(Over 850 Classical Themes and Melodies in the Original Keys) For C instrument. ...(+)
(Over 850 Classical
Themes and Melodies in
the Original Keys) For C
instrument. Format:
fakebook (spiral bound).
With vocal melody
(excerpts) and chord
names. Lassical. Series:
Hal Leonard Fake Books.
646 pages. 9x12 inches.
Published by Hal Leonard.
Composed by Various. For Piano/Keyboard. Hal Leonard Fake Books. Classical. Diff...(+)
Composed by Various. For
Piano/Keyboard. Hal
Leonard Fake Books.
Classical. Difficulty:
medium to
medium-difficult.
Fakebook. Melody line,
chord names and lyrics
(on some songs). 413
pages. Published by Hal
Leonard
Composed by Camille
Saint-Saens. Edited by
Michael Stegemann. This
edition: Edition of
selected works, Urtext
edition. Linen.
Saint-Saens, Camille.
Oevres instrumentales
completes I/3. Edition of
selected works, Score.
Opus 78. Duration 39
minutes. Baerenreiter
Verlag #BA10303_01.
Published by Baerenreiter
Verlag (BA.BA10303-01).
ISBN 9790006559503. 33
x 26 cm inches. Key: C
minor. Preface: Michael
Stegemann.
The
third symphony by Camille
Saint-Saens, known as the
Organ Symphony, is the
first publication in a
complete
historical-critical
edition of the French
composer's instrumental
works.
I gave
everything I was able to
give in this work. [...]
What I have done here I
will never be able to do
again.Camille Saint-Saens
was rightly proud of his
third Symphony in C minor
Op.78, dedicated to the
memory of Franz Liszt.
Called theOrgan
Symphonybecause of its
novel scoring, the work
was a commission from the
Philharmonic Society in
London, as was
Beethoven's Ninth, and
was premiered there on 19
May 1886. The first
performance in Paris
followed on 9 January
1887 and confirmed the
composer's reputation
asprobably the most
significant, and
certainly the most
independent French
symphonistof his time, as
Ludwig Finscher wrote in
MGG. In fact the work
remains the only one in
the history of that genre
in France to the present
day, composed a good half
century after the
Symphonie fantastique by
Hector Berlioz and a good
half century before
Olivier Messiaen's
Turangalila
Symphonie.
You
would think that such a
famous, much-performed
and much recorded opus
could not hold any more
secrets, but far from it:
in the first
historical-critical
edition of the Symphony,
numerous inconsistencies
and mistakes in the
Durand edition in general
use until now, have been
uncovered and corrected.
An examination and
evaluation of the sources
ranged from two early
sketches, now preserved
in Paris and Washington
(in which the Symphony
was still in B minor!)
via the autograph
manuscript and a set of
proofs corrected by
Saint-Saens himself, to
the first and subsequent
editions of the full
score and parts. The
versions for piano duet
(by Leon Roques) and for
two pianos (by the
composer himself) were
also consulted. Further
crucial information was
finally found in his
extensive correspondence,
encompassing thousands of
previously unpublished
letters. The discoveries
made in producing this
edition include the fact
that at its London
premiere, the Symphony
probably looked quite
different from its
present appearance
...
No less
exciting than the work
itself is the history of
its composition and
reception, which are
described in an extensive
foreword. With his
Symphony, Saint-Saens
entered right into the
dispute which divided
French musical life into
pro and contra Wagner in
the 1880s and 1890s. At
the same time, the work
succeeded in preserving
the balance between
tradition and modernism
in masterly fashion, as a
contemporary critic
stated:The C minor
Symphony by Saint-Saens
creates a bridge from the
past into the future,
from immortal richness to
progress, from ideas to
their
implementation.
