Operas in three acts Version of the premiere, London 1737. Par HAENDEL GEORG FRIEDRICH. “Charming Berenice” – the Earl of Shaftesbury attended a rehearsal of the opera on 12 May 1737 and went into raptures about this “inexpressible delight”. “Berenice” was premiered at Covent Garden Theatre in London just a few days later on 18 May 1737. “Berenice” is one of the “light” operas and offers a wealth of musical gems, the second movement of the overture having become famous as “The Minuet from Berenice”, for instance, as has Berenice’s extended aria in the third act, in which she reflects on the inconstancy of the god Amor in duet with the solo oboist. The musical imagery which Handel worked into the opera is likewise enchanting, such as the imitation of bees humming in Fabio’s “Vedi l’ape” and the sorrowful cooing of a dove in Selene’s “Tortorella che rimira”. The scholarly-critical new edition contains the musical text of the first performance together with pieces in the appendix which Handel excised or shortened in preparation for the premiere. As is customary with our editions, a preface provides a detailed introduction to the genesis of the work, the story’s historical context, the source material and reception. Furthermore, the edition includes a translation of the libretto and an exhaustive Critical Report./ Répertoire / Opéra

Oratorio in two parts Rome 1707. Par HAENDEL GEORG FRIEDRICH. With his “La Bellezza ravveduta nel trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno” (“Beauty Reformed in the Triumph of Time and Enlightenment”), HWV 46a, the 22-year-old Handel notched up one of his greatest successes in this genre right at the very beginning of his oratorio oeuvre. Composed in Rome in 1707, the work was for a long time known as “Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno” (“The Triumph of Time and Enlightenment”). In keeping with the Halle Handel Edition, however, the title is that of the name given in the primary source. In many cases inspired by the melodically rich ideas of Reinhard Keiser (1674–1739), the work is unsurpassed by any other oratorio by Handel. At the end of an impressive sequence of truly captivating arias, duets and quartets, Bellezza’s reformation in favour of living a life pleasing to God is accompanied in incisive E major by her overwhelmingly beautiful, impossibly sad closing aria “Tu del ciel ministro eletto”, the consummate pinnacle of dramatic irony in Handel’s output. By virtue of its flawless dramatic structure as well – unlike many other oratorios and all operas of the Baroque period, the story never goes off at a tangent and all arias revolve around the dispute of the four dramatic personae – the oratorio has enjoyed long runs of widely acclaimed, mostly staged performances in the last few years./ Répertoire / Opéra

Phaedra by German composer Hans Werner Henze is a 'concert opera' in two acts whose first performance was given at the Berlin State Opera in 2007. Phaedra was Henze's penultimate opera, and this item presents the vocal score, with the entire work lasting around 75 minutes. The parts are for Mezzo-Soprano, Soprano, Tenor, Countertenor, Bass Baritone, as well as a mime.Featuring a unique libretto by Christian Lehnert and sound effects by Francesco Antonioni, this opera presents the wonderful story of Phaedra, filled with drama and fantastic music. This Vocal Score presents the work in German and English language, with German lyrics.Phaedra was co-commissioned and co-produced by Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin, Berliner Festspiele, Théâtre de la Monnaie Brussels, Alte Oper Frankfurt and Wiener Festwochen. Hans Werner Henze was a hugely prolific composer who drew influences from a wide number of sources. Phaedra is regarded as among his greatest works and would certainly make for a stunning performance. / Chant Et Piano

Edition no.: BA 10700-90ISMN: 9790006542161Editor: Heinrich, ArtieArranger: Köhs, AndreasLanguage(s) of work: English, Italian, GermanLanguage(s) of text: German, EnglishProduct format: Piano reduction, Urtext editionHandel set the myth about the love of the shepherd Acis for the sea nymph Galatea from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses' a total of three times: in the cantata 'Aci, Galatea e Polifemo' HWV 72 (1708), the masque 'Acis and Galatea' HWV 49a (1718) and finally the pasticcio-like serenata 'Acis and Galatea' HWV 49b (1732) of which the original version is now made available in its complete form for the first time.A particular charm is provided by the use of two languages in the serenata. The work was originally conceived in English, as was required for the first performance. However, Handel's Italian singers were criticised for their poor command of English, ' so in the end, many numbers were sung in Italian.The extensive appendix to the vocal score includes the additional arias and newly composed movements for the versions used in the 1734 and 1736 performances.- Urtext edition based on the 'Halle Handel Edition'- English and Italian original text with singable German translation- Extensive foreword in two languages (Ger/Eng)- Clear, straightforward piano reduction

