By Emma Lou Diemer (1927-). Edited by Helen Marlais. For piano. The FJH Contempo...(+)
By Emma Lou Diemer
(1927-). Edited by Helen
Marlais. For piano. The
FJH Contemporary Keyboard
Editions. Early
Elementary - Late
Intermediate. Collection.
36 pages. Published by
The FJH Music Company Inc
Orchestra violin, piano SKU: CF.B3470 Composed by Julia Perry. Set of Sco...(+)
Orchestra violin, piano
SKU: CF.B3470
Composed by Julia Perry.
Set of Score and Parts.
26+13 pages. Duration 17
minutes. Carl Fischer
Music #B3470. Published
by Carl Fischer Music
(CF.B3470).
ISBN
9781491159460. UPC:
680160918058.
The
awardee of two Guggenheim
fellowships, Julia Perry
studied composition with
Luigi Dallapiccola and
Nadia Boulanger, and
conducted her works on a
tour throughout Europe
with the Vienna
Philharmonic and the BBC
Orchestra. She would
become one of the first
African-American female
composers to have an
orchestral work performed
by the New York
Philharmonic. Although
she had an auspicious and
promising career in her
early life, it was
tragically cut short by a
series of strokes leading
to partial paralysis and
eventually, her death, at
age 55 in
1979.Perry’s
catalog is widely varied,
featuring thirteen
symphonies, numerous
chamber and solo works,
pieces for band, choral
and vocal music, and four
operas. Her Violin
Concerto, completed in
1968, shows the influence
of Dallapiccola’s
teachings: sharp harmonic
dissonances organized
around specific pitch
centers, short repetitive
patterns that establish
significant musical
materials, and
contrapuntal textures.
Her fastidious
performance markings in
the solo violin part
indicate her profound
understanding of the
instrument. Angular,
muscled, and sparkling by
turns, this piece is a
sophisticated entry to
the serious violinist's
concert repertoire.There
is no evidence or
documentation that the
Violin Concerto was ever
premiered or performed
during her lifetime,
despite the fact that the
composer prepared a full
score, piano reduction
and orchestral parts.
Regrettably, this is the
case with the majority of
her works composed in the
final decade of her
life. What is
extraordinary about Julia
Perry’s musical
career was the
astonishing success she
attained in her early
years. In her youth she
studied piano, voice,
violin and cello. She
began to compose in her
teenage years, her first
publication being a
choral work in 1947 by
Carl Fischer. Her Stabat
Mater was published in
1951 and would become one
of her most often
performed pieces, with
performances in Europe
and the United States. In
1953 she was awarded a
Guggenheim fellowship to
study with the Italian
composer Luigi
Dallapiccola, first at
the Berkshire Music
Center in Tanglewood,
later in Florence, Italy.
During this time, she
also pursued studies with
Nadia Boulanger in Paris
and was awarded a second
Guggenheim fellowship.
She studied conducting at
this time, touring Europe
in 1957 to conduct her
own works with the Vienna
Philharmonic and the BBC
Orchestra. During her
European sojourns, she
learned and mastered
French, German and
Italian. She would become
one of the first
African-American female
composers to have an
orchestral work performed
by the New York
Philharmonic.Perryâ€
s circumstances would
change dramatically once
she reached forty years
of age, having returned
permanently to the United
States. At some point in
the spring of 1970, she
suffered the first of two
strokes that would
paralyze her right side
and confine her to a
wheelchair for the rest
of her life. Nonetheless,
she continued to compose
and to promote her works
with publishers and
conductors. A second
stroke contributed to her
death in 1979 at age 55.
She likely endured harsh
ethnic and gender
discrimination in the
course of her career, and
her later years would
witness a period of
extreme civil unrest.
These matters and the
significance of music in
her life are undoubtedly
what led her to say,
“Music has a great
role to play in
establishing the
brotherhood of
man.â€Perry’s
catalog is widely varied,
featuring thirteen
symphonies, numerous
chamber and solo works,
pieces for band, choral
and vocal music, and four
operas. Her Violin
Concerto, completed in
1968, is indicative of
the influence of
Dallapiccola’s
teachings: sharp harmonic
dissonances organized
around specific pitch
centers, short repetitive
patterns that establish
significant musical
materials, and
contrapuntal textures.