On
19 March 1886 Saint-Saens
wrote to the London
Philharmonic Society,
which commissioned the
work:
Work on the
symphony is in full
swing. But I warn you, it
will be terrible. Here is
the precise
instrumentation: 3 flutes
/ 2 oboes / 1 cor anglais
/ 2 clarinets / 1 bass
clarinet / 2 bassoons / 1
contrabassoon / 2 natural
horns / [3 trumpets /
Saint-Saens had forgotten
these in his listing.] 2
chromatic horns / 3
trombones / 1 tuba / 3
timpani / organ / 1 piano
duet and the strings, of
course. Fortunately,
there are no harps.
Unfortunately it will be
difficult. I am doing
what I can to mitigate
the
difficulties.
As
in my 4th Concerto [for
piano] and my [1st]
Violin Sonata [in D minor
Op.75] at first glance
there appear to be just
two parts: the first
Allegro and the Adagio,
the Scherzo and the
Finale, each attacca.
This fiendish symphony
has crept up by a
semitone; it did not want
to stay in B minor, and
is now in C
minor.
It would be
a pleasure for me to
conduct this symphony.
Whether it would be a
pleasure for others to
hear it? That is the
question. It is you who
wanted it, I wash my
hands of it. I will bring
the orchestral parts
carefully corrected with
me, and if anyone wants
to give me a nice
rehearsal for the
symphony after the full
rehearsal, everything
will be fine.
When
Saint-Saens hit upon the
idea of adding an organ
and a piano to the usual
orchestral scoring is not
known. The idea of adding
an organ part to a
secular orchestral work
intended for the concert
hall was thoroughly novel
- and not without
controversy. On the other
hand, Franz Liszt, whose
music Saint-Saens'
Symphony is so close to,
had already demonstrated
that the organ could
easily be an orchestral
instrument in his
symphonic poem
Hunnenschlacht (1856/57).
There was also a model
for the piano duet part
which Saint-Saens knew
and may possibly have
used quite consciously as
an exemplar: theFantaisie
sur la Tempetefrom the
lyrical monodrama Lelio,
ou le retour a la Vie op.
14bis (1831) by Berlioz.
The name of the organist
at the premiere ist
unknown, as,
incidentally, was also
the case with many of the
later performances; the
organ part is indeed not
soloistic, but should be
understood as part of the
orchestral
texture.
In fact
the subsequent success of
the symphony seems to
have represented a kind
of breakthrough for the
composer, who was then
over 50 years of age.My
dear composer of a famous
symphony, wrote
Saint-Saens' friend and
pupil Gabriel Faure:You
will never be able to
imagine what a pleasure I
had last Sunday [at the
second performance on 16
January 1887]! And I had
the score and did not
miss a single note of
this Symphony, which will
endure much longer than
we two, even if we were
to join together our two
lifespans!
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Saens (1835-1921). Edited
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François
de Médicis. This
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CD for easy solo piano.
Over 200 great
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Published by Music Sales.
Urtext based on the
Brahms Complete Edition
of the Gesellschaft der
Musikfreunde in
Vienna. Composed by
Johannes Brahms.
Orchestra; stapled.
Orchester-Bibliothek
(Orchestral Library). EB
6043 is printed in score
form; two copies are
needed for performance.
Have a look into study
score PB 3654. Solo
concerto; Romantic. Part.
8 pages. Duration 43'.
Breitkopf and Haertel #OB
3210-16. Published by
Breitkopf and Haertel
(BR.OB-3210-16).
ISBN
9790004300701. 10 x 12.5
inches.
Johannes
Brahms' first Piano
Concerto was the fruit of
a complex, protracted,
and extremely trying
creative process. Its
origin goes back to a
sonata in D minor for two
pianos conceived in
spring 1854. The impulse
for the creation of the
main subject was however
a shocking event:
According to Joseqph
Joachim, the theme
originated after hearing
about Schumanns suicide
attempt. A few months
earlier, Schumann had
revealed Brahms to the
musical world in his
essay New Paths. In this
article, Brahms is
extolled as the musician
who is called to give
expression to the feeling
of his times in an ideal
fashion. The unusually
rapid genesis of the
D-minor sonata and its
prevailingly dark,
monumental mood can be
interpreted as an
impassioned compositional
response to Schumann's
suicide attempt. However,
the year-long struggle to
arrive at the final form
of the work should
perhaps also be seen in
the context of the
resounding praise of
Schumann's prophetic
article. Brahms undoubtly
felt a growing inner
pressure to live up to
the expectations aroused
therein.Together with
Clara Schumann, Brahms
played the three so far
existing movements of the
sonata, but he was very
self-critical. He felt
that he had not been able
to realize the
monumentality he had
envisioned, and which
Clara Schumann felt, by
merely doubling the piano
sound. He soon decided to
transform the sonata into
a symphony (his first
orchestral project).
