Symphonic Poem No.
13. Composed by Franz
Liszt. Edited by Humphrey
Searle. Arranged by
Humphrey Searle. This
edition: Saddle
stitching. Sheet music.
Edition Schott.
Classical. Study Score.
Composed 1881. 32 pages.
Duration 15'. Eulenburg
Edition #ETP600.
Published by Eulenburg
Edition (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.
Orchestra SKU: CF.PO192S On We Wish You a Merry Christmas. Compose...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
CF.PO192S
On We
Wish You a Merry
Christmas. Composed
by Robert B. Brown.
Condensed score. Carl
Fischer Music #PO192S.
Published by Carl Fischer
Music (CF.PO192S).
ISBN 9781491157367.
UPC:
680160915927.
Progr
am note: Christmas Fugue,
like the charming English
folk tune on which it is
based, is full of the
spirit and fun that is
Christmas. After a slow
shimmering introduction
which imparts an
impression of Christmas
morning, the fugue
subject is abruptly
introduced. The fugue
subject: We Wish You a
Merry Christmas. The work
develops through a series
of playful musical
episodes which afford
satisfying opportunities
for the various sections
of the orchestra. The
fugue culminates in a
combination of motifs
which find the brass
heralding the
unmistakable arrival of
Christmas. The Composer:
Dr. Robert Bennett Brown
has devoted much of his
professional teaching
career to musical
compositions and
arrangements for young
orchestral enthusiasts.
Christmas Fugue, like
other of Dr. Drown's
published works, was
written in and for the
actual teaching
situation. At the present
time, Robert Bennett
Brown is District
Supervisor of Music for
the Levittown, N.Y.
Public Schools.
Previously, for some
nineteen years, he taught
in Bronxville, N.Y.
where, as Chairman of
Music, he brought about
an extremely high level
of school orchestral
achievement. he was
educated at New York
University and Teachers
College, Columbia
University. He has served
as a field supervisor of
student teaching for New
York University and as a
general music consultant.
For the past two years he
has been a member of the
New York State Music
Regents Committee. To the
Conductor: You will find
this work to be the
conductor's dream. Parts
are easy but impressive
sounding. The total
effect will give your
orchestra that typical
classical sound so
satisfying to performer
and listener