2 flutes,2Ob,2Clar.,2Bas.,2 horn,2 trumpet,Timp. (Flutes (2), Oboes (2), Clarinets (2), Bassoons (2), Horns (2), Trumpets (2), Timpani)

SKU: BA.BA09099-65

Composed by Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn. Edited by R. Larry Todd. This edition: urtext edition. Stapled. Barenreiter Urtext. Set of wind parts. Opus 64. 12/8/10/8/14/12/12/10/8/8/6/6/6 pages. Baerenreiter Verlag #BA09099_65. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag (BA.BA09099-65).

ISBN 9790006565672. 32.5 x 25.5 cm inches. Key: E minor.

WithElverskud(The Erl-Kings Daughter), Gade presented his secondsecular cantata for soloists, choir and orchestra, the first having been his successfulComalaOp. 12 (1845/46). The genre was quite popular among his contemporaries. This time, Gade planned to base the work on the text of a folk song. Originally, he had approached Hans Christian Andersen for a text but a collaboration did not materialize. The text Gade ultimately chose for his music was that of a ballad most likely penned by Emil Erslev and Gade himself. A German translation by Edmund Lobedanz was added at a later time.

The composition, started in 1851 and finished in March of 1854, soon became an international success and one of Gade's most-performed works. In 1864, the composer made a number of changes to the instrumentation. While the new version was subsequently used for all performances conducted by Gade, the changes were never incorporated into the printed edition of the score. This edition is the first to present this 1864 version.

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Solo Violin and Orchestra (V-solo,2Fl,2Ob,2Clar-iA,2bassoon,2Hn,2Trp,Timp,2V,Va,Vc,Db)

SKU: BA.TP00394

Composed by Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn. Edited by Clive Brown and R. Larry Todd. This edition: urtext edition. Paperback. Barenreiter Urtext. Late version 1845. Study score. Opus 64. Duration 00:26:00. Baerenreiter Verlag #TP00394_00. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag (BA.TP00394).

ISBN 9790006203086. 22.5 x 16.5 cm inches. Key: E minor. Preface: Todd, R. Larry / Brown, Clive / Sutcliffe, Richard.

This standard work of the cello literature has been extracted from volume II of the Complete Works for Violoncello and Pianoforte (BA 9096 and BA 9097) which was published in 2016. Mendelssohn scholar R. Larry Todd edited the scholarly-critical edition ofSong without Words.

This work is not based on the surviving autograph manuscript, which could not have been the basis for the posthumous first edition, but rather on the only plausible source: the German first edition itself. This was published in 1868 as op. 109 and is unquestionably based on an untraceable complete final manuscript, perhaps once previously owned by the dedicatee, French cellist Lisa Barbier Cristiani.

The publication is free from editorial amendments and modern performance instructions and provides an excellent basis for musical interpretation.

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