The Richard Wagner Complete Edition presents the composer's entire output for the first time in a reliable form. The conductor Michael Balling, in the early years of the 20th century, attempted to make Wagner's work more accessible for research and performance, but the edition only reached 10 volumes - some with grave shortcomings - and was discontinued after Balling's death in 1925. A further attempt at a complete edition by Otto Strobel was abandoned at the preliminary stages.This third attempt at a complete edition will be the first scholarly, critical edition, based on an evaluation of all the accessible source materials and the latest findings of serious Wagner research. As the edition is also intended for practical performance, the musical text has been kept free of philological insertions - these are listed in the appendices of each volume in the Critical Commentary. Numerous, partly unpublished works - some relatively unknown - and variant versions are published here for the first time. The edition presents authentic texts for Wagner specialists and researchers and critically based performing materials. Contrary to widely held opinions, even the well-known works of Wagner are not necessarily available in reliable editions. The genesis, history and performances directed by Wagner himself are extensively documented so as to present as complete an image as possible of Wagner's compositional intentions. / Opéra

Par LERNER A. / LOEWE F.. Camelot is a popular Musical, which also received a film adaptation in 1967. Available here is the Libretto for the Musical, with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, and music by Frederick Loewe. The show is based on the King Arthur legend as based on the T.H. White novel The Once and Future King ./ Recueil / Livret

Facsimile of the autograph score from the National Archive of the Richard Wagner Foundation Bayreuth. Par WAGNER RICHARD. Knowledge, pity, redemption: Richard Wagner took up these major themes in “Parsifal”, the music drama that he completed 13 months before his death and referred to as his “most conciliatory work”. Already celebrated for its compositional technique and mystical sonorities at the premiere, its world of ideas has stimulated new debates and interpretations over and over again to the present day. Wagner wrote the autograph score almost entirely in violet ink, a colour he preferred to use in the final years of his life. He meticulously planned the layout of the pages and finally gave the autograph to his wife Cosima - it always remained in the family's possession as a guarded treasure. The facsimile edition in high-quality four-colour printing reproduces the extensive score in its original size. Act and bar numbers on every page facilitate its use without diminishing the overall bibliophile appearance. In an accompanying essay (Ger/Eng), Ulrich Konrad elucidates the special features of the work and the manuscript./ Répertoire / Opéra

Le projet ' OPERA ' - spectre de théâtre musical européen dans Einzeleditionenwidmet l' édition critique des oeuvres marquantes du théâtre européen de la musique du 17e 20 Siècle.Emis un total de 21 compositions en franCais, italien , allemand, anglais , scandinaves et d'origine slave , qui genres aussi ciblés sont inclus , qui ont reCu peu d'attention dans les entreprises éditoriales précédentes et apportent chacun leurs propres problèmes éditoriaux avec elle , comme le ballet , la musique de théâtre , mélodrame ou opérette .Une nouvelle fonctionnalité est la présentation sous la forme d' éditions dits hybrides , publié par les scores welchendie dans les sources de tissu lié , et la undtextlichen musical traditionnel , les éditions des textes dramatiques et les rapports critiques sont préparés et présentés sur une plate-forme électronique ( Edirom ) .Les décisions de l'éditeur est grâce complètement transparent pour la capacité à accéder aux sources sous-jacentes de l'utilisateur . Ce particulier de ' OPERA ' poursuivi accès éditoriale ouvre de nouvelles perspectives pour la science , la scène et concert semblables.La présentation numérique des éditions OPERA utilise le Edirom logiciel , qui a été développé dans le même , basé sur le projet de la Fondation allemande pour la recherche ( DFG ) Université de Paderborn . Tous les composants de la partie électronique sont codés selon les normes modernes en XML , les portions de texte utilisant la norme de la ' Text Encoding Initiative ' ( TEI ) .Les premiers volumes de la série avec Edirom ( Digital Music Edition) :- Antonio Salieri , Giambattista Casti : ' Prima la musica e poi le parole ' (1786 ) , Ed . Thomas Betzwieser / Adrian La Salvia ( BA 8811 )- Adolphe Beno t Blaise , Marie -Justine- Beno te Favart : ' Annette et Lubin ' (1762 ) , Ed . Andreas Münzmay ( BA 8812 )- Thomas Arne , Isaac Bickerstaff , ' Love in a village ' (1762 ) , Ed . N.N. ( BA 8814 )- Ferdinando Paër , Giacomo Cinti : ' Leonora ossia L'amor conjugale ' (1804 ) , Ed . Norbert Dubowy ( BA 8813 )- Pierre de Lindpaintner , Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , Carl Seydelmann : ' Ouverture , entreacte , des choeurs et des chansons à Faust de Goethe par le cadre pittoresque de Carl Seydelmann ' (1832) , Ed . Antje Tumat ( BA 8815 )' Prima la musica e poi le parole ' ( BA 8811 ) :Le 7 Février 1786 s'inscrivait dans le cadre d'un festival , avait invité à l'empereur Joseph II dans l'Orangerie du château de Schönbrunn , un concours musical mémorable . L'Italien ' Hofoperisten ' a présenté le ' Impresario ' de Mozart , qui a été présenté par un ensemble Singspiel allemand , en face de l' opéra-bouffe ' Prima la musica e poi le de libération conditionnelle ' par Antonio Salieri . Cette satire délicieux opéra appartient au genre de la ' metamelodramma ' dans laquelle l'opéra est l'objet de l' action elle-même . Les personnes impliquées dans une production d'opéra , comme poète , compositeur et Prima Donna , se produisent même en apparence . De cette faCon , il ya une auto-réflexion humoristique de l'artiste dans les personnages de théâtre . Par Salieri dans ce ' théâtre dans le théâtre ' dans le arias aussi parodié la musique de Giuseppe Sarti de ' Giulio Sabino , ' il joue avec pré- existant , le public de première de la musique bien connue . Grâce à sa réflexion musicale sur le style musical et dramatique et la discussion de la priorité de parole ou de son, ce chef-d'oeuvre s'avère précurseur précoce de Richard Strauss ' Capriccio ' .La nouvelle édition de la partition dans le cadre de ' OPERA - spectre de théâtre musical européen dans les éditions simples ' a apporté de nombreux changements avec lui ( livret , les indications scéniques , articulation , ornements , etc.) / Opéra

