Boy
Soprano, Soprano, Tenor,
Flugelhorn, Mixed Chorus,
and Chamber Orchestra
Study Score. Composed
by Harald Weiss. This
edition: Paperback/Soft
Cover. Sheet music. Study
Score. Classical.
Softcover. Composed
2008/2009. 188 pages.
Duration 100'. Schott
Music #ED20619. Published
by Schott Music
(HL.49018099).
ISBN
9790001158428. UPC:
884088567347.
8.25x11.75x0.457 inches.
Latin - German.
On
letting go(Concerning the
selection of the texts)
In the selection of the
texts, I have allowed
myself to be motivated
and inspired by the
concept of 'letting go'.
This appears to me to be
one of the essential
aspects of dying, but
also of life itself. We
humans cling far too
strongly to successful
achievements, whether
they have to do with
material or ideal values,
or relationships of all
kinds. We cannot and do
not want to let go,
almost as if our life
depended on it. As we
will have to practise the
art of letting go at the
latest during our hour of
death, perhaps we could
already make a start on
this while we are still
alive. Tagore describes
this farewell with very
simple but strikingly
vivid imagery: 'I will
return the key of my
door'. I have set this
text for tenor solo. Here
I imagine, and have
correspondingly noted in
a certain passage of the
score, that the
protagonist finds himself
as though 'in an ocean'
of voices in which he is
however not drowning, but
immersing himself in
complete relaxation. The
phenomenon of letting go
is described even more
simply and tersely in
Psalm 90, verse 12: 'So
teach us to number our
days, that we may apply
our hearts unto wisdom'.
This cannot be expressed
more plainly.I have begun
the requiem with a solo
boy's voice singing the
beginning of this psalm
on a single note, the
note A. This in effect
says it all. The work
comes full circle at the
culmination with a repeat
of the psalm which
subsequently leads into a
resplendent 'lux
aeterna'. The
intermediate texts of the
Requiem which highlight
the phenomenon of letting
go in the widest spectrum
of colours originate on
the one hand from the
Latin liturgy of the
Messa da Requiem (In
Paradisum, Libera me,
Requiem aeternam, Mors
stupebit) and on the
other hand from poems by
Joseph von Eichendorff,
Hermann Hesse,
Rabindranath Tagore and
Rainer Maria Rilke.All
texts have a distinctive
positive element in
common and view death as
being an organic process
within the great system
of the universe, for
example when Hermann
Hesse writes: 'Entreiss
dich, Seele, nun der
Zeit, entreiss dich
deinen Sorgen und mache
dich zum Flug bereit in
den ersehnten Morgen'
['Tear yourself way , o
soul, from time, tear
yourself away from your
sorrows and prepare
yourself to fly away into
the long-awaited
morning'] and later: 'Und
die Seele unbewacht will
in freien Flugen
schweben, um im
Zauberkreis der Nacht
tief und tausendfach zu
leben' ['And the
unfettered soul strives
to soar in free flight to
live in the magic sphere
of the night, deep and
thousandfold']. Or Joseph
von Eichendorff whose
text evokes a distant
song in his lines: 'Und
meine Seele spannte weit
ihre Flugel aus. Flog
durch die stillen Lande,
als floge sie nach Haus'
['And my soul spread its
wings wide. Flew through
the still country as if
homeward bound.']Here a
strong romantically
tinged occidental
resonance can be detected
which is however also
accompanied by a
universal spirit going
far beyond all cultures
and religions. In the
beginning was the sound
Long before any sort of
word or meaningful phrase
was uttered by vocal
chords, sounds,
vibrations and tones
already existed. This
brings us back to the
music. Both during my
years of study and at
subsequent periods, I had
been an active
participant in the world
of contemporary music,
both as percussionist and
also as conductor and
composer. My early scores
had a somewhat
adventurous appearance,
filled with an abundance
of small black dots: no
rhythm could be too
complicated, no register
too extreme and no
harmony too dissonant. I
devoted myself intensely
to the handling of
different parameters
which in serial music
coexist in total
equality: I also studied
aleatory principles and
so-called minimal music.I
subsequently emigrated
and took up residence in
Spain from where I
embarked on numerous
travels over the years to
India, Africa and South
America. I spent repeated
periods during this time
as a resident in
non-European countries.
This meant that the
currents of contemporary
music swept past me
vaguely and at a great
distance. What I instead
absorbed during this
period were other
completely new cultures
in which I attempted to
immerse myself as
intensively as possible.I
learned foreign languages
and came into contact
with musicians of all
classes and styles who
had a different cultural
heritage than my own: I
was intoxicated with the
diversity of artistic
potential.Nevertheless,
the further I distanced
myself from my own
Western musical heritage,
the more this returned
insistently in my
consciousness.The scene
can be imagined of
sitting somewhere in the
middle of the Brazilian
jungle surrounded by the
wailing of Indians and
out of the blue being
provided with the
opportunity to hear
Beethoven's late string
quartets: this can be a
heart-wrenching
experience, akin to an
identity crisis. This
type of experience can
also be described as
cathartic. Whatever the
circumstances, my
'renewed' occupation with
the 'old' country would
not permit me to return
to the point at which I
as an audacious young
student had maltreated
the musical parameters of
so-called contemporary
music. A completely
different approach would
be necessary: an
extremely careful
approach, inching my way
gradually back into the
Western world: an
approach which would
welcome tradition back
into the fold, attempt to
unfurl the petals and
gently infuse this
tradition with a breath
of contemporary
life.Although I am aware
that I will not unleash a
revolution or scandal
with this approach, I am
nevertheless confident
as, with the musical
vocabulary of this
Requiem, I am travelling
in an orbit in which no
ballast or complex
structures will be
transported or intimated:
on the contrary, I have
attempted to form the
message of the texts in
music with the naivety of
a 'homecomer'. Harald
WeissColonia de San
PedroMarch 2009.
Composed by Jean Sibelius (1865-1957). Edited by Ulrich Mahlert. This edition: u...(+)
Composed by Jean Sibelius
(1865-1957). Edited by
Ulrich Mahlert. This
edition: urtext.
Partitur-Bibliothek
(Score Library). Study
score. 116 pages.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel
(BR.PB-5564-07).
Orchestra SKU: PR.11641867S Composed by William Kraft. Full score. Durati...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
PR.11641867S
Composed
by William Kraft. Full
score. Duration 16
minutes, 25 seconds.
Theodore Presser Company
#116-41867S. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.11641867S).
UPC:
680160683208.
Conte
xtures: Riots -Decade '60
was commissioned by Zubin
Mehta and the Southern
California Symphony
Association after the
successful premiere of
the Concerto for Four
Percussion Soloists and
Orchestra. It was written
during the spring and
summer months of 1967.
Riots stemming from
resentment against the
racial situation in the
United States and the war
in Vietnam were occurring
throughout the country
and inevitably invaded
the composer's creative
subconscious.
