Carl Maria von Weber's fame rests mainly on ?Der Freischütz'. The unprecedented success of this opera overshadowed all his other works and contributed to their increasing fall into oblivion. Certain works such as ?Preciosa', ?Oberon', and ?Euryanthe', the overtures, solo concertos and piano sonatas, the lieder and chamber works enjoyed great popularity and were widely known in Germany and abroad as late as the second half of the 19th century. However, any chance of a revival of Weber's influential and substantial oeuvre was wasted in the 1920s, when a complete edition - begun by Hans Joachim Moser and with potential contributors including Wilhelm Kempff, Hans Pfitzner, Max von Schillings, Fritz Stein and Richard Strauss - failed after the third volume.Ever since there have been numerous attempts to restart a complete edition of Weber's works, but as this kind of project would have required the co-operation of scholars from both sides of the inter-German border, the political situation after 1945 was not conducive to any such enterprise. Careful negotiations led to the first tangible steps in the 1980s. The intention, right from the beginning, was to place Weber's work in context, and not to separate his musical output from his influential work as a writer, critic and organiser in the musical field, but to publish his compositions together with his letters, diaries and other literary output as the best way to document the cross-fertilisation between his musical, literary and practical activities.Since the German re-unification both working-parties concerned - at the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, and at the Musikwissenschaftliches Seminar, Detmold/Paderborn - have co-operated on the complete edition of the musical works (c. 45 volumes in 10 series: sacred music - cantatas, odes and other occasional works - stage works - lieder and vocal works - orchestral works - chamber music - music for piano - piano reductions - miscellanea, arrangements and orchestrations - works of doubtful attribution). The diaries (6-8 vols.) are edited in Berlin and the letters (8-10 vols.) and other writings (2 vols.) in Detmold. This complete edition aims to be a reliable basis of scholarly debate as well as for the authentic performance practice of Carl Maria von Weber's music. Conforming to the standards of recent historico-critical editions, the textual material will be based on all available authentic sources, accompanied by a detailed documentation of the genesis and a list of variants for each work. The musicological importance of the works will be evaluated by placing them in their historical context, the presentation of their genesis, history and Critical Commentaries. The letters, writings and diaries will be treated as inter-related and relevant to each other in the commentaries, therefore readers should benefit from a wealth of concise information and cross-references. / Score

Ein Musikalisches Märchen. 10 Einfache Stücke F. Gem. Ensemble (4-5 Stimm. Str.Ensemble Oder Andere Instr.), Erzähler Ad Lib.. Par SCHWERTBERGER GERALD. Die reizende und humorvolle Geschichte einer Geige, die bei einer aufregenden Reise durch die Welt unglaubliche musikalische Abenteuer erlebt. Die Ausgabe enthält die Stimmen 1-4 (+ Vla.), 3 Solostimmen, zudem die Stimmen 1-3 in Bb, 2 Gitarrestimmen (inkl. Akkordsymbolen) und eine Keyboard-/ Klavierstimme (ebenfalls mit Akkordsymbolen)/ Répertoire / Orchestre

Stimme 3 In Es (Altsax) Musikalisches Märchen. 10 Einfache Stücke F. Gem. Ensemble (4-5 Stimm. Str.Ensemble Oder Andere Instr.), Erzähler Ad Lib.. Par SCHWERTBERGER GERALD. Die reizende und humorvolle Geschichte einer Geige, die bei einer aufregenden Reise durch die Welt unglaubliche musikalische Abenteuer erlebt. Die Ausgabe enthält die Stimmen 1-4 (+ Vla.), 3 Solostimmen, zudem die Stimmen 1-3 in Bb, 2 Gitarrestimmen (inkl. Akkordsymbolen) und eine Keyboard-/ Klavierstimme (ebenfalls mit Akkordsymbolen)/ Répertoire / Orchestre

Air pour l'orchestre. Par HENZE HANS WERNER. In October of 1997, I received an invitation from New York Philharmonic Music Director Kurt Masur asking me to contribute a musical message for the coming millennium. Maestro Masur's letter read 'My dream would be to have you provide us with a work lasting from 10 to 15 minutes that could both stand on its own or perhaps be combined with musical messages with other composers which we might compile for a full evening's concert.' I welcomed the opportunity to bring one of six unique perspectives to this collective exploration of the meanings of the new millennium, and it is my hope that the Multi-Arts Production Fund will chose to support the New York Philharmonic's 'Messages for the Millennium' project. My Millennium Message, Fraternité, Air for Orchestra, can best be described as a quiet and placid work in which all the instruments of the orchestra are as one ... and sing in praise of harmony and peace. - Hans Werner Henze/ Répertoire / Orchestre