However, this idea did
not seem to fit his
vision either. Only in
spring 1855 did he strike
upon the definitive
solution: a piano
concerto. With Brahms as
soloist, this concerto
premiered in 1859, though
he initially had little
success. He wrote to
Joachim about one of the
first performances that
the concerto was a
brilliant and
unmistakable - failure.
This hardly surprised
Brahms, for he was
undoubtedly aware of the
newness of the work,
which surpassed the
expectations of the
audience. The work's
complex structure and
symphonic dimensions, the
solo part's rejection of
showy, elegant
brilliance, and the
uniquely Brahmsian
orchestral density it
maintains throughout; all
of these qualities
inevitably exasperated
audiences at first -
until they raised this
work to the ranks of the
most celebrated concertos
of all time.
The Piano Bench of Easy Classical Music arranged by Amy Appleby. For Piano Solo....(+)
The Piano Bench of Easy
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by Amy Appleby. For Piano
Solo. Music Sales
America. Classical.
Softcover. 400 pages.
Music Sales #AM967549.
Published by Music Sales
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Book with Online Audio. Composed by Various. Music Minus One. Baroque, Classical...(+)
Book with Online Audio.
Composed by Various.
Music Minus One. Baroque,
Classical Period and Play
Along. Softcover Audio
Online. 32 pages. Music
Minus One #MMO3726.
Published by Music Minus
One
Urtext based on the
Brahms Complete Edition
of the Gesellschaft der
Musikfreunde in
Vienna. Composed by
Johannes Brahms.
Orchestra; stapled.
Orchester-Bibliothek
(Orchestral Library).
Solo: pno - 2.2.2.2 -
4.2.0.0 - timp - str.
Solo concerto; Romantic.
Part. 8 pages. Duration
43'. Breitkopf and
Haertel #OB 3210-15.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel
(BR.OB-3210-15).
ISBN
9790004300695. 10 x 12.5
inches.
Johannes
Brahms' first Piano
Concerto was the fruit of
a complex, protracted,
and extremely trying
creative process. Its
origin goes back to a
sonata in D minor for two
pianos conceived in
spring 1854. The impulse
for the creation of the
main subject was however
a shocking event:
According to Joseqph
Joachim, the theme
originated after hearing
about Schumanns suicide
attempt. A few months
earlier, Schumann had
revealed Brahms to the
musical world in his
essay New Paths. In this
article, Brahms is
extolled as the musician
who is called to give
expression to the feeling
of his times in an ideal
fashion. The unusually
rapid genesis of the
D-minor sonata and its
prevailingly dark,
monumental mood can be
interpreted as an
impassioned compositional
response to Schumann's
suicide attempt. However,
the year-long struggle to
arrive at the final form
of the work should
perhaps also be seen in
the context of the
resounding praise of
Schumann's prophetic
article. Brahms undoubtly
felt a growing inner
pressure to live up to
the expectations aroused
therein.Together with
Clara Schumann, Brahms
played the three so far
existing movements of the
sonata, but he was very
self-critical. He felt
that he had not been able
to realize the
monumentality he had
envisioned, and which
Clara Schumann felt, by
merely doubling the piano
sound. He soon decided to
transform the sonata into
a symphony (his first
orchestral project).
However, this idea did
not seem to fit his
vision either. Only in
spring 1855 did he strike
upon the definitive
solution: a piano
concerto. With Brahms as
soloist, this concerto
premiered in 1859, though
he initially had little
success. He wrote to
Joachim about one of the
first performances that
the concerto was a
brilliant and
unmistakable - failure.
