Piano Solo

SKU: HL.51481158

Piano Solo. Composed by Sergei Prokoviev. Edited by Norbert Gertsch. Henle Music Folios. Classical. Softcover. 48 pages. G. Henle #HN1158. Published by G. Henle (HL.51481158).

UPC: 196288209164. 9.0x12.0x0.172 inches.

Prokofiev did not compose his Visions fugitives â?? 20 â??fleeting visionsâ? â?? in one go, but in clusters between 1915 and 1917, immediately before the Russian Revolution that compelled him to leave his native country in 1918. We know from his diaries that at least some of them owe their existence to extra-musical impulses. Thus several pieces were inspired by people close to him. Others impart his emotional reaction to the political situation with its menacing brutality. According to his own statement, for example, no. 19 â??was inspired by the events of February 1917 in Petrogradâ?, during the Revolution's first phase. Technically the pieces are not too demanding, and are also often used in teaching. They now appear for the first time in an Urtext edition that considers all the musical sources created during the composer's lifetime. In his preface, Prokofiev specialist Simon Morrison provides biographical context for the genesis of this fantastic piano cycle.

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• error-free, reliable musical texts based on meticulous musicological research - fingerings and bowings by famous artists and pedagogues
• preface in 3 languages with information on the genesis and history of the work 
• Critical Commentary in 1 ? 3 languages with a description and evaluation of the sources and explaining all source discrepancies and editorial decisions 
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(A Holiday Excursion for Two Pianos). Composed by Leroy Anderson (1908-1975). Arranged by Greg Anderson. For Piano. This edition: 2 copies required. Book; Duet or Duo; Piano Duo (2 Pianos, 4 Hands). Anderson and Roe Duos and Duets. Christmas; Holiday Pops; Light Concert; Recital; Secular; Standard; Winter. Advanced. 16 pages. Published by Alfred Music

(A Medley of Waltzes Made Famous in Disney Films). Arranged by Greg Anderson. For Piano. This edition: Piano Duo (2 Pianos, 4 Hands). Book; Duet or Duo; Piano Duo (2 Pianos, 4 Hands). Anderson and Roe Duos and Duets. Form: Medley. Pop; Recital. Advanced. 28 pages. Published by Alfred Music Publishing

((Chinese Drum)). By Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962). Arranged by Greg Anderson. For Piano. Book; Duet or Duo; Masterworks; Piano Duet (1 Piano, 4 Hands). Anderson and Roe Duos and Duets. 20th Century; Masterwork Arrangement; Recital; Romantic. Advanced. 16 pages. Published by Alfred Music Publishing

Score & Parts Cello

SKU: HL.51481132

For Violoncello and Piano. Composed by Jean-Louis Duport. Edited by Norbert Gertsch. Henle Music Folios. Classical. Softcover. 42 pages. G. Henle #HN1132. Published by G. Henle (HL.51481132).

UPC: 840126989656. 9.0x12.0x0.35 inches.

“More than 20 years ago I was called upon by friends, artists, and aficionados to write about fingerings for the violoncello,” then-famous Berlin cellist Jean-Louis Duport thus opens his “Essai” from 1806, dedicated to “Professeurs de Violoncelle.” His methodology revolutionized cello technique, and the 21 etudes printed in its appendix are still regarded today as perhaps the most important set of studies for all budding cellists. Modelled after the volumes of etudes for violin, Henle is also issuing the Urtext here, together with all original fingerings and bowings, while also offering alternatives by the famous cellist and teacher Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt. This edition also offers a second cello part provided by Duport for accompaniment.

About Henle Urtext

What I can expect from Henle Urtext editions:

• error-free, reliable musical texts based on meticulous musicological research - fingerings and bowings by famous artists and pedagogues
• preface in 3 languages with information on the genesis and history of the work 
• Critical Commentary in 1 – 3 languages with a description and evaluation of the sources and explaining all source discrepancies and editorial decisions 
• most beautiful music engraving 
• page-turns, fold-out pages, and cues where you need them 
• excellent print quality and binding 
• largest Urtext catalogue world-wide 
• longest Urtext experience (founded 1948 exclusively for Urtext editions)

By Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). Arranged by Greg Anderson. For Piano. This edition: Piano Duo (2 Pianos, 4 Hands). Book; Duet or Duo; Masterworks; Piano Duo (2 Pianos, 4 Hands). Anderson and Roe Duos and Duets. Baroque; Masterwork Arrangement; Recital. Advanced. 32 pages. Published by Alfred Music Publishing

Piano - Grade 3

SKU: FA.MFGT056

Composed by Germaine Tailleferre. Piano Music by Tailleferre. Classical : Modern. Score. Musik Fabrik #MFGT056. Published by Musik Fabrik (FA.MFGT056).