The work is a single
movement of 392 measures
organized around three
alternating tempos: Slow
(Å’ = 60), Moderate
(Å’ = 84) and Fast
(Å’ = 120). The
opening thirty-measure
cadenza for the solo
violin introduces most of
the thematic material for
the piece. The
orchestration commonly
features antiphonal
writing between
orchestral groups, for
example, strings
alternating with brass,
or strings alternating
with winds. The harp and
piano generally appear as
solo instruments, rather
than as members of the
orchestra. Her fastidious
performance markings in
the solo violin part
indicate her profound
understanding of the
instrument.There is no
evidence or documentation
that the Violin Concerto
was ever premiered or
performed during her
lifetime, despite the
fact that the composer
prepared a full score,
piano reduction and
orchestral parts.
Regrettably, this is the
case with the majority of
her works composed in the
final decade of her
life.
Voice and Organ or Piano Organ Accompaniment; Piano Accompaniment; Voice (Voice ...(+)
Voice and Organ or Piano
Organ Accompaniment;
Piano Accompaniment;
Voice (Voice and Piano)
SKU: HL.49047076
Zur Ruh', zur Ruh' ihr
muden Glieder / Wenn der
Herr... Voice and.
Composed by Johanna
Senfter. Edited by Rolf
Schö and nstedt.
Vocal Collection.
Classical, General
Worship, Sacred.
Softcover. 16 pages.
Schott Music #ED23654.
Published by Schott Music
(HL.49047076).
ISBN
9781705184035. UPC:
196288115076.
There
are only two sacred solo
songs in the extensive
oeuvre of the Oppenheim
composer Johanna Senfter.
Both songs, probably
composed in 1917, are
influenced by the
catastrophe of the First
World War. They are
hereby presented as the
first publication.
JOHANNA SENFTER 1879 -
1961 Born and raised in
Oppenheim/Rhein - First
lessons from the mother
(piano, violin) - School
and university years in
Frankfurt/Main -From 1895
parallel music studies at
the Hoch Conservatory in
Frankfurt, graduating in
1903 (piano, organ,
violin, composition;
especially dealing with
J.S. Bach) - From 1907
private lessons with Max
Reger - October 1908 to
1909 his student at the
Leipzig Conservatory -
1909 Arthur Nikisch Prize
for the best composition
- Then worked in
Oppenheim as a freelance
composer and music
teacher - Friendly
relationship between the
Reger family and Senfter
- With Reger's death in
1916 she lost the protege
for the advertising of
her works (approx. 130) -
1921 founding of two
music societies. ROLF
SCHONSTEDT Born in
Erfurt/Thuringia in 1944
- studied church music in
Herford and Cologne -
church music exams (B / A
/ artistic maturity exam
/ concert exam) Kantor
positions in Remscheid,
Wuppertal, Hamm/Westf. -
KMD, state chairman of
church musicians, state
church music director,
lecturer at the Westf.
phil. (The organ song - a
new genre on the
threshold of the 20th
century) - As an
organist,
harpsichordist,conductor,
lecturer in Europe,
Russia, North and South
America, Africa -
Co-founder of the 2nd
Reger Festival in
Argentina - Boardmember
of the International Max
Reger Society - Member of
the Argentine National
Academy for Art and Music
- Honors and awards
(national /
international) -
Publisher: Series The
Spiritual Song / The
Organ Works by Karl Hasse
- Radio, television, disc
/CD.
Opera
in three acts.
Composed by George
Frideric Handel. Edited
by Dorothea Schröder.
This edition: complete
edition, urtext edition.
Linen. Halle Handel
Edition (HHA) Series II,
Volume 1. Oper, Barock
(Opera, Baroque).
Complete edition, Score.
HWV 1. Duration 3 hours,
30 minutes. Baerenreiter
Verlag #BA04050_00.
Published by Baerenreiter
Verlag (BA.BA04050).
ISBN 9790006443598. 33
x 26 cm inches. Language:
German. Text: Feustking,
Friedrich
Christian.
“A
lmiraâ€,
Handel’s first
opera, was well received
when premiered in 1705 at
the Theater am
Gänsemarkt in Hamburg.