New Edition of the Complete Works V/5. Par SCHUBERT FRANZ. In addition to his symphonies, Franz Schubert also wrote and handed down to posterity a total of eight finished concert overtures (two of them in two versions) between ca. 1811 and 1819. With the exception of the “Overture in D” (D 4) to the comedy “Der Teufel als Hydraulicus” (“The Devil as Engineer”) and the “Overture in D” (D 26), whose original title was cut out of the manuscript, they are all compositions which are associated neither with a drama nor a programme. They thus embody the type of the pure concert overture at an astonishingly early point in the history of music and are also in keeping with this terminologically by virtue of explicitly not having any other appellations whatsoever in the title: the epithet common for two works “in the Italian style” was only added posthumously. Our volume sees publication for the first time of the “Italian Overture in C” (D 591) in its two authentic versions, this being in contrast to the performance tradition based on a potpourri of the sources. The widely handed-down but corrupted musical course of the “Overture in D” (D 590) has likewise been rectified for the first time. Overshadowed by his symphonies, Schubert’s overtures have hitherto been largely undervalued both in their reception and in musical practice – including the “Overture in E minor” (D 648), which sees Schubert venturing into radically new spheres of expression to a greater extent than in virtually any other of his works./ Recueil / Orchestre

Musikvermittlung hat sich zu einem festen Bestandteil unserer Musikkultur ­entwickelt. In den Aufsätzen dieses Buches werden Umrisse und Aufgaben der künstlerischen Disziplin beschrieben, Arbeitsfelder, Ausbildungsfragen und Adressaten thematisiert, Methoden und neue Medien gesichtet, kritische Aspekte und Qualitätskriterien erörtert sowie historische Prozesse und zukunftsweisende Perspektiven aufgezeigt - Bestandsaufnahme und Neu­reflexion einer offenen und offensiven Musikvermittlung, die dem Musik­leben neue Impulse verleiht. / Orchestre

La renommée de Carl Maria von Weber repose principalement sur , Der Freischütz '. Le succès sans précédent de cet opéra a éclipsé tous ses autres travaux et a contribué à leur chute croissante dans l'oubli. Certaines oeuvres telles que , Preciosa ' , Oberon ', et , Euryanthe ', les ouvertures , concertos en solo et sonates pour piano , des lieder et Chamber Works jouissait d'une grande popularité et ont été largement connu en Allemagne et à l'étranger aussi tard que la deuxième moitié de la 19e siècle . Cependant, toute chance d'une renaissance de Weber influents etoeuvre considérable a été gaspillé dans les années 1920 , quand une édition complète - commencé par Hans Joachim Moser et avec les contributeurs potentiels, dont Wilhelm Kempff , Hans Pfitzner , Max von Schillings, Fritz Stein et Richard Strauss - a échoué après le troisième volume.Depuis , il ya eu de nombreuses tentatives pour relancer une édition complète des oeuvres de Weber , mais comme ce genre de projet , il aurait fallu la collaboration de chercheurs des deux côtés de la frontière inter -allemande, la situation politique après 1945 n'était pas propice à une telle entreprise . Négociations approfondies ont conduit aux premières étapes tangibles dans les années 1980. L'intention , dès le début , était de placer l'oeuvre de Weber dans son contexte, et de ne pas séparer sa production musicale de son travail influent comme un écrivain , critique et organisateur dans le domaine musical , mais de publier ses compositions avec ses lettres, journaux intimes et autre production littéraire comme le meilleur moyen de documenter la fertilisation croisée entre ses activités musicales , littéraires et pratique. / Score

Chalumeau I/Ii Erstdruck. Par WERNER GREGOR JOSEPH. Werner ist bekanntlich der Vorgänger Haydns in dessen Amt als Kapellmeister bei Esterházy, als Komponist ein großer Könner an der Wende vom Hochbarock zum Rokoko./ Répertoire / Orchestre

Gesamtausgabe, Bd 26. Par RHEINBERGER JOSEF GABRIEL. In Rheinbergers Orchesterbearbeitungen zeigt sich seine exzellente Instrumentationskunst ebenso wie eine latente orchestrale Klanglichkeit seiner vierhändigen Klaviermusik und seiner Werke für die Orgel. Aus der Ouvertüre zum Singspiel Der arme Heinrich op. 37 wird so ein charmantes Orchesterstück aus Schubert’schem Geist. Mit der Orchestrierung seiner vierhändigen es-Moll-Klavierfantasie op. 79 gelang Rheinberger eine klangliche Transformation von großer Überzeugungskraft. Originalwerke für Orgel dienten als Basis beim Elegischen Marsch op. 167b sowie bei der Passacaglia aus der Orgelsonate op. 132, mit der Rheinberger Bachs Orgelpassacaglia [BWV 582] noch vor Max Reger alsVorbild „wiederentdeckt“ hatte./ Répertoire / Orchestre

For Speaker And 5 Instrumentalists. Par SCHOENBERG ARNOLD. Pierrot lunaire marks the high point of Schoenberg's expressionistic period, the essence of which he described as renouncing tonal centers and systematic relationships, replacing them with the twelve-tone method he was later to develop, with its dodecaphonic principles. Dethroning tonality and 'emancipating the dissonance' led to a radical change in his understanding of form and the intensity of musical expression beginning in 1907/1908: 'And I am unconditionally approaching a new kind of expression - I can sense it. The sounds now are virtually becoming a bestially direct expression of sensual and intellectual feelings - almost as if everything had been directly propagated.' (Diary entry, March 1912.)/ Répertoire / Récitant et 5 Instrumentistes