8.27 x 11.69 inches.

In 1959, Germaine Tailleferre wrote incidental music for a radio drama based on Philippe Jullian’s « Mémoire d’une bergère » or « Autobiography of an armchair » which traced the owners of this armchair from the court of Louis XV to England after the French Revolution, back to Paris and through the hands of various foreign owners (Arabian, American, German etc.). In illustrating this story Tailleferre used her great knowledge of musical styles to evoke these different settings, from the classical styles of French music of the XVIIIth century to classical, romantic, popular French styles as well as two evocations of American Blues/Ragtime music. These short pieces are interesting in and of themselves, in addition to illustrating Jullian’s story. The first piece may be repeated at the end, as it was in the original radio drama.

Revolutions-Etude. Composed by Frederic Chopin (1810-1849). Edited by Emil von Sauer. Arranged by Emil Sauer. This edition: Saddle stitching. Sheet music. Einzelausgaben (Single Sheets). Classical. Composed 1831. Op. 10, No. 12. 12 pages. Schott Music #ED09574. Published by Schott Music

Piano Accompaniments by Irving Schlein. By Unknown. Piano/Vocal/Chords Songbook (Arrangements for piano and voice with guitar chords). Softcover. 184 pages. Published by Hal Leonard.

Cello

SKU: BO.B.3726

Composed by Melani Mestre. Published by Editorial de Musica Boileau (BO.B.3726).

Written in 2001, this work was conceived by the need to enlarge the repertoire of works for solo cello, an important goal since the repertoire of such works is limited. Most cellists are limited to performances of such well-known solo works as the Suites of Bach, written almost 300 years ago, as well as other classics of the genre by Max Reger, Zoltan Kodaly, Benjamin Britten, Gaspar Cassado, Enric Casals, etc.

The intention of the Suite Exotique is to revolutionize the concept of the Baroque suite by transforming the suite into a collection of modern dances, which are both contemporary and widely recognized today. Thus, the dances of the Baroque suite, such as Allemande, Courante, Sarabande are substituted for the Tango, Milonga, Blues in such a way that the traditional formal structure of six movements of Baroque dances is modernized by rhythms and contemporary styles which coexist in the Modern world, but are separate from and do not pertain to those works which are normally considered to belong to the realm of cultured music.

Apart from the fusion represented by the mixture of a Baroque genre with modern, urban musical language found in this work, the subtitle exotica is appropriate due to the originality of writing such a work for cello solo. This work allows the interpreter to explore and take full advantage of their technical, artistic and expressive abilities.

This work establishes a total symbiosis between the instrument and the evolutionary transformation of its musical language which in turn creates a style adapted to the expressive requirements of the work itself. The specific techniques and qualities of the cello are placed in service of the required style and concept of each movement of the Suite. At the same time those stylistic characteristics are transformed and adapted to the particular characteristics of the cello and taking full advantage of the instruments polyphonic, sonic, aesthetic qualities as well as its timbre.

The Suite Exotique was premiered in August, 2003 during the International Music Festival of Ibiza by the Russian cellist Svetlana Tovstukha.

String Quartet (Score)

SKU: HL.14023668

Composed by Michael Nyman. Music Sales America. Classical. Score. Composed 1993. 22 pages. Chester Music #CH60865. Published by Chester Music (HL.14023668).

ISBN 9780711932975. 9.0x12.0x0.095 inches.