Contextures, as the title
implies, was intended to
exploit various and
varying textures. As the
work progressed the
correspondence between
the fabric of music and
the fabric of society
became apparent and the
allegory grew in
significance. So I found
myself translating social
aspects into musical
techniques. Social
stratification became a
polymetric situation
where disparate groups
function together. The
conflict between the
forces of expansion and
the forces of containment
is expressed through and
opposition of tonal
fluidity vs. rigidity.
This is epitomized in the
fourth movement, where
the brass is divided into
two groups - a muted
group, encircled by the
unmuted one, which does
its utmost to keep the
first group within a
restricted pitch area.
The playful jazzy bits
(one between the first
and second movements and
one at the end of the
piece) are simply saying
that somehow in this age
of turmoil and anxiety
ways of having fun are
found even though that
fun may seem
inappropriate. The piece
is in five movements,
with an interlude between
the first and second
movements. It is scored
for a large orchestra,
supplemented by six
groups of percussion,
including newly created
roto-toms (small tunable
drums) and some original
devices, such as muted
gongs and muted
vibraphone. There is also
an offstage jazz quartet:
bass, drums, soprano
saxophone and trumpet.
The first movement begins
with a solo by the first
clarinetist which is
interrupted by
intermittent heckling
from his colleagues
leading to a
configuration of large
disparate elements. The
interlude of solo violin
and snare-drum follows
without pause. The second
movement, Prestissimo, is
a display piece of
virtuosity for the entire
orchestra. The third
movement marks a period
of repose and reflection
and calls for some
expressive solos,
particularly by the horn
and alto saxophone. The
fourth movement opens
with a rather lengthy
oboe solo, which is
threatened by large
blocks of sound from the
orchestra, against an
underlying current of
agitated energy in the
piano and percussion.
This leads to a section
in which large orchestral
forces oppose one
another, ultimately
bringing the work to a
climax, if not to a
denouement. Various
thematic elements are
strewn all over the
orchestra, resulting in
the formation of a
general haze of sound. A
transition leads to the
fifth movement without
pause. The musical haze
is pierced gently by the
offstage jazz group as if
they were attempting to
ignore and even dispel
the gloom, but a legato
bell sound enters and
hovers over both the jazz
group and the orchestra,
the latter making
statements of disquieting
finality. Two films were
conceived to accompany
portions of Contextures.
The first done by Herbert
Kosowar, was a
chemography film
(painting directly into
the film using dyes and
various implements) with
fast clips of riot
photographs. The second
was a film collage made
by photographically
abstracting details from
paintings of Reginald
Pollack. The purpose was
to invoke a non-specific
response - as in music -
but at the same time to
define the subject matter
of the piece. The films
were constructed to
correspond with certain
developments in the piece
and in no way affect the
independence and musical
flow of the piece, having
been made after the piece
was completed.
Contextures: Riots -
Decade '60 is dedicated
to Mehta, the Southern
California Symphony
Association and the Los
Angeles Philharmonic
Orchestra. The news of
the assassination of Dr.
Martin Luther King came
the afternoon of the
premiere, April 4, 1968.
That evening's
performances, and also
the succeeding ones, were
dedicated to him and a
special dedication to Dr.
King has been inserted
into he score. All the
music that follows the
jazz group - beginning
with the legato bell
sound playing the first 2
notes to We shall
overcome constitutes a
new ending to commemorate
Dr. King's death.
Orchestra SKU: BA.BA06861 Sinfonie (1923-1928). Composed by Leos J...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
BA.BA06861
Sinfonie
(1923-1928). Composed
by Leos Janacek. Arranged
by Leoš Faltus and
Miloš Štedron. This
edition: complete
edition, urtext edition.
Linen. Complete Critical
Edition of the Works of
Leos Janacek H/3.
Complete edition, Score,
Set of parts. Duration 40
minutes. Baerenreiter
Verlag #BA06861_00.
Published by Baerenreiter
Verlag (BA.BA06861).
ISBN 9790260104211.
34.3 x 27 cm
inches.
Leoš
Janácek’s
symphonic fragment Dunaj
(The Danube) dates from
the period of the
composition of
“Katya
Kabanovaâ€. The
composer was not
concerned with a
musical-picturesque
description of a river
landscape, but with the
mythical link between
women’s destinies
and
water.
“Pale
green waves of the
Danube! There are so many
of you, and one followed
by another. You remain
interlocked in a
continuous flow. You
surprise yourselves where
you ended up – on
the Czech shores! Look
back downstream and you
will have an impression
of what you have left
behind in your haste. It
pleases you here. Here I
will rest with my
symphony.†Thus
Leoš Janácek
described the idea behind
the composition project
which occupied him in
1923/24. However, after
further work, it remained
incomplete in 1926. His
“symphonyâ€
entitled Dunaj has
survived as a
continuously-notated,
four-movement bundle of
sketches in score form.
It is one of the works
which occupied him until
his death. The scholarly
reconstruction by the two
Brno composers Miloš
Štedron and Leoš
Faltus closely follows
the original
manuscript.
A
whole conglomeration of
motifs stands behind the
incomplete work. What at
first seems like a
counterpart to
Smetana’s Vltava,
in fact doesn’t
turn out to be a musical
depiction of the Danube.
On the contrary, the
fateful link between the
destiny of women, water
and death permeates the
range of motifs found in
the work. It seems to be
no coincidence that
Janácek, whilst
working on the opera
Katya Kabanova, in which
the Volga, as the river
bringing death plays an
almost mythical role,
planned a Danube
symphony, and that its
content was linked with
the destiny of women: in
the sketches, two poems
were found which may have
provided the stimulus for
several movements of the
symphony. He copied a
poem by Pavla
Kriciková into the
second movement, in which
a girl remarks that
whilst bathing in a pond,
she was observed by a
man. Filled with shame,
the young naked woman
jumps into the water and
drowns. The outer
movements likewise draw
on the poem
“Lola†by the
Czech writer Sonja
Špálová,
published under the
pseudonym Alexander
Insarov. This is about a
prostitute who asks for
her heart’s
desire: she is given a
palace, but then goes on
a long search for it and
is finally no longer
wanted by anyone. She
suffers, feels cold and
just wants a warm fire.
Janácek adds his
remark “she jumps
into the Danube†to
the inconclusive
ending.
To these
tangible literary models
is added Adolf
Veselý’s verbal
account which reports
that the composer wanted
to portray “in the
Danube, the female sex
with all its passions and
driving forcesâ€.
The third movement is
said to characterise the
city of Vienna in the
form of a
woman.
It is
evident that in his
composition, Janácek
was not striving for a
simple, natural lyricism.
