SKU: BT.WA-4159-401
ISBN 9789043142007. English.
Taken from Saint-Saens third symphony, this lovely melody has been wonderfully arranged for intermediate level pianists.
SKU: HL.48016562
UPC: 073999656831. 8.5x11.0x0.234 inches.
Contents: Andante from Symphony No. 104 (Haydn) * Larghetto from Concerto Grosso No. 12 (Handel) * Adagio from Symphony No. 3 (Mendelssohn) * Andante from Symphony No. 5 (Schubert) * Largo from New World Symphony (Dvorak) * Songs My Mother Taught Me (Dvorak) * Andante from Symphony No. 4 (Schubert) * Largo from Symphony No. 88 (Haydn) * Silent Woods (Dvorak) * Melody from Violoncello Concerto (Dvorak) * Andante from Violin Concerto (Mendelssohn) * Adagio from Symphony No. 97 (Haydn) * Finale from Symphony No. 5 (Dvorak) * Andante Cantabile from Symphony No. 5 (Tchaikovsky).
SKU: FJ.FJH2299
ISBN 9781619281691. UPC: 241444369906. English.
Quick Classics is a fun, motivating collection of piano solo arrangements that can be learned quickly and easily. There are 20 titles in this 32-page book with a variety of titles including: Die Forelle (The Trout); In the Hall of the Mountain King; Theme from the Surprise Symphony; Beethoven's 5th Symphony; and many more. Teachers can use this book as supplemental repertoire for late-elementary students, or sight-reading for more advanced students. Adults will also enjoy playing favorite melodies of familiar classical pieces.
SKU: HH.HH508-SOL
ISBN 9790708185185.
Symphony No. 44 is one of a number of Haydn’s middle period works often regarded as representing the so-called Sturm und Drang (‘Storm and Stress’) style of melodramatic realism taken over from contemporary German literary and dramatic models. The symphony is monotonal – each movement being in the same key, with contrast provided by excursions into the tonic major. Contrapuntal writing pervades the whole work; the second movement, unusually, is a minuet and is a strict double canon at one bar’s interval (‘Canone in Diapason’ is Haydn’s term) which itself is contrasted by the lyrical Trio section in the tonic major. The third movement, an Adagio in the tonic major, prompted the symphony’s long-adopted soubriquet, ‘Trauer’ (‘Mourning’) as it was said to have been requested by the composer himself to be played at his own funeral.2 The monothematic contrapuntal Finale reverts to the tense emotional level of the opening Allegro.
SKU: HH.HH491-SOL
ISBN 9790708185017.
Haydn’s Symphony No. 48 was long thought to have been written for, and performed in honour of the state visit of Empress Maria Theresia to Eszterháza in 1773. However, research by Robbins Landon has shown that the symphony should be redated to 1770. Landon rightly comments that although the accepted soubriquet may be mistaken, the message is right, for in its magnificence it is a ‘Symphony for Queens and Emperors’.
SKU: HH.HH492-SOL
ISBN 9790708185024.
On the morning of Friday 8 July 1791 Haydn received the honorary degree of Doctor of Music as part of the annual Commemoration celebrations at the University of Oxford. That same evening his Symphony No. 92 was performed at the Sheldonian Theatre. This symphony was not composed expressly for the occasion but was one of a set of three (Nos. 90, 91 and 92) commissioned by, and dedicated to, the Comte d’Ogny in 1788/9. Of the work itself it is difficult to disagree with the view that ‘Haydn was quite right to pick this Symphony for the concert to celebrate his Oxford degree [...] for it artlessly presents the greatest contrapuntal mind since J.S.Bach, embedded within the popular classical style.’.
SKU: HH.HH560-SOL
ISBN 9790708185758.
The Haffner symphony was composed at the request of Leopold Mozart for the celebrations at the ennoblement of Wolfgang’s childhood friend, Sigmund Haffner, in Salzburg on 29 July 1782. Mozart was under considerable pressure at this time with, amongst other professional commitments, preparations for the opening performance of Die Entfühtung aus dem Serail on 16 July, and the necessary arrangements for his forthcoming marriage to Constanze on 4 August. It is unclear from the surviving evidence (the relevant correspondence between Wolfgang and Leopold at this period is incomplete) whether the symphony arrived at Salzburg in time for the Haffner celebrations. The symphony was first performed in Vienna, under Mozart’s direction, at the Hofburgtheater on 23 March 1783 in the presence of the Emperor.
SKU: HH.HH513-SOL
ISBN 9790708185239.
Haydn’s Symphony No.94 was first performed on 23 March 1792 at the Hanover Square Rooms under the direction of Salomon as concertmaster with the composer himself at the fortepiano. The work was an instant success and soon became – and remains – one of Haydn’s most popular symphonies. The soubriquet Surprise was attached to the work very early on, and was prompted by the unexpected forte chord (reinforced by the Timpani stroke) in bar 16 of the Andante. In German-speaking countries the symphony is known by the nickname Mit dem Paukenschlag for the same reason.
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