String Quartet No.3 was written for, and first performed by the Balanescu Quartet, February 1990 at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London. Duration 16 minutes. Instrumental parts are available on sale. Quoting composer: In the summer of 1989 I composed a choral work, Out of the Ruins, for Agnieszka Piotrowska's BBC2 documentary which dealt with the physical and emotional responses of some inhabitants of Leninakhan to the earthquake which devastated Armenia the previous December. When he heard the recording of the work that I made with the Holy Echmiadzin Chorus under the fervent conducting of Khoren Meykhanejian, Alex Balanescu suggested turning Out of the Ruins into a string quartet. There seemed no reason or opportunity to do this until I felt the need to add to the intensity of my experiences in Armenia the no less profound experience of witnessing the images of the Romanian revolution on television during the later part of December 1989. The compositional procedure was as follows: to take Out of the Ruins as a template on which the Romanian vocal or instrumental music would be superimposed, quite often stretched into new intervallic shapes though the demands of the completely performed harmonic structure.

Harp

SKU: UT.MAG-221

Composed by Martin-Pierre Dalvimare. Edited by Anna Pasetti. Saddle stitching. Magadis. Classical. Ut Orpheus #MAG 221. Published by Ut Orpheus (UT.MAG-221).

ISBN 9790215318625. 9 x 12 inches.

Martin-Pier re Dalvimare, born in 1770, in Dreux (Eure-et-Loir), from a distinguished family, learnt music as an entertainment art, and was obliged to make it a resource for his existence, after the troubles of the Revolution in 1789. He had acquired a remarkable talent for the harp; when he arrived in Paris he made a very good impression. Then, man of the world, knowledgeable in many fields, which is rare for a musician, he was welcome everywhere, and very soon came in friendly terms with some of the most renowned artists and men of letters of his times. The marriage certificate of the poet Legouve (15 pluviose of the year XI, or February 1803, 12th municipality of Paris), shows that Dalvimare was one of his best men and that at the time he was thirty-two years old. He became harpist of the Opera in the year VIII (1800), and was definitively confirmed in the month of fructidor of the year IX. At the time of the institution of the emperor Napoleon's private music, M. Dalvimare was appointed as his harpist. In September 1807 he obtained the title of harp master of the empress Josephine. A lucky change of his fortune allowed this artist to renounce to practise his talent for living, he resigned from all of his positions on March, 12th, 1812, and he retired in Dreux, where he still was living in 1837. For a peculiar weakness, he does not like to speak about his artist career, which had been entirely honourable, and he would like to forget his success too. His first composition was a symphonie concertant for harp and horn, which he composed with Frederic Duvernoy, and published in the year VII (1798); notwithstanding, he counted as his first opus a collection of romances with accompaniment of piano or harp, which he later published with Pleyel.

In 1809 Dalvimare composed, for the theatre Feydeau, a one-act opera-comique called The Marriage for Imprudence. The music was weak; the work did not succeed, and people used to say that the greatest imprudence had been the one of the authors who had it performed. Nevertheless, the score of this opera was published in Paris by erard. (Francois-Joseph Fetis).

Chorus (with soloists) and piano (solos: SSSAAABarBarB - choir: SATB - 1(picc).2.2.2. - 2.2.0.0. - timp - cow horn - str)

SKU: BR.EB-8911

Drama in 3 Acts. Composed by Andre-Ernest-Modeste Gretry. Choir; Softbound. Edition Breitkopf. Opera; Music theatre; Classical. Piano/Vocal Score. 160 pages. Breitkopf and Haertel #EB 8911. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.EB-8911).

ISBN 9790004185773. 7.5 x 10.5 inches.

Duration: full-length Persons: Wilhelm Tell (T) his wife (S) young Tell (S) Marie, his sister (S) Melchtal (Bar) Melchtal's son(T) Gessler (Bar) 2 men of the people, soldier (BBB) tavellor (T) tavellor's wife / tavellors' young children / Surlemann / old man / 2 officers/ 2 soldiers (speakers) choir: SSATB/SSS/ATB orchestra: 1(Picc).2.2.2. 2.3cornet.2.0.0. timp.small drum str Althoug Gretry cannot escape the shadow of Wagner and Verdi, there is a clear trend favoring a reevaluation of this composer. The opera was greeted with exceptional enthusiasm in Paris in 1791, during the French Revolution. The Swiss freedom fighter was already a well-known character there nearly 15 years before Schillers drama. A number of arias from Gretrys opera even survived the success of Rossinis work of the same name of 1829.