The River Danube is
masculine in the Slavic
language –
“ten Dunajâ€
– and assumes an
almost mythical
significance in the
national character,
indeed often also a role
bringing death. The four
movements are motivically
conceived. Elements of
sound painting, small
wave-like figures in the
first movement, motoric,
driving movements in the
third are obvious
evocations of water. And
the content and the
literary level are easy
to discover. The
“tremolo of the
four timpaniâ€,
which was amongst
Janácek’s first
inspirations, appears in
the second movement. It
is not difficult to
retrace in it the fate of
the drowning bather. The
oboe enters lamentoso
towards the end of the
movement over timpani
playing tremolo, its
descending figure is
taken over by the flute,
then upper strings and
intensified considerably.
The motif of drowning
– Lola’s
despair – returns
again in the fourth
movement in the clarinet,
before the work ends
abruptly and
dramatically.
One
special effect is the use
of a soprano voice in the
motor-driven third
movement. The singer
vocalises mainly in
parallel with the solo
oboe, but also in
dialogue with other parts
such as the viola
d’amore, which
Janácek used in
several late works as a
sort of “voice of
loveâ€.
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Version of 1851 - Urtext. Composed by Robert Schumann. Edited by Joachim ...(+)
Version of 1851 -
Urtext. Composed by
Robert Schumann. Edited
by Joachim Draheim.
Symphony.
Orchester-Bibliothek
(Orchestral Library). The
5 study scores of the
symphonies (incl. early
version of the 4 th
symphony) in slipcase are
temporarily out of print.
The single editions are,
however, still available.
Romantic. Double bass
part. Breitkopf and
Haertel #OB 5264-27.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel
(BR.OB-5264-27).
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Orchestra (1.1.0.1. -
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Composed by Johann
Sebastian Bach. Edited by
Klaus Winkler. Orchestra;
Softcover.
Partitur-Bibliothek
(Score Library). Klaus
Winkler has selected
seven favorite pieces
from the Little Music
Book and carefully
expanded the two-part
piano writing to a
four-part texture. This
appealing suite can be
easily mastered by every
amateur orchestra. Suite;
Baroque. Full score. 16
pages. Duration 12'.
Breitkopf and Haertel #PB
5226. Published by
Breitkopf and Haertel
(BR.PB-5226).
ISBN
9790004209561. 9 x 12
inches.
Klaus
Winkler has selected
seven favorite pieces
from the Little Music
Book and carefully
expanded the two-part
piano writing to a
four-part texture. This
appealing suite can be
easily mastered by every
amateur orchestra. The
instrumentation is
conceived so as to allow
the greates amount of
performance possibilities
- flute(s), oboe(s),
bassoon(s), and 1-3
trumpets can be added ad
libitum; Violin II used
instead of Viola, and
much more.
Orchestra (Full Score) SKU: HL.14043216 Orchestra Full Score. Comp...(+)
Orchestra (Full Score)
SKU: HL.14043216
Orchestra Full
Score. Composed by
Michael Nyman. Music
Sales America. Classical,
Contemporary. Softcover.
160 pages. Chester Music
#CH60952. Published by
Chester Music
(HL.14043216).
ISBN
9781783056200.
English.
Mic
hael Nyman's
Musique A Grande
Vitesse
(MGV)
translates as ‘high
speed music’ and
was commissioned by the
Festival de Lille for the
inauguration of the TGV
North EuropeanParis-Lille
line in 1993.
This
piece of sheet music runs
continuously, but was
conceived as an abstract,
imaginary journey; or
rather five
inter-connected journeys,
each ending with a slow,
mainly stepwise melody
which isonly heard in its
'genuine' form when the
piece reaches its
destination.
Thematic
'transformation' is a key
to MGV
as a whole. Throughout
the piece ideas -
rhythmic, melodic,
harmonic, motivic,
textural -constantly
change their identity as
they pass through
different musical
'environments'.
The opening bars
establish both a
recurrent rhythmic
principle - 9, 11, or
13-beat rhythmic cycles
heard against a regular 8
- and aharmonic process -
chord sequences (mainly
over C and E) which have
the note E in common.
(Coincidentally,
MGV
begins in C and ends in
E). A later scalic,
syncopated figure (again
first heard over C, E and
A)begins the second
section, featuring Brass,
in D flat.
The
topography of
MGV
should be experienced
without reference to
planning, description or
timetables. Its tempo
changes and unpredictable
slowings downbear no
logical relation to the
high speed of the
Paris-Lille journey,
while the temptation to
treat
MGV as a
concerto grosso, with the
Michael Nyman
band as the ripeno, was
resisted: more suitably
theband (amplified in
live performance) lays
down the tracks on which
MGV
runs.
Orchestra (Soprano) SKU: PE.EP72932 For Soprano and Chamber Orchestra<...(+)
Orchestra (Soprano)
SKU: PE.EP72932
For Soprano and
Chamber Orchestra.
Composed by Sally
Beamish. Chamber
Orchestra. Peters
Contemporary Library.
Contemporary. Score. 56
pages. Edition Peters
#98-EP72932. Published by
Edition Peters
(PE.EP72932).
ISBN
9790577017945.
F
lodden by Sally Beamish
is a 28-minute work for
soprano and chamber
orchestra with texts by
R.S. Craig, Jean Elliot
and J.B. Selkirk, with
two interludes in
between. It was written
in 2013 for the 500th
anniversary of the
tragedy at Flodden Field,
a battle which led to
casualties and losses of
historic proportions.
Sally Beamish decided to
set the texts and to
write for soprano to
express the grief of
those left behind --
particularly the women
and children. The
orchestration throughout
the work is spare and
angular; characterized by
stark exposed solo lines,
nervy ornamentation, and
blurred string
textures.
Flodden
was commissioned by the
Scottish Chamber
Orchestra, supported with
funds from the PRS for
Music Foundation, RVW
Trust, Cruden Foundation
and Hope Scott Trust. It
was first performed in
September 2013 at
Hamilton Town House by
the Scottish Chamber
Orchestra, conducted by
Joseph Swensen, with
soprano soloist Shuna
Scott Sendall, and was
shortlisted for both a
Royal Philharmonic
Society and a British
Composer Award.
The
full score (EP 72932) is
available for sale as
part of the Peters
Contemporary Library. The
performance material can
be hired.
This
product is Printed on
Demand and may take
several weeks to fulfill.
Please order from your
favorite
retailer.
Orchestra (picc.2.2.cor
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4.3.3.1. - timp.perc(3) -
hp - cel - str)
SKU:
BR.PB-5105-07
Study score.
Composed by Jurg Baur.
Softbound.
Partitur-Bibliothek
(Score Library).
World
premiere: Bremen,
February 1, 1982
Symphony; Music
post-1945. Study Score.
Composed 1981. 68 pages.
Duration 17'. Breitkopf
and Haertel #PB 5105-07.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel
(BR.PB-5105-07).
ISBN
9790004208557. 9 x 12
inches.
