Version for Piano four-Hands-Grieg?s incidental music for Henrik Ibsen?s drama ?Peer Gynt? contains some of his best-known compositions such as ?Morning Mood? and ?In the hall of the Mountain King?.Grieg later extracted the most beautiful pieces to form two Orchestral suites and arranged himself these versions for Piano solo and Piano four-hands. There was a surprise in store for Henle when they werepreparing this Urtext edition. In the autograph and the first print run the second suite contained another movement the ?Dance of the Mountain King?s Daughter? which Grieg deleted shortly afterwards. Thischarming dance appears in the appendix to this edition printed again for the first time in 120 years! The Norwegian pianist and Grieg expert Einar Steen-Nøkleberg was co-editor for this edition and alsoprovided the new fingerings.

In his late work Beethoven devoted himself intensively to the forms of baroque polyphony. He originally composed the Große Fuge as the final movement of the String Quartet in Bb Op.130. However accordingto one critic the listeners of the time considered it to be 'unintelligible like Chinese'. At the urging of his publisher Beethoven then replaced it with a newly composed closing movement for the quartet. In addition he alsomade a version of the Große Fuge for Piano four-hands. The autograph of this arrangement was recently rediscovered. Courtesy of the Juillard School of Music Henle was able to consult it for the first time fortheir new critical edition.

Arrangements für ein Klavier zu vier Händen. Par BRAHMS JOHANNES. With Critical Report/ Répertoire / Piano 4 Mains

for Piano Four-hands-La musique populaire norv?gienne joua un r?le majeur dans pratiquement toute l??uvre de Edvard Grieg. Pour les Danses norv?giennes op. 35 pr?sent?es ici en ?dition Urtext le compositeur a utilis? d?anciennes m?lodies populaires emprunt?es ? une anthologie du musicien et musicologue Ludvig Mathias Lindeman et les a adapt?es en 1880 pour piano ? quatre mains. L??dition Henle a ?t? pr?par?e sur la base des premi?res ?ditions et de tous les autographes conserv?s dans les archives Grieg de Bergen. Le pianiste norv?gien et sp?cialiste de Grieg Einar Steen-N?kleberg a fait office de co?diteur et s?est charg? des doigt?s.

[Werke für Klavier zu vier Händen - Band 1] / Classique / Editeur : Willi Kahl / Partition, sans indications de doigtés / Relié toilé / Edition Urtext

[Werke für Klavier zu vier Händen] / Classique / Editeur : Ewald Zimmermann / Doigtés : Walt / Partition / Broché /

[Werke für Klavier zu vier Händen] / Classique / Editeur : Ewald Zimmermann / Doigtés : Walther Lam / Partition / Relié toilé / Edition Urtext

Arrangement for Piano Fourhands-In the 19th century arrangements for Piano four-hands were usually versions which people played at home if the works could not be heard in concert. In cases such as these Brahms did not however just make functional versions butcreatively transcribed his works for the piano. As the composer he allowed himself greater freedom than arrangers for publishers did. In this form his arrangements greatly contributed to the success of his works in musical life inthe 19th century. It is on account of their creativity that Brahms’ arrangements have attracted new interest in musical circles over the last few decades. This Urtext edition of the Symphonies nos. 1 and 2 for piano four handsoffers a scholarly musical text following the recently published volume in the Brahms Complete Edition.

[Werke für Klavier zu vier Händen] / Classique / Editeur : Ernst-Günther Heinemann / Doigtés : Andr / Partition / Broché / Edition Urtext

Slavonic Dances op. 72 for Piano Four-hands-With the publication of the second volume all of the ?Slavonic Dances? are now available in Urtext. Following the resounding success of the first series op. 46 which immediately made the composer famous around the world thepublisher urged him to write more. Dvo ák only got down to work on them eight years later announcing ?I think these will be very different?. And indeed the difference cannot be missed: the second series is singled out bygreater formal freedom and more colourful harmony. Whereas Opus 46 is for the most part characterised by sparkling high spirits (HN757) in Opus 72 there are also quieter notes: melancholy and poetry find their way into theexuberant dance.

for piano four-hands-The six pieces in Gabriel Fauré's Dolly suite were inspired by the young daughter of the composer's friend Emma Bardac. The girl was born in 1892 and called “Dolly” on account of hersmall delicate figure. These pieces were composed mainly for Dolly's birthday or the New Year and reflect the world as experienced by the growing child from a lullaby to a temperamental dance. The suite was notmeant to be taken too seriously as shown by the subtle allusions to his own music and that of others. Despite their simple basic structure these pieces which soon became popular contain numerous harmonic and rhythmic subtletiestypical of the French composer – “children’s music” that is also well suited to adults.  

Aucun autre grand compositeur n?a ?crit autant d??uvres pour piano ? quatre mains que Franz Schubert ? 54 en tout (dont 32 avec num?ro d?opus): des fantaisies des danses des marches des variations rondos sonates etc. Jouer de la musique ensemble souvent dans un cadre con-vivial faisait partie int?grante de la vie au sein du cercle d?amis de Schubert. Quel plaisir de travailler ces morceaux! Dans les trois volumes de l??dition Henle-Urtext comportant la mu-sique pour piano ? quatre mains de Schubert les morceaux sont class?s par ordre chronolo-gique. Le volume I contient trois pi?ces tr?s pr?coces des ann?es 1810 ? 1813 tandis que les autres datent majoritairementde l?ann?e 1818. Parmi ces derni?res figure la magistrale Grande So-nate en Si b?mol majeur D 617. ? la fin figurent deux ?uvres difficiles ? classer v?ritablement chronologiquement dont l?une Allegro Moderato et Andante D 968 parfois aussi appel?e ?Sonatine? fut tr?s vraisemblablement ?crite ? des fins p?dagogiques.

[Werke für Klavier zu vier Händen - Band 3] / Classique / Editeur : Willi Kahl / Partition, sans indications de doigtés / Broché / Edition Urtext

Following the great success of the Slavonic Dances Op. 46 the publisher Simrock was extremely happy when Dvo ák presented him with the prospect of a new cycle for Piano Four Hands the ?Legends? inOctober 1880. Barely a year was to pass before the new work was published. Shortly before this Dvo ák and Simrock had travelled to Karlsbad with the proofs where the Viennese music critic Eduard Hanslick was taking thewaters. They played through the work together and proofread it. Hanslick was delighted and even became the dedicatee of these ten charming pieces. Later he wrote in a review of the Legends that one felt a?sense of pleasure? that ?feels doubly good in our pessimistic times?.