Concert Band - Grade 1

SKU: AP.BD9669

Composed by William Billings. Concert Band; Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles. Belwin Beginning Band. 4th of July; Classical; Patriotic; Summer. Score and Part(s). 134 pages. Duration 1:51. Belwin Music #00-BD9669. Published by Belwin Music (AP.BD9669).

UPC: 029156213195. English. Scored by Michael Story.

This famous melody became very popular during the American Revolution and was first published in 1778 as a patriotic hymn. It served as the unofficial national anthem during that war. Michael Story infuses this tune with satisfying harmonic structuring and presents it in a version playable by the youngest band or ensemble. A most satisfying and sophisticated presentation. (1:51).

Soprano, tenor, Knabensoprano, flugelhorn, mixed choir and chamber orchestra (Study Score)

SKU: HL.49018099

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.

SKU: HL.49019159

Geschichte - Stile - Praxis - Industrie. Composed by Kai-Erik Ziegenruecker, Peter Wicke, and Wieland Ziegenruecker. This edition: Paperback/Soft Cover. Book. Edition Schott. The standard work in a fully revised and updated new edition.More than 500 new entries covering the record industry, styles of music and musical instruments. With recommendations for further reading, illustrations and notes on music. Classical. Softcover. 832 pages. Schott Music #ED20017. Published by Schott Music (HL.49019159).

ISBN 9783795705718. 6.75x9.5x1.662 inches. German.

'Handbuch der popularen Musik' is a standard work which is aimed at music lovers and experts alike. In addition, it tries to both satisfy the listeners' and fans' need for information and provide performing musicians, music editors or music teachers and not least students of corresponding fields of study with a compendium for consultation purposes. Containing more than 1,000 entries, this book examines the forms as well as the historical, cultural and economic background of popular music, including the whole range from pop, hip-hop and electronic dance music via rock, jazz, blues, folk and world music to chanson, musical, wind music and folk song. The book deals with current and historical developments, techniques, instruments, the various aspects of practical music-making and the basics of music production. The fully revised new version of this handbook takes into account not only the effects of the digital revolution on the production and circulation of music, from on-line services to mobile music, but, by including company and label portraits, the defining role of music history in past and present times as well.

Flute, Piano

SKU: HL.14040503

Flute and Piano. Composed by Francois Devienne. Music Sales America. Classical. Piano Reduction. 60 pages. Editions Musicales Transatlantiques #ETR001186. Published by Editions Musicales Transatlantiques (HL.14040503).

UPC: 884088885472. 9x12 inches.

Fran çois Devienne (1759 - 1803) was a French flutist and composer, as well as a founding professor at the Paris Conservatory, which was established in 1795. During his lifetime, Devienne composed over 300 works, most of which were scored for Wind Instruments.

Devienne belonged to a line of French flutists and composers who, over a period of a century, had adopted a German transverse Flute and made it a quintessentially French musical instrument. He followed the path of predecessors such as Michel de la Barre and Michel Blavet in establishing a French school of Flute playing and composition.

Devienne wrotehundreds of works for the Flute, as well as a renowned tuition manual. His 7th Concerto is thought by many to be the best of the dozen or more concertos that he composed during his lifetime. This concerto was composed in or around 1787, shortly before the French revolution. As in Mozart's later works, the passions of the time can be clearly heard - particularly in the vigorous opening theme in E minor. In contrast to the stately Allegro, the theme is gentle and lyrical, yet intriguing, with the Flute almost mimicking bird call.

Concert Band - Grade 1

SKU: AP.BD9669C

Composed by William Billings. Concert Band; Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles. Belwin Beginning Band. 4th of July; Classical; Patriotic; Summer. Score. 12 pages. Duration 1:51. Belwin Music #00-BD9669C. Published by Belwin Music (AP.BD9669C).

UPC: 029156213201. English. Scored by Michael Story.

This famous melody became very popular during the American Revolution and was first published in 1778 as a patriotic hymn. It served as the unofficial national anthem during that war. Michael Story infuses this tune with satisfying harmonic structuring and presents it in a version playable by the youngest band or ensemble. A most satisfying and sophisticated presentation. (1:51).