Gesualdo,
Don Carlo, Furst von
Venosa (1560-1613) gehort
zu den eigenwilligsten
italienischen
Madrigal-Komponisten der
Spatrenaissance. Seine
ungewohnlich kuhne,
selbst fur heutige Ohren
modern klingende
Harmonik, seine
chromatischen
Stimmfortschreitungen,
seine ubersteigerte
expressive Tonsprache
regten mich schon vor
Jahren zu einer grosseren
Orgelkomposition an und
inspirierten mich 1981 zu
den >>Sinfonischen
Metamorphosen<<. Dieses
Werk ist eine
vielgestaltige
weitausgesponnene
Fantasie. Sieben
choralartige typische
Klangbeispiele aus
Gesualdos spaten
funfstimmigen Madrigalen
(4., 5. u. 6. Band)
werden teils streng,
teils frei zitiert und
von Holz- oder
Blechblasern intoniert.
Diese Zitate gliedern,
als formale und
inhaltliche Schwer- und
Ruhepunkte, den Verlauf
des gesamten Werks. Jedes
Zitat steht zu Beginn
eines neuen
Satzabschnitts; die
darauffolgenden
>>Metamorphosen<<
entwickeln sich als
rhapsodische
kontrastreiche
Charakterstucke. Im
>>Preludio<< werden aus
den vertonbaren
Buchstaben vom Namen
>>Gesualdo<< (G - E - Es
- A - D) schwebende
Klangflachen,
rezitativische Gedanken
und ein pragnantes
rhythmisches Paukenthema
gebildet. Diese
,,Grundelemente
(Grundstrukturen) tauchen
im Verlauf des Stucks
immer wieder
leitmotivisch auf. Im
zweiten Abschnitt stehen
sich lineare
Streicher-Episoden und
dichte
Blaser-Klangballungen
kontrastierend gegenuber.
Der dritte Teil lauft als
Passacaglia (Thema ist
der Bass eines
Gesualdo-Zitats) in
mehreren Variationen ab.
Im vierten Abschnitt
dominiert lebhafte
Streicherbewegung,
kontrapunktiert von
tiefen Blaser-Signalen.
Der funfte Teil steigert
sich- nach kantablem
Beginn- zum ekstatischen
Trauermarsch. Abschnitt
sechs stellt sich als
>>Rondello<< dar, mit um
sich selbst kreisenden
Klangfiguren (in
verschiedenen Tongruppen
(zwei, drei, funf). Im
siebten und letzten Teil
wird die
verhalten-resignierende
Stimmung des Anfangs
beschworen, ehe eine
knappe Stretta in den
hymnischen Schluss
mundet. In den Textender
ausgewahlten Zitatstellen
geht es meist um
Todessehnsucht,
Liebesqual und
Verzweiflung. z. B. 1.
und 2. Zitat: Moro lasso,
al mio duolo (Ich sterbe,
matt, an meiner Qual) (6.
Buch) 3. Zitat: Gia
piansi nel dolore; o
dolorosa Sorte (Schon
weinte ich in Schmerzen,
oh schmerzliches
Geschick) (6. Buch) 4.
Zitat: Ahi gia mi
discolero (Ach schon
entfarbte ich mich)
(Wehe, der Tod kommt) (4.
Buch) 5. Zitat:
Dolcissima mia vita (Mein
allerliebstes Leben)
(Dich zu lieben oder zu
sterben) (5. Buch) 6.
Zitat: lo moro (Ich
sterbe) (5. Buch) Dem
Werk liegen zwar eine
Reihe von
dodekaphonischen
Strukturen zugrunde (die
teilweise von Gesualdos
Klangzitaten abgeleitet
wurden), doch sind die
einzelnen Abschnitte
auf,,tonale Pfeiler (G -
E - A - D) gegrundet; das
Stuck beginnt in G und
endet aufD, ist also
ubergeordnet tonal
konzipiert, - der Versuch
einer Synthese moderner
Ausdrucksmittel von
Vergangenheit und
Gegenwart. Die
>>Metamorphosen<< sind
ein Stuck Bekenntnismusik
- Bekenntnis zum Leben
und Schaffen Gesualdos,
eines Mannes, der vom
Schicksal gezeichnet war,
denn der Chronik Neapels
bekannt war durch die
Ermordung seiner ersten
Frau und ihres
Liebhabers. Dieser
eminente Musiker war
zugleich ein Mensch von
ubertriebener
Sensibilitat und wilder
ekstatischer Heftigkeit:
,,Er wurde von einer
Horde von Damonen
heimgesucht, die ihm
keine Ruhe gaben, heisst
es in einem
zeitgenossischen Bericht.
Seine Kunst und sein
Leben stand unter dem
Gesetz der inneren
Zerrissenheit, zwischen
Auflehnung und
Resignation (Verzweiflung
und Hoffnung), zwischen
Zartheit und
Leidenschaft. Davon will
meine Musik etwas
aussagen. (Jurg
Baur)CD:Sinfonieorchester
des Westdeutschen
Rundfunks, cond. Rudolf
BarschaiCD Thorofon CTH
2270Bibliography:Abels,
Robert: Studien zur
Gesualdo-Rezeption durch
Komponisten des 20.
Jahrhunderts (= Studien
zur Musik 20), Leiden u.
a.: Wilhelm Fink 2017,
pp. 277-345,
485-489.Wallerang, Lars:
Die Orchesterwerke Jurg
Baurs als Dialog zwischen
Tradition und Moderne,
Koln: Dohr 2003.
(Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, Violin, Viola, Cello, and Double Bass Set of Parts). B...(+)
(Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn,
Violin, Viola, Cello, and
Double Bass Set of
Parts). By Ludwig van
Beethoven (1770-1827).
Edited by Egon Voss.
Henle Music Folios.
Softcover
Ouverture JS 145,
Baletscen JS 163.
Composed by Jean
Sibelius. Edited by Tuija
Wicklund. Linen. Complete
Works. Late-romantic;
Early modern. Complete
Works. 196 pages.
Breitkopf and Haertel
#SON 627. Published by
Breitkopf and Haertel
(BR.SON-627).
ISBN
9790004803295. 10 x 12.5
inches.
In 1998, at
the end of the 20th
century, Breitkopf &
Hartel started the
publication of the
Complete Edition, which
is made possible thanks
to the cooperation of the
various Sibelius
publishers. The Editors
(Helsinki University
Library and The Sibelius
Society of Finland) and
the Editorial Committee
(Chairman: Timo Virtanen,
Helsinki) believe that
the volumes of JSW will
provide the basis for a
now conception of the
creative work of Jean
Sibelius.Reviews: One
immediately recognizes
the towering production
quality of these volumes
- a point that can be
extended to all volumes
thus far published in the
set. The music is a joy
to read; and the lucidity
and thoroughness of the
texts … are models
of scholarly editions,
and should be required
reading for all
bibliography and
music-editing courses.
… In sum, the JSW
is a remarkable project:
the scholarship is
impeccable, the music
scores and texts are
simply a joy to study.
