SKU: BT.DHP-1064179-010

9x12 inches. English-German-French-Dutch.

The habanera is a dance from the beginning of the 19th century that has been the subject of many humorous and ironic poems. One of the more famous habaneras is La Paloma (The Dove), composed about 1860 by Spaniard Sebastien Yradier (1809-1865). This song has since been popular globally and has been performed by many artists including Dean Martin, Elvis Presley, Bill Ramsey, Mireille Mathieu and many more. A fantastic opportunity to immerse yourself in the seduction and soft nostalgia of La Paloma.

La Paloma - van oorsprong een Cubaanse habanera, in de negentiende eeuw geschreven door de Baskische Sebastián Yradier - is een van de meest uitgevoerde songs ter wereld. Grote artiesten als Bing Crosby, Elvis Presley, JulioIglesias en zelfs Maria Callas hebbben La Paloma vertolkt. Met dit Fraaie arrangement van Naohiro Iwai voor harmonieorkest doet u uw publiek ongetwijfeld groot genoegen.

La Paloma, ursprünglich eine kubanische Habanera aus der Feder des Basken Sebastian Yradier, zählt - mit zahlreichen Texten und in verschiedenen Stilen verarbeitet - zu den meistinterpretierten und am häufigsten aufgenommenen Liedern der Welt. Auf der eindruckvollen Liste berühmter Interpreten stehen Namen wie Hans Albers, Dean Martin, Elvis Presley, Bill Ramsey und viele mehr. Allen Versionen gemeinsam ist das bewegende Thema Sehnsucht, Abschied und Wiederkehr. Ein Klassiker, der in der Bearbeitung von Naohiro Iwai in Ihrem Repertoire nicht fehlen darf.

La habanera est une danse du début du XIXe siècle qui devient la forme de poèmes humoristiques et ironiques.Une des plus célèbres habaneras est La Paloma composée vers 1860 par l'espagnol Sebastien Yradier (1809-1865). Elle fera le tour du monde et sera chantée par de nombreux artistes dont Dean Martin, Elvis Presley, Bill Ramsey, Mireille Mathieu, etc. La Paloma (“La colombe”) séduit par la douce nostalgie se dégageant de son rythme, capable de mettre en valeur poésie et lyrisme des paroles.

L’habanera è un ballo degli inizi del XIX secolo che diviene la forma di poemi umoristici ed ironici. Una delle più celebri habanera è La Paloma, composta attorno al 1860 dallo spagnolo Sebastien Yradier (1809-1865). Far il giro del mondo e sar cantata da numerosi artisti tra i quali Dean Martin, Elvis Presley, Bill Ramsey, Mireille Mathieu, ecc. La Paloma incanta per la dolce nostalgia che si sprigiona dal suo ritmo, capace di evidenziare poesia e lirismo delle parole.

SKU: BA.BVK02304

ISBN 9783761823040. 23.5 x 16 cm inches. Preface: Seidel, Wilhelm.

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy as letter-writer: at the heart of 19th century European culture

As one of the most important letter-writers of the 19th century, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy maintained an extensive correspondence. With great style and eloquence he wrote letters to friends and family, letters from his travels and he also wrote to leading composers, musicians, artists as well as publishers. He corresponded with famous contemporaries such as Robert Schumann, Franz Liszt and Richard Wagner as well as Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Carl Friedrich Zelter and Alexander von Humboldt.

The correspondence begins in 1816 and ends in 1847 with the composer’s death. These letters are invaluable documents shedding light not only on the genesis, publication and revision of his musical works, but also on a period when relations between Christians and Jews still had a chance to become harmonious, as Moses Mendelssohn, the imminent scholar and grandfather of the composer had advocated.

This edition will therefore be of great interest far beyond the circles of musicologists and music specialists. It will appeal to those who are interested in the history of culture and ideas and to those who perceive Mendelssohn and his family as representatives of a unique, diverse cultural epoch.

The complete correspondence shows that Mendelssohn not only went on to become one of the leading figures of German musical culture in the 1840s, but that he also maintained a network of musical contacts throughout Europe.

The edition of the complete letters
This scholarly-critical complete edition comprises 5,855 letters by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Previously only a small part of his correspondence had been published and made accessible to the public. The complete edition is based on Mendelssohn letters which have been compiled over decades by Rudolf Elvers as well as on international research carried out by an academic workgroup in Leipzig spearheaded by chief editors Helmut Loos and Wilhelm Seidel. They determined 500 additional letters hitherto unknown.

Versions of the letter texts have been compiled from a scholarly-critical analysis of the sources, their historical context has been discussed and comments on all points in need of explanation have been made.

This edition of the complete letters consists of 12 volumes and a CD-ROM. Each volume contains indices of mentioned individuals and institutions, compositions by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy and Fanny Hensel as well as a register of place names and currencies. In this way one obtains an all-encompassing view of this unique historical cosmos.

The Complete edition has been produced to the highest standards in terms of layout, cover and binding. It is an ideal collector’s item for bibliophiles, providing an excellent means for studying the composer and the period in which he lived.

The CD-ROM forms a valuable addition to the printed volumes. It offers the complete printed edition in the form of pdf. files, thereby making its approximately 9,500 pages digitally accessible and enabling letters and the corresponding commentary to be read in parallel. All terms can be located quickly and conveniently via a full text search.
(The 12 volumes as well as the CD-ROM can only be purchased complete).

- German text only


The Editors
Helmut Loos is Professor of Musicology at the University of Leipzig. He specialises in the music of the 19th and 20th centuries, in particular the reception of Beethoven, sacred music and links between Germany and Central and Eastern Europe.

Wilhelm Seidel was professor at the universities of Heidelberg, Marburg and Leipzig. His publications are devoted to the temporal structure of music, music aesthetics in the 18th and 19th centuries and music of the 16th to 20th centuries, currently on Mozart and Mendelssohn.

SKU: CA.3108500

ISBN 9790007045784. Key: C minor. Language: German/English.