This hardly surprised
Brahms, for he was
undoubtedly aware of the
newness of the work,
which surpassed the
expectations of the
audience. The work's
complex structure and
symphonic dimensions, the
solo part's rejection of
showy, elegant
brilliance, and the
uniquely Brahmsian
orchestral density it
maintains throughout; all
of these qualities
inevitably exasperated
audiences at first -
until they raised this
work to the ranks of the
most celebrated concertos
of all time.
High Performance Flute Flûte à bec, Flute, Accordéon [Partition + CD] - Facile AMA Verlag
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Flute. Method. AMA
Verlag. All Styles.
Level:
Beginning-Intermediate.
Book/CD Set. Size 9x12.
144 pages. Published by
AMA Verlag. ISBN
3932587723.
Violin SKU: HL.50038930 Score. Composed by Antonio Vivaldi. Edited...(+)
Violin
SKU:
HL.50038930
Score. Composed by
Antonio Vivaldi. Edited
by Gian Francesco
Malipiero. String Solo.
Score Only. Composed
1984. Ricordi #PR1015.
Published by Ricordi
(HL.50038930).
Arrangements of syllabus repertoire for lessons, practice and performance. Co...(+)
Arrangements of syllabus
repertoire for lessons,
practice and performance.
Composed by Richard
Mainwaring. Classical.
Score
and Parts. Trinity
College
London #TCL020345.
Published
by Trinity College London
(Wedding and Classical Favorites). Composed by Various. Arranged by Daniel Kelle...(+)
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Favorites). Composed by
Various. Arranged by
Daniel Kelley. For
Flute/Oboe/Violin and
Cello/Bassoon. Duets.
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Score with 2 parts.
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sonata. Published by
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Chamber Music Flute, Piano, Piccolo SKU: PR.114418820 For Piccolo, Flu...(+)
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Piano, Piccolo
SKU:
PR.114418820
For
Piccolo, Flute, and
Chamber Orchestra (or
Piano), TWV 52:e1.
Composed by Georg Philipp
Telemann. Arranged by
Valerie Shields Zart
Dombourian-Eby. Set of
Score and Parts. With
Standard notation.
32+12+12 pages. Duration
14 minutes. Theodore
Presser Company
#114-41882. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.114418820).
ISBN
9781491113998. UPC:
680160667697.
Compo
sed by Telemann as a
double concerto for
recorder and transverse
flute, Zart
Dombourian-Eby’s
new edition is prepared
for piccolo, flute, and
piano — remaining
compatible with available
orchestral editions, and
respectfully faithful to
Telemann’s
detailed nuances. Cast in
the slow-fast, slow-fast
four-movement mold
typical of Baroque
concert works, the
CONCERTO IN E MINOR is at
once among the most
beautiful and
exhilarating works of
Telemann’s
formidable
output.__________________
____________________Text
from the scanned back
cover:ZART DOMBOURIAN-EBY
is the Principal
Piccoloist of the
SeattleSymphony and is
regularly featured as
both a soloist and
clinician in Seattle and
across the world. Her
performances consistently
receive highest praise
from both critics and
audiences. A native of
New Orleans, she received
B.A. and M.M. degrees
from Louisiana State
University. After a year
of study with Albert
Tipton she attended
Northwestern University
earning a Doctor of Music
degree under the tutelage
of Walfrid Kujala. She
has been a member of the
New Orleans Pops, Baton
Rouge Symphony, Colorado
Philharmonic, and the
Civic Orchestra of
Chicago. She has
performed with the
Chicago Symphony and
served on the faculties
of the University of
Washington and Pacific
Lutheran University. She
was the founding editor
of Flute Talk and ison
the Editorial Board for
The Flutist Quarterly.