Edward Jurkowski, Notes
December 2011: 442-443At
the back of this
magnificent book are
pages of critical
commentary on a
bar-by-bar analysis of an
endless supply of musical
notation requiring
interpretation by the
editor. … For the
general, non-musically
trained, purchaser of the
edition there is the
magisterial introduction
to read, and fascinating
reading it is. Edward W.
Clark, Sibelius Society
Newsletter 2009 The
Sibelius pieces, however,
are a revelation. I
opened this magnificently
produced volume -
complete with
multilingual critical
report and generous
facsimiles of original
manuscripts - expecting
Grieg-style
quasi-nationalistic
character pieces, and was
instead presented with an
incredible array of
styles, textures,
harmonic languages and
levels of difficulty.
Chris White, Piano
Professional Summer 2009:
2This is not only a
scholarly edition of one
of the composer's major
works, it is also a model
for the philological
editing of music in
general. … JSW has
chosen to have the
emendations reflected in
two places, in certain
cases even in three: as
graphic indications in
the music text, in prose
form in the critical
commentary, and sometimes
also in the form of a
warning footnote on the
music page. There can be
no doubt that such a
procedure is very
user-friendly, but it
disturbs the appearance
of the music and may
mislead the user into
thinking that there are
two or more equally valid
readings. Niels Krabbe,
Fontes Artis Musicae
54/2, 2007: 248 Editorial
standards are high
throughout, and maintain
a careful balance between
the competing demands of
practical exigency and
the need to provide as
much scholarly evidence
of variants as possible.
The critical commentaries
provide concise and
effective descriptions of
the sources and, where
appropriate, information
on compositional genesis
and historical context.
The introduction to each
volume provide useful
background information on
historical reception,
including much new
material not previously
brought to light in
Tawaststjerna's
biography. Daniel M.
Grimley,
Nineteenth-Century Music
Review 2/2, 2005:
244.
Scenes
historiques op.25,
op.66. Composed by
Jean Sibelius. Edited by
Kari Kilpelainen. Linen.
Complete Works.
Late-romantic; Early
modern. Complete Works.
228 pages. Breitkopf and
Haertel #SON 625.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel (BR.SON-625).
ISBN 9790004803271. 10
x 12.5 inches.
In
1998, at the end of the
20th century, Breitkopf &
Hartel started the
publication of the
Complete Edition, which
is made possible thanks
to the cooperation of the
various Sibelius
publishers. The Editors
(Helsinki University
Library and The Sibelius
Society of Finland) and
the Editorial Committee
(Chairman: Timo Virtanen,
Helsinki) believe that
the volumes of JSW will
provide the basis for a
now conception of the
creative work of Jean
Sibelius.Reviews: One
immediately recognizes
the towering production
quality of these volumes
- a point that can be
extended to all volumes
thus far published in the
set. The music is a joy
to read; and the lucidity
and thoroughness of the
texts ... are models of
scholarly editions, and
should be required
reading for all
bibliography and
music-editing courses.
... In sum, the JSW is a
remarkable project: the
scholarship is
impeccable, the music
scores and texts are
simply a joy to study.
Edward Jurkowski, Notes
December 2011: 442-443At
the back of this
magnificent book are
pages of critical
commentary on a
bar-by-bar analysis of an
endless supply of musical
notation requiring
interpretation by the
editor. ... For the
general, non-musically
trained, purchaser of the
edition there is the
magisterial introduction
to read, and fascinating
reading it is. Edward W.
Clark, Sibelius Society
Newsletter 2009 The
Sibelius pieces, however,
are a revelation. I
opened this magnificently
produced volume -
complete with
multilingual critical
report and generous
facsimiles of original
manuscripts - expecting
Grieg-style
quasi-nationalistic
character pieces, and was
instead presented with an
incredible array of
styles, textures,
harmonic languages and
levels of difficulty.
Chris White, Piano
Professional Summer 2009:
2This is not only a
scholarly edition of one
of the composer's major
works, it is also a model
for the philological
editing of music in
general. ... JSW has
chosen to have the
emendations reflected in
two places, in certain
cases even in three: as
graphic indications in
the music text, in prose
form in the critical
commentary, and sometimes
also in the form of a
warning footnote on the
music page. There can be
no doubt that such a
procedure is very
user-friendly, but it
disturbs the appearance
of the music and may
mislead the user into
thinking that there are
two or more equally valid
readings. Niels Krabbe,
Fontes Artis Musicae
54/2, 2007: 248 Editorial
standards are high
throughout, and maintain
a careful balance between
the competing demands of
practical exigency and
the need to provide as
much scholarly evidence
of variants as possible.
The critical commentaries
provide concise and
effective descriptions of
the sources and, where
appropriate, information
on compositional genesis
and historical context.
The introduction to each
volume provide useful
background information on
historical reception,
including much new
material not previously
brought to light in
Tawaststjerna's
biography. Daniel M.
Grimley,
Nineteenth-Century Music
Review 2/2, 2005:
244.
Urtext. Composed
by Georges Bizet. Edited
by Lesley A. Wright.
Orchestra; stapled.
Eulenburg Orchestral
Series. Suite; Romantic.
Full score. 68 pages.
Duration 18'. Breitkopf
and Haertel #EOS 20829.
Published by Breitkopf
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(BR.EOS-20829).
ISBN
9790004780275. 10 x 12.5
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and first performed on
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The Independent, May
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Labyrinthus captures the
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Composed by Leos Janacek.
Edited by Jarmil
Burghauser and Radomil
Eliska. This edition:
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Score. Composed
1912-1914. Duration 12
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ISBN 9790006483303.
34.4 x 27 cm inches.
Text: Svatopluk
Cech.
Over the
years Janácek’s
uvre has increasingly
received the recognition
it so richly merits and
performances of his works
are becoming more and
more frequent. This
development is, however,
offset by a manuscript
tradition so disorderly
that some of
Janácek’s works
continue, as before, to
be played in versions
which are heavily
adapted, corrupt or
otherwise contrary to the
composer’s
intentions. Thus, a
critical edition of
Janácek’s music
is indispensable for
scholars and performers
alike.
This editon
presents an authentic
printed text based on all
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-str)
SKU:
BR.PB-4862-07
Study score.
Composed by Jurg Baur.
Softbound.
Partitur-Bibliothek
(Score Library).
World
premiere: Hannover, March
13, 1972
Music
post-1945. Study Score.
Composed 1972. 82 pages.
Duration 15'. Breitkopf
and Haertel #PB 4862-07.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel
(BR.PB-4862-07).
ISBN
9790004206591. 7 x 9.5
inches.
Variationen
(Ouverture / Thema /
Variation / Coda),
Lyrisches Intermezzo
(Sostenuto), Symphonische
Nachklange (Allegro con
moto).Immer wieder lassen
sich Komponisten von
Themen alterer oder auch
zeitgenossischer Meister
zu Variations-Zyklen
anregen (Brahms: Handel-
und Haydn-Variationen,
Reger:
Mozart-Variationen,
Holler:
Sweelinck-Variationen).
