SKU: HL.48185175
UPC: 888680788001. 8.25x11.0x0.28 inches.
Christmas Cantata (Sinfonia Sacra), the most famous piece of Daniel Pinkham, composed in 1957, is a church composition for chorus, double brass and organ. Written in Latin. Accessible to good high-school and college singers, the opening statement is sung by the whole SATB chorus, followed by the Allegro section, which is rhythmically quite complicated. The middle section is sung by sopranos and altos while the Rondo, which is part of the final part, is sung by the whole SATB, its verses being interpreted by the different groups. Daniel Pinkham (1923-2006) is an American composer, organist and harpsichordist. Most of his compositions were related to church music and his best known works are the Christmas, Advent and wedding cantatas.
SKU: BR.EB-8937
ISBN 9790004186046. 0 x 0 inches.
Given that hardly any printed collections of new keyboard music were offered in Germany in the first decades of the 18th century, Christoph Graupner's eight Partien auf das Clavier , published in 1718, marked a new beginning. The suites are arranged according to an ascending sequence of notes and generally follow the scheme Allemande - Courante - Sarabande - Gigue, but this order is repeatedly broken, also by movements that are rather unusual for a suite. The focus is on the characteristics of the individual movements and the joy of playing with figures typical for the movement or instrument, as well as on challenging playing techniques, such as hand changes in runs (passaggi), wide-ranging chord breaks and the use of the thumb, which was not very common at the time. In this respect, Graupner's suites offer not so much a formal advancement, but rather an expansion of the demands of playing technique. Although several CD recordings of these suites already exist, this volume constitutes the first modern Urtext edition. Complementing her scholarly activities, the editor Genevieve Soly provides important impulses on performance practice in the preface, especially on the execution of the passaggi and the ornamentation, thus opening up the view on her activity as a harpsichordist.
SKU: HL.48185177
UPC: 888680788537. 7.0x10.25x0.062 inches.
SKU: HL.49008100
ISBN 9790001115490.
Scarlet Letters was composed in 1984 on commission of the pianist and harpsichordist Franzpeter Goebels (1920-1988) on the occasion of the 300th birth day of Domenico Scarlatti. The original working title 'Lettere scarlattine' is a concealed homage to the Italian composer. The compositional material is limited to the tones D, E, C, Es (= S, spoken 'Es' = E flat in German notation) and A, derived from the musical letters of Domenico Scarlatti's name, and the tones B (= B flat in German nota tion) and H (= B natural), the initials of my name. With 7 tones and 7 parts, this music is a sort of story about my imaginary encounter with the composer Domenico Scarlatti who was then one of my favourite composers. Sometimes I also used compositional means which I discovered in the sonatas of Scarlatti, such as quick 6/8 figures, afterbeat octaves and repetitions of short motifs. I tried to translatethe clarity, brightness and cheerfulness, the astounding modulations and the pianistic brilliance of his music into my compositional language.Barbara HellerThe piece was recorded on CD by the American pianist Deborah Richards (WERGO 6610-02). First performance: 31. October 1987 International Festival of Women Composers, Unna; Rosario Marciano, piano.
SKU: HL.49047076
ISBN 9781705184035. UPC: 196288115076.
There are only two sacred solo songs in the extensive oeuvre of the Oppenheim composer Johanna Senfter. Both songs, probably composed in 1917, are influenced by the catastrophe of the First World War. They are hereby presented as the first publication. JOHANNA SENFTER 1879 - 1961 Born and raised in Oppenheim/Rhein - First lessons from the mother (piano, violin) - School and university years in Frankfurt/Main -From 1895 parallel music studies at the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt, graduating in 1903 (piano, organ, violin, composition; especially dealing with J.S. Bach) - From 1907 private lessons with Max Reger - October 1908 to 1909 his student at the Leipzig Conservatory - 1909 Arthur Nikisch Prize for the best composition - Then worked in Oppenheim as a freelance composer and music teacher - Friendly relationship between the Reger family and Senfter - With Reger's death in 1916 she lost the protege for the advertising of her works (approx. 130) - 1921 founding of two music societies. ROLF SCHONSTEDT Born in Erfurt/Thuringia in 1944 - studied church music in Herford and Cologne - church music exams (B / A / artistic maturity exam / concert exam) Kantor positions in Remscheid, Wuppertal, Hamm/Westf. - KMD, state chairman of church musicians, state church music director, lecturer at the Westf. phil. (The organ song - a new genre on the threshold of the 20th century) - As an organist, harpsichordist,conductor, lecturer in Europe, Russia, North and South America, Africa - Co-founder of the 2nd Reger Festival in Argentina - Boardmember of the International Max Reger Society - Member of the Argentine National Academy for Art and Music - Honors and awards (national / international) - Publisher: Series The Spiritual Song / The Organ Works by Karl Hasse - Radio, television, disc /CD.