The director was Reinhard
Keiser, who, remarkably,
had himself already set
Friedrich Christian
Feustking’s text
to music. The role of
Fernando was sung by
Johann Mattheson. The
translation used by
Handel leaves several
Italian arias in their
original language,
resulting in a delightful
mixture of German and
Italian.
The opera
which, after sundry
entangled romances, ends
in the wedding of three
couples, is characterised
by exuberant scenes: the
procession at
Almira’s crowning
ceremony, a duel, a
prison scene and a
masked-ball involving the
three continents Europe,
Africa and Asia.
The vocal score
to “Almiraâ€
by George Frideric Handel
brings about a small
sensation: Whilst
conducting a reenactment
of this work in 1732,
Georg Philipp Telemann
removed the Aria no. 28
“Ingrato,
spietato†from his
conducting score. Since
then this aria has been
deemed lost. Due to
necessity only the edited
vocal text devoid of any
music was presented in
the 1994 volume of the
“Halle Handel
Editionâ€.
Thanks to a recently
discovered contemporary
manuscript copy from the
beginning of the 18th
century which was found
in the music library of
the Mariengymnasium in
Jever, this aria has now
been made available to
performers for the first
time in this new vocal
score edition. Previous
to this the corresponding
pages could only be seen
as a facsimile in an
article of the
“Göttinger
Händel-Beiträgeâ
. Now the aria can
be performed again.
Furthermore, with the
help of this new source,
missing measures in the
basso continuo which had
initially been completed
by the editor of the
“Halle Handel
Edition†volume,
could be reconstructed
from the basso continuo
part of the Bellante aria
“Ich brenne
zwar†(no. 71).
About
Barenreiter
Urtext
What can I
expect from a Barenreiter
Urtext
edition?<
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MUSICOLOGICA
LLY SOUND - A
reliable musical text
based on all available
sources - A
description of the
sources -
Information on the
genesis and history of
the work - Valuable
notes on performance
practice - Includes
an introduction with
critical commentary
explaining source
discrepancies and
editorial decisions
... AND
PRACTICAL -
Page-turns, fold-out
pages, and cues where you
need them - A
well-presented layout and
a user-friendly
format - Excellent
print quality -
Superior paper and
binding
Tenor,
Chamber Choir, Organ,
Harp, Trumpet, Cello.
Composed by Alvin
Singleton. This edition:
Saddle stitching. Sheet
music. Edition Schott.
Classical. Softcover.
Composed 2016. 42 pages.
Duration 21'. Schott
Music #ED30160. Published
by Schott Music
(HL.49045281).
ISBN
9781495078989. UPC:
888680651466.
9.0x12.0x0.3 inches.
English.
Prayer is
one of the composer's
most original and
sophisticated works. The
typical African-American
church service seems to
be a source for this
piece with its interplay
of sections and colors,
yet the work in form and
rhythmic choices is
clearly 'classical' and
never breaks out into
easy imitations of, for
example, gospel music.The
work opens with the choir
singing the spiritual 'My
Lord, What a Mornin'' in
octaves, sung flat-out a
cappella, as might happen
in church. The
instrumental section
following this opening
feels very much like a
thoughtful response by
the congregation.
Instruments seem to
behave like individual
churchgoers, colorfully
dressed and answering
various episodes with
individual thoughts. As
for any fears that the
mighty organ might drown
out the proceedings,
Singleton puts that to
rest by employing it
almost like another choir
or section of the choir.
The trumpet soloist does
not blast us into heaven,
it tends to sing and, we
find out later, is
preparing us for the
spiritual 'Where Shall I
Be When the Firs' Trumpet
Soun'?' Even the tenor
soloist behaves much like
just another (but still
important) instrument.The
composer has chosen to
not only feature
spirituals, but also to
set a poetic text called
A Christian Prayer, whose
main message, almost like
some modern-day Kyrie,
calls out 'save us teach
us ' and extols the
importance of humility
and the defeat of
violence. Singleton has
always been a composer
who has simultaneously
answered the call to
carry out what he feels
is his duty to his fellow
humans while using the
finest of his art to do
so, and Prayer finds him
at the top of his game.-
Carman Moore.