Themen von Robert
Schumann fanden bisher
relativ selten Beachtung
- (Regers
Schumann-Variationen fur
zwei Klaviere sind eine
Ausnahme) - vielleicht,
weil sie zu sehr in sich
vollendet und
abgeschlossen sind und
deshalb kaum
Moglichkeiten zur
Veranderung enthalten.
Dennoch beschaftigte mich
schon langer die Idee,
eine ,,Musik mit
Schumann, Nachklange oder
Erinnerungen an Schumann
zu gestalten, mit der
Absicht, ein heiteres,
liebenswurdiges (und
nachdenkliches) Werk zu
schreiben, einmal ohne
Experimente-, als
,,Divertimento fur den
Normalhorer, gelegentlich
behutsam verbunden mit
modernen Techniken -
nicht ohne
hintergrundigen Humor.
Der 1. Satz wurde
inspiriert von den
,,Papillons (opus 2 fur
Klavier); er gliedert
sich in vier
variationsahnliche
Abschnitte. Die
,,Ouverture exponiert
drei kurze Themen, die
sich trotz ihres
gegensatzlichen
Charakters wie
selbstverstandlich
erganzen
(Einleitungsgirlande und
Schlussfanfare der
Papillons und das
bekannte Anfangsmotiv aus
,,Vogel als Prophet). Die
Abschnitte ,,Thema,
,,Variationen und ,,Coda
entwickeln und verandern
das Hauptthema der
,,Papillons; dieses
dominiert uber weite
Strecken des Satzes und
wird mit den Motiven der
Ouverture kombiniert.
Vielfaltig gegliedert ist
das ,,Lyrische
Intermezzo. Zu Beginn
gewinnt ein Motiv aus den
,,Nachtstucken (fur
Klavier) Bedeutung,
taucht mehrere Male auf,
von mehrtonigen b-a-c-h
Clustern ,,gestort. Im
Mittelpunkt stehen das
Thema des 2. Satzes der
g-moll Klavier-Sonate op.
22 (ein Mondnachtlied
ohne Worte; Holzblaser)
und ein Adagio-Gedanke
aus dem Klavier-Zyklus
,,Kreisleriana (tiefe
Streicher); beide Themen
werden kontrapunktiert
von zwolftonigen
Strukturen und
Klangbandern
(Holzblaser). Die
,,Fruhlings-Symphonie-Fan
fare eroffnet das Finale.
Danach bilden sich uber
rotierenden Klangflachen
(Streicher) einzelne Tone
und Intervalle,
aleatorisch frei,
verdichten sich, wie aus
der Erinnerung
auftauchend, zu Motiven
aus Schumanns
bekanntester Symphonie.
Nach diesem zogernden
Beginn entwickelt sich
ein fast klassisch
anmutender
Sonaten-Durchfuhrungsteil
mit mehreren melodischen
Gedanken (Kopfmotiv der
g-moll Klaviersonate,
tanzerische und ostinate
Themen aus der
Fruhlings-Symphonie), die
zum Teil in- und
ubereinander geschichtet
werden, bis auf dem
Hohepunkt des Satzes das
Schlussthema der
Klavierfantasie op. 17,
pathetisch-ironisch in
den Blechblasern
erklingt. Eine kurze
Reprise mit dem
Hauptgedanken fuhrt zur
Anfangsfanfare zuruck;
der Satz verklingt im
pianissimo. Wollte man
dem ganzen opus ein Motto
voranstellen, dann die
Schumann-Uberschrift (aus
den Kinderszenen) :
,,Fast zu ernst - aber
eben nur ,,fast. (Jurg
Baur)CD:Sinfonieorchester
des Bayerischen
Rundfunks, cond.
Hanns-Martin SchneidtCD
Thorofon CTH 2270
Bibliography:Wallerang,
Lars: Die Orchesterwerke
Jurg Baurs als Dialog
zwischen Tradition und
Moderne, Koln: Dohr
2003.Nonnenmann, Rainer:
Vergegenwartigungen.
Umgang mit historischem
Material bei Zimmermann,
Baur, Killmayer, Schnebel
und Zender, in: Jurg
Baur, hrsg. von Ulrich
Tadday (= Musik-Konzepte.
Neue Folge, Heft
184/185), Munchen:
Edition Text+Kritik 2019,
S. 26-46.
Soprano, baritone, spoken
voice, mixed choir
(SSSSAAAATTTTBBBB, and 9
boys' voices, S/A) and
orchestra (Score) -
difficult
SKU:
HL.49006187
(The
Raft of the Medusa).
Composed by Hans Werner
Henze. This edition:
Paperback/Soft Cover.
Sheet music. Edition
Schott. Classical. Study
Score. Composed
1968/1990. 168 pages.
Duration 70'. Schott
Music #ED6326. Published
by Schott Music
(HL.49006187).
ISBN
9790001067270. UPC:
884088099282.
8.25x11.75x0.41 inches.
German - English.
Eroica - Urtext based
on the new Complete
Edition (G. Henle
Verlag). Composed by
Ludwig van Beethoven.
Edited by Bathia Churgin.
Orchestra; Softbound.
Partitur-Bibliothek
(Score Library).
The
study score
(,,Studien-Edition) is
available at G. Henle
Verlag.
Symphony;
Classical. Full score.
116 pages. Duration 50'.
Breitkopf and Haertel #PB
14613. Published by
Breitkopf and Haertel
(BR.PB-14613).
ISBN
9790004214886. 10 x 12.5
inches.
The Eroica
according to the Complete
EditionExploring the
Eroica is the name of the
essay with which the
editor made herself known
back in 1998 and which
contributed decisively to
the research into the
complex transmission.
Written in 1803, the
autograph of the work is
lost today. The title
Sinfonia Eroica is
already found in the
first edition (but only
there as well). The main
source of the edition is
the copy of the score,
which was carefully
examined and emended by
Beethoven, and into which
he made corrections even
after the appearance of
the first printed set of
parts. In addition, the
copies of the parts used
for first performances
(before publication) as
well as the extremely
error-filled first
edition of the
instrumental parts are
also relevant; more so,
however, is another
printed set that
Beethoven personally
revised. Thanks to the
new performance material,
the musical text of the
new Beethoven Complete
Edition can now also be
heard alternatively to
the Breitkopf Urtext
edition by Peter
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5233).
Composed by John Williams. For flute I,II,III, piccolo (alto flute, flute), oboe...(+)
Composed by John
Williams. For flute
I,II,III, piccolo (alto
flute, flute), oboe I,II,
english horn (oboe), Bb
clarinet I,II, Eb
clarinet (Bb clarinet,
bass clarinet), Bb bass
clarinet (Eb clarinet),
bassoon I,II,
contrabassoon (bassoon),
F horn, I-IV, trumpet
I-IV, trombone I-IV,
tuba, timpani, percussion
I-III, harp,
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chorus (optional).
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(spiral bound - parts not
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Series: Hal Leonard John
Williams Signature
Edition. 81 pages.