Zart is the immediate
past president of the
National Flute
Association, and been a
featured soloist and
presenter at numerous NFA
conventions. Zart has
commissioned numerous
works, including two for
piccolo and piano by
Martin Amlin, sonatas by
Gary Schocker and Levente
Gyongyosi, and a chamber
work by Ken Benshoof. She
can be heard in over 100
recordings by the Seattle
Symphony, and her solo
CD, in shadow, light, is
available on Crystal
Records. Her
award-winning edition of
the three Vivaldi piccolo
concertos is published by
Theodore Presser.A native
of Seattle, VALERIE
SHIELDS received her B.M.
summa cum laude in organ
and violin from St. Olaf
College. While completing
her M.M. from
Northwestern University,
she became increasingly
interested and skilled in
the art of improvisation.
She served as Director of
Music at St.
Luke’s Lutheran
Church in Park Ridge,
Illinois, where she
developed a music program
involving over 150
participants in choirs
and chamber music
groups.Upon her return to
Seattle, she served for
12 years as director of
adivision of the
Northwest Girlchoir. She
became organist and
developed a vibrant Youth
Choir at Phinney Ridge
Lutheran Church, where
she served for over 30
years, as well as
enjoying a 20-year tenure
as Music Director and
Composer-in-Residence of
Temple De Hirsch Sinai.
Valerie’s work
with children’s
choirs,churches, and
synagogues has inspired
over 100 published
compositions. When I
was invited to perform a
Vivaldi piccolo concerto
in Italy a few years ago,
my host, Luisa Sello,
wrote that Carol Wincenc
was going to be on the
same concert, and was
there any piece that we
could play together? I
looked and asked around,
and my colleague Joanna
Bassett recommended the
Telemann Concerto in E
Minor for Traverso and
Recorder. I didn’t
know the piece, but as I
listened to a recording
of it, I immediately
loved it and could easily
envision how beautifully
it could work, with a few
“adjustments,â€
for flute and piccolo.
I got to work, and the
current publication is
the result. I have
performed it many times,
and enjoy it even more
every time. It fits a
unique place in our
repertoire, and works
equally well with piano
as with the string
orchestra
setting.According to
Steven D. Zohn,
pre-eminent Telemann
scholar, and author of
Music for a Mixed Taste:
Style, Genre, and Meaning
in Telemann’s
Instrumental Works, much
is unknown about the
concerto itself; it
likely dates from the
1720s, soon after
Telemann moved to
Hamburg. Only an
eighteenth-century
copyist’s set of
parts is extant, that of
Johann Samuel Endler, who
was engaged at the
Darmstadt court as a
singer and violinist,
later becoming
Vice-Kapellmeister and
Kapellmeister, and who
had a large collection of
Telemann’s
works.As in my Vivaldi
concertos edition
(Presser 414-41190), I
have added virtually all
of the articulations and
dynamics that appear
here, and have inserted
quite a bit of
ornamentation. Unlike the
Vivaldi edition, I have
not included any
indication of the
original Telemann in
those passages, nor have
I included any
pedagogical markings,
such as
fingerings.Finally, I
would like to
acknowledge, with
gratitude, Joanna
Bassett, Daniel Dorff,
Benton Gordon, Evan
Pengra-Sult, Sandra
Saathoff, Valerie
Shields, Carol Wincenc,
and Steven Zohn, for the
various roles they played
in the making of this
publication.— Zart
Dombourian-EbyJune
2018.
Composed by Camille Saint- Saens (1835-1921). Edited by Fabien Guilloux and Fra...(+)
Composed by Camille
Saint-
Saens (1835-1921). Edited
by
Fabien Guilloux and
François
de Médicis. This
edition:
urtext edition. Stapled.
Performance score. Opus
75.
Baerenreiter Verlag
#BA10957.
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Composed by Henricus Albicastro (1700-1706). Edited by Michael Talbot / Andrew W...(+)
Composed by Henricus
Albicastro (1700-1706).
Edited by Michael Talbot
/ Andrew Woolley. Full
score and parts. Duration
c. 12 minutes. Published
by Edition HH Music
Publishers
(HH.HH419-FSP).