simplifications have been suggested. An introduction to the Tempo rubato, taking style into consideration, is a task lying within teacher's responsibility. Indications for pedal use were added by the editor. Heinz Walter, Salzburg, Fall 1979.