SKU: HL.50499345

11.5x16.5x0.127 inches.

SKU: BR.PB-5546-07

ISBN 9790004213568. 6.5 x 9 inches.

Spiritual AffinitiesSchumann had already worked on Byron's Manfred as a law student, and the topic fascinated him from that time on. Perhaps he discovered a spiritual affinity to himself in the romantic hero's inner conflict? In any event, he decided on a stage rendition of the drama with incidental music, an entirely new genre that he had been dreaming of for some time already. He conducted the overture - it dates from 1848 - for the first time as a separate piece in March 1852. In addition, he followed the preparations for the first edition of the complete performance material very closely, which was published by Breitkopf in Leipzig that same year. The Breitkopf Urtext edition of the Manfred Overture is based on this first print of the score and parts revised by Schumann. At the same time, this edition also marks a new chapter in the expansion of the collection of Schumann overtures that have already been published by Breitkopf (to Hermann und Dorothea op. 136, Szenen aus Goethes Faust WoO 3 and Genoveva op. 81).

Audiences should be ready for something new and unheard of, wrote Robert Schumann to Franz Liszt in late 1851, referring to the world premiere of his Dramatic Poem Manfred.

SKU: HL.49010062

ISBN 9783795761196. UPC: 841886017917. 5.25x7.5x0.108 inches.

Preface * Zeichnung von Graf Mihaly Zichy * Von der Wiege bis zum Grabe: * I. The Cradle. Andante * II. The Struggle for Existence. Adagio rapido * III. To the Grave: the Cradle of the Future Life. Moderato quasi Andante.

SKU: HL.50487957

ISBN 9790080029268. A/5 (14,2x20) inches. Leo Weiner.

SKU: HL.50499268

ISBN 9790080148150. 10.5x14.5x0.7 inches. Ferenc Javori.

In the past decade the Budapest Klezmer Band and the Ferenc Liszt Chamber Orchestra have proved in their joint concerts that the melodic world of the instrumental music of the Ashkenazic Jews of Eastern Europe and an ensemble consisting of the clarinet, piano, accordion, trombone, violin, double bass and percussion can be successfully combined with the sound of the classical orchestra. Ferenc Javori's Klezmer Suite has become part of the repertoire of both ensembles, and has scored notable success both in Hungary and abroad. The printed edition made the work accessible for other ensembles as well. The movements can also be performed separately.

SKU: HL.50511031

ISBN 9790080061657. UPC: 073999495713. 7.5x10.5x0.96 inches. Latin. Gabor Darvas.

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SKU: BR.PB-5545-07

ISBN 9790004213551. 6.5 x 9 inches.

The question Why add music to such perfect poetry? preoccupied Schumann long and intensively. His first compositional approach to Goethes Faust began in 1844, but it was not until 1851 that he finally completed the Scenes. At Liszts suggestion, Schumann added an overture in 1853, a symphonic instrumental introduction which atmospherically evokes the action of the Scenes but has no direct thematic reference to them. As an independent overture, the work has been played relatively rarely in concert halls to this day; the general prejudice towards Schumanns late works was no doubt partly responsible for this. The first Urtext edition of the overture was based on the autograph score that was revised by Schumann and served as the principal source. It should give new impulses to the future reception of this work which Paul Dukas hailed as a miracle, from beginning to end.

The Faust Overture in its First Urtext Edition.