SKU: M7.VGH-44-70
ISBN 9790206660092.
The vision of a harpsichordist playing rock music on the roof of a house in Geneva became the starting point for this short piece, a piano transcription of a movement of the 2nd Divertissement Suisse, which is scored for a septet. It also contains biographical elements.
SKU: PR.490011640
UPC: 680160602599. 8.5 x 11 inches.
Inspired by the two- and three-part inventions of Bach, Baksa's 36 Canonic Inventions were composed in the early 1980s but are now available complete in two volumes. Each two voice invention is followed by a three voice invention in the same key so that the result is somewhat like the Master of Master's Preludes and Fugues. Many of these pieces were premiered by Harpsichordist Elaine Comparone but they are equally suitable for performance on piano or pianoforte. --American composer Lee Hoiby once asked me where I learned to write counterpoint. I told him that I learned by writing my Canonic Inventions.-- (Robert Baksa).
SKU: BT.DHP-1195884-010
English-German-French-Dutch.
Tribute to a Maestro is an homage to Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683 1764), one of the most important French Baroque composers. Rameau was a hugely significant composer, organist, harpsichordist and music teacher: he also published several authoritative books on music theory. Jan de Haan based this tribute on a theme from ‘Les Sauvages’ (The Savages), the fourth act of Rameau’s ballet-opera, Les Indes Galantes (The Amorous Indies). The work begins with two variations, whereupon the striking theme can be heard. After a short intermezzo, four more variations follow, of which the last one is composed in Baroque style. Tribute to a Maestro is een hommage aan Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683 1764), een van de belangrijkste componisten uit de barok. Deze Fransman was niet alleen componist, organist, klavecinist en muziekpedagoog, maar ook muziektheoreticus. Hij publiceerde verschillende toonaangevende boeken over muziektheorie. Jan de Haan baseerde dit eerbetoon op een thema uit het oeuvre van Rameau, namelijk ‘Les Sauvages’ (De wilden) uit de vierde akte van een van Rameaus balletopera’s, Les Indes Galantes (De hoffelijke Indiërs). Het werk begint met twee variaties, waarna het markante thema is te beluisteren. Na een kort intermezzo volgen dan nog vier variaties, waarvan delaatste in barokstijl is gecomponeerd. Tribute to a Maestro ist eine Hommage an Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683 1764), einen der bedeutendsten Komponisten der Barockzeit. Der Franzose war nicht nur Komponist, Organist, Cembalist und Musiklehrer, sondern auch Musiktheoretiker. Er veröffentlichte einige grundlegende musiktheoretische Bücher. Jan de Haan stützte seine Huldigung auf ein Thema aus Rameaus Werk, nämlich Les Sauvages“ (Die Wilden“) aus dem vierten Akt von Rameaus Ballettoper Les Indes galantes. Das Stück beginnt mit zwei Variationen, woraufhin das bemerkenswerte Thema erklingt. Nach einem kurzen Intermezzo folgen vier weitere Variationen, von denen die letzte im Barockstilkomponiert ist. Tribute to a Maestro est un hommage Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764), l’un des plus importants compositeurs du baroque. Ce Français était non seulement un compositeur, organiste, claveciniste et enseignant de musique, mais aussi un théoricien de la musique. Ses nombreuses publications font autorité en théorie musicale. A la base de cet hommage de Jan de Haan est un thème de l’œuvre de Rameau, notamment « Les Sauvages » du quatrième acte de l’un de ses opéra-ballets, Les Indes Galantes. L’œuvre commence par deux variations la suite desquels on entend le thème saisissant. Après un court intermezzo, quatre autres variations s’ensuivent, dont la dernière estcomposée dans le style baroque.
SKU: BT.DHP-1195884-140
SKU: PR.490011630
UPC: 680160599387. 8.5 x 11 inches.
Inspired by the two and three part inventions of Bach, Baksa's 36 Canonic Inventions were composed in the early 1980s but are now available complete in two volumes. Each two voice invention is followed by a three voice invention in the same key so that the result is somewhat like the Master of Master's Preludes and Fugues. Many of these pieces were premiered by Harpsichordist Elaine Comparone but they are equally suitable for performance on piano or pianoforte. American composer Lee Hoiby once asked me where I learned to write counterpoint. I told him that I learned by writing my Canonic Inventions. (Robert Baksa).
SKU: HF.RHM-2B
ISBN 9790203457299. 8.3 x 11.7 inches.
SKU: PR.114411030
UPC: 680160015962. 9.5 x 13 inches.