10.5x14 inches. Published
by Hal Leonard.
Composed by Helmut
Lachenmann. Orchestra;
Softcover.
Partitur-Bibliothek
(Score Library). Music
post-1945; New music
(post-2000). Full score.
Composed 2003/04. 108
pages. Duration 25'.
Breitkopf and Haertel #PB
5435. Published by
Breitkopf and Haertel
(BR.PB-5435).
ISBN
9790004212820. 11.5 x
16.5 inches.
Meine
eigene neue
Orchesterkomposition hat
den Titel ,,SCHREIBEN.
Die praktische Aktion des
Schreibens, als
mechanisches Einwirken
per Hand, Stift, Pinsel,
auf eine Flache (Papier,
Pergament, Stein etc.),
ausgelost und gesteuert
von einem kommunikativen
Bedurfnis und, bei aller
Spontaneitat, beherrscht
durch die Regeln von
Schrift und Sprache, ist
fur mich einer der
geheimnisvollsten
Vorgange im
zwischenmenschlichen
Alltag, bei dem
menschlicher Geist und
tote Materie einander
begegnen: Gedanken bzw.
Gedachtes werden auf
einer Flache - Papier,
Pergament, Stein -
festgehalten, ihr
sozusagen anvertraut. Und
auf diesem Umweg uber
Sprache, Schrift und
Gravur begegnen sie dem
Geist des lesenden oder
entziffernden
Mitmenschen. Als
Komponist aber frage ich:
gibt es auch einen
anderen
Kausalitatszusammenhang,
gibt es z. B. ein
,,autonomes Schreiben,
eine sinn-freie
Zeichengebung, durch
entfesselte, losgelassene
Fortbewegung der
schreibenden Hand, wo der
Schreibende seinem
eigenen Schreiben nur
noch staunend zusieht?
Werden nicht in Japan
Bilder, auch ,,abstrakte,
geschrieben??? (In einem
Underground-Film der
70er-Jahre uber den
jungen Mozart sieht sich
der Zuschauer versetzt in
ein Zimmer eines
italienischen Gasthauses,
in dem der junge
durchreisende Mozart am
Tisch eilig die
Rezitative einer seiner
italienischen Opern zu
Papier bringt. Mehr als
eine Viertelstunde lang
sind wir dabei, horen
nicht die entstehende
Musik, sondern das
nervose Kratzen der Feder
auf dem groben
Notenpapier in
nachmittaglicher Stille -
nur der gleichmassige
Pendelschlag der Wanduhr
ist noch zu horen -, und
wir erleben diese
sekundare Klangwelt kaum
weniger intensiv als
nachher andere Horer die
dabei stumm entstehende
Musik.) Das Orchester in
meinem Stuck ,,schreibt.
Es fugt Strich zu Strich,
versteht sich selbst als
eine Art vielfaltiges
,,Schreib-Gerat. Wir als
Horer lesen nicht das
,,Geschriebene, aber wir
horen den Vorgang des
Schreibens, den
Bogenstrich, die Bewegung
des scharrenden Holzstabs
auf Fell oder Tamtam, und
wir beobachten dessen
Imitation bzw.
Transformation durch -
zeitweise auch tonlos -
sich zu linearen
Gestalten verbindende
Blasinstrumente als eine
Art klingender
Schreib-Zeremonie. Es
ergibt sich eine Musik,
die gelegentlich ihren
gedanklichen
Ausgangspunkt vergisst
und sich als autonome
Klang-Situation
fortentwickelt und
verwandelt, und die
schliesslich im hochsten
Register eine Art
,,Kantilene be-schreibt.
Wer das deutsche Wort
,,Schreiben (engl. ,,to
write) schreibt, der
schreibt dabei auch
unweigerlich das Wort
,,Schrei (engl. ,,shout),
und er schreibt auch das
Wort ,,reiben (engl. ,,to
rub). So emotional der
erste Begriff gedacht
werden kann, so
nuchtern-praktisch ist
der zweite. Von beiden
Aspekten, samt ihrer
Gegensatzlichkeit, ist
mein Stuck gepragt.
(Helmut Lachenmann,
2003)
Arranged by R. J. Hume. Orchestra. Full Orchestra; Score. Highland Full Orchestr...(+)
Arranged by R. J. Hume.
Orchestra. Full
Orchestra; Score.
Highland Full Orchestra.
Form: Suite. Folk. Grade
2.5. 32 pages. Published
by Highland/Etling
ISBN 9790006523375.
32.9 x 23.9 cm inches.
Text Language:
French/German. Preface:
Soury, Thomas. Louis de
Cahusac.
Rameau's
“Les Fêtes de
l'Hymen et de
l'Amour†was long
considered second-rate
because its première
was associated with a
political event. Yet this
ballet abounds in novel
dramaturgical effects
that foreshadow his later
operas, such as
“Zaïsâ€,
“Zoroastreâ€
and “Les
Boradesâ€. Working
together with his
librettist Cahusac,
Rameau sought to weave
the dance numbers,
choruses and stage
machinery more tightly
into the main plot. He
also experimented with
stylistic devices unique
to this work, the most
famous being
unquestionably the scene
in which the Nile
overflows its banks (an
impressive ten-voice
double chorus with solo
voices and orchestra) and
the sextet from
“Arurisâ€, a
scoring found nowhere
else in his
uvre.
For the
first time, this
scholarly-critical
edition of “Les
Fêtes de l'Hymen et de
l'Amour†presents a
reference version of the
work that is based on all
the major sources for
both the libretto and the
music, including two
recent musical
discoveries. As most of
the performance material
for the première has
vanished, our edition is
based on the version
prepared for the Acadmie
Royale de Musique in
1748.
About
Barenreiter
Urtext
What can I
expect from a Barenreiter
Urtext
edition?<
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based on all available
sources - A
description of the
sources -
Information on the
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the work - Valuable
notes on performance
practice - Includes
an introduction with
critical commentary
explaining source
discrepancies and
editorial decisions
... AND
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need them - A
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binding
Orchestra (3(picc)2.2.2 -
4.2.3.1 - timp.(cym ad
lib.) - str)
SKU:
BR.PB-5559-07
Urtext. Composed
by Pjotr Iljitsch
Tschaikowsky. Edited by
Christoph Flamm.
Orchestra; Softbound.
Partitur-Bibliothek
(Score Library).
Tchaikovsky's Hamburg
Symphony in the Urtext
Symphony; Romantic.
Study Score. 208 pages.
Duration 44'. Breitkopf
and Haertel #PB 5559-07.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel
(BR.PB-5559-07).
ISBN
9790004213698. 6.5 x 9
inches.
Like Hamlet
Overture, originating at
about the same time,
Tchaikovsky's 5th
symphony, composed in
1888, focuses on the
human existential
question: To be or not to
be - triumph over fate or
triumph of fate? The per
aspera ad astra
dramaturgy underlying the
symphony culminates in
triumphant certainty. If
Tchaikovsky was initially
euphoric, then severe
self-doubts befell him
after he conducted the
premiere in St.