or the Fatal Gazogene. Par TAUB BRUCE. A Chamber Opera after George Bernard Shaw Text: English / Contemporain / Répertoire / Opéra

Par TCHAIKOVSKI PIOTR ILITCH. Written during the composer’s years as a professor at the renowned Moscow Conservatory, this volume presents a clear and thorough introduction to the study of harmony - a complete course in writing music featuring numerous examples and exercises. It functions equally well as a classroom text, an adjunct to private instruction, or as a guide to individual musicians. Out of print for several decades and exceedingly rare in its original edition, the Guide to Practical Study of Harmony holds an intrinsic historical interest. This is the unabridged republication of the classic 1900 edition and is an excellent manual which remains as useful and instructive today as it wasat the turn of the 20th century./ Répertoire / Opéra Théorique ou Didactique

Edition no.: BVK 2270ISBN: 9783761822708Volume / Series: Documenta musicologica II/45 / Bärenreiter FacsimileEditor: Konrad, UlrichLanguage(s) of work: English, GermanProduct format: FacsimileBinding: Half-leather bindingPages / Format: 405 S. - 41,7 x 30,0 cm 'This Tristan will be something formidable! This last act!''I fear the opera will be banned ' if the whole work is not parodied through bad performance: only mediocre performances can save me! Thoroughly good ones will surely drive people crazy.'Richard WagnerWhile working on the score to 'Tristan und Isolde', Richard Wagner expressed his excitement and elation about his new musical drama. Indeed, the radical originality of the work proved to be both unique and forward-looking: Over 150 years ago it signified the 'dawn' of the modern era and to this day it has not lost any of its fascination. Throughout his life, Richard Wagner was proud of his even handwriting.He constantly strove to produce manuscripts of a high calligraphic standard. The Tristan manuscript is also clearly written. More so than in his other scores however, traces of his working process are evident. It is precisely this aspect of the autograph that makes it fascinating. Reading it, one is witness to Wagner's highlyconcentrated, powerful and relentless writing. This manuscript is in every possible way unparalleled reflecting individuality and uniqueness.In time for the 200th anniversary of Wagner's birth in 2013, this great work will be published as a BÄRENREITER FACSIMILE in cooperation with the National Archive of the Richard-Wagner-Stiftung Bayreuth. In addition to the complete score, the edition includes the autograph concert ending of the Vorspiel as well as three pages that Wagner rejected while composing and later used for sketches.Ulrich Konrad, the renowned musicologist describes the genesis and performance history of the work in his comprehensive commentary. He also details the physical appearance and condition of the autograph as well as giving an insight into the musical language of Wagner.

Opera in Two Acts Piano/Vocal Score. Par HARBISON JOHN. F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel The Great Gatsby was adapted into a two-act opera in 1999 featuring words and music by John Harbison. This book presents all 11 scenes from the opera in a complete piano/vocal score. F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel The Great Gatsby was adapted into a two-act opera in 1999 featuring words and music by John Harbison. This book presents all 11 scenes from the opera in a complete piano/vocal score. / Opéra-opérette / Répertoire / Opéra