Petersburg. These doubts
demonstrably led him to
make interpretative
changes for the Hamburg
performance in 1889,
including a cut in the
finale. Only with the
extremely positive
response to this
performance did his
doubts dispel.
Nevertheless, Tchaikovsky
himself never again
conducted the 5th
symphony. It was only
posthumously established
in the repertoire through
Arthur Nikisch's
commitment. The new
edition's textual
criticism takes into
account besides the
autograph and first
edition also the first
edition's orchestral
parts, together with the
piano arrangement
produced from the
autograph by Sergei
Taneyev. In addition to
thoroughly clarifying
dynamics and
articulation, the source
comparison also corrected
many errors and solved
problematical passages,
such as, for instance,
the trombone entry in m.
372 of the finale.
Considered, moreover, for
the first time has been
the composer's doubts
about his work and its
ambiguities, frequently
successfully suppressed
in the history of its
performance and
reception. Tchaikovsky's
conductor's copy is
unfortunately lost, hence
his alterations made for
the Hamburg performance
are not precisely known.
They have survived only
indirectly through
remarks that Willem
Mengelberg left to
posterity, for which he
could draw on
Tchaikovsky's conductor's
score and oral references
by the composer's brother
Modest. So, anyone
wishing to deal seriously
with the work's
certainties will not be
able to do so in the
future without having
also to deal with its
uncertainties.
Orchestra (3(picc)2.2.2 -
4.2.3.1 - timp.(cym ad
lib.) - str)
SKU:
BR.PB-5558
Urtext. Composed
by Pjotr Iljitsch
Tschaikowsky. Edited by
Christoph Flamm.
Orchestra; Softbound.
Partitur-Bibliothek
(Score Library).
Tchaikovsky's Hamburg
Symphony in the Urtext
Symphony; Romantic.
Full score. 212 pages.
Duration 44'. Breitkopf
and Haertel #PB 5558.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel (BR.PB-5558).
ISBN 9790004213681. 10
x 12.5 inches.
Like
Hamlet Overture,
originating at about the
same time, Tchaikovsky's
5th symphony, composed in
1888, focuses on the
human existential
question: To be or not to
be - triumph over fate or
triumph of fate? The per
aspera ad astra
dramaturgy underlying the
symphony culminates in
triumphant certainty. If
Tchaikovsky was initially
euphoric, then severe
self-doubts befell him
after he conducted the
premiere in St.
Petersburg. These doubts
demonstrably led him to
make interpretative
changes for the Hamburg
performance in 1889,
including a cut in the
finale. Only with the
extremely positive
response to this
performance did his
doubts dispel.
Nevertheless, Tchaikovsky
himself never again
conducted the 5th
symphony. It was only
posthumously established
in the repertoire through
Arthur Nikisch's
commitment. The new
edition's textual
criticism takes into
account besides the
autograph and first
edition also the first
edition's orchestral
parts, together with the
piano arrangement
produced from the
autograph by Sergei
Taneyev. In addition to
thoroughly clarifying
dynamics and
articulation, the source
comparison also corrected
many errors and solved
problematical passages,
such as, for instance,
the trombone entry in m.
372 of the finale.
Considered, moreover, for
the first time has been
the composer's doubts
about his work and its
ambiguities, frequently
successfully suppressed
in the history of its
performance and
reception. Tchaikovsky's
conductor's copy is
unfortunately lost, hence
his alterations made for
the Hamburg performance
are not precisely known.
They have survived only
indirectly through
remarks that Willem
Mengelberg left to
posterity, for which he
could draw on
Tchaikovsky's conductor's
score and oral references
by the composer's brother
Modest. So, anyone
wishing to deal seriously
with the work's
certainties will not be
able to do so in the
future without having
also to deal with its
uncertainties.
7 Modern Dances for
Orchestra Study
Score. Composed by
Má, s Seiber, and
tyá. Arranged by
Wolfgang Lichter. This
edition: Saddle
stitching. Sheet music.
Concertino. Classical.
Softcover. Composed 1935.
48 pages. Duration 20'.
Schott Music #CON257.
Published by Schott Music
(HL.49018017).
ISBN
9790001152419.
9.0x12.0x0.2
inches.
After
completing his studies
with Zoltan Kodaly, the
Hungarian composer
Mathias Seiber
(1905-1960) first worked
as a musician in a dance
orchestra on an ocean
liner which gave him the
opportunity to listen to
jazz music in New York.
From 1928 he taught the
first jazz class
worldwide at Dr. Koch's
Conservatoire in
Frankfurt. In the winter
term of 1928/29, 19
students had registered
with whom he gave a
public concert on 3 March
1929 which was broadcast
by Radio Frankfurt. After
the Nazis had seized
power, the jazz class was
dissolved, Seiber lost
his job and emigrated to
London.In 1932 he wrote
his piano cycle 'Leichte
Tanze' (Easy Dances), one
of the early examples of
the adoption of jazz
forms and styles in
so-called serious music.
The present arrangement
for orchestra is easily
playable and is aimed at
youth and amateur
orchestras.
Instrumentation: 2
flutes, clarinet, oboe
(ad lib.), alto
saxophone, trumpet,
bassoon and strings.
Movements: Cake Walk -
Novelty Foxtrot - Gipsy
Tango - Waltz - Walzer -
Blues - Charleston.
(Tanzstunden I)
Tanzschauspiel. Libretto
frei nach Moliere.
Composed by Hans Werner
Henze. This edition:
Paperback/Soft Cover.
Sheet music. Edition
Schott. Classical. Study
Score. Composed
1949/1995. 172 pages.
Duration 35'. Schott
Music #ED 9456. Published
by Schott Music
(HL.49013033).
ISBN
9790001131919.
8.25x11.75x0.462
inches.
Bei der
Neuschrift des Stucks im
Winter 1995-96, funfzig
Jahre nach seiner
Entstehung (als
Buhnenmusik zu Molieres
Comedie ballet Georges
Dandin, aus der
anschliessend ein Ballett
wurde mit dem englischen
Clown Jack Pudding in der
Titelrolle), ist es mir
darum gegangen, den alten
Notentext auszulosen und
sein thematisches und
harmonisches Material
nach Kriterien zu ordnen
und zu entwickeln, die
mir seinerzeit noch nicht
zur Verfugung standen,
und die recht
skizzenhafte Anlage des
Urtexts in eine Klangwelt
heruberzutragen, die
meinen heutigen
Vorstellungen und
Wertbegriffen von Theater
und Musik entspricht und
die gleichzeitig das
heutige kulturelle Klima
Neapels widerspiegelt und
damit eine besondere Art
von Wirklichkeit, die
mich einmal so sehr
gefangengenommen,
bezaubert und beeinflusst
hat.- Hans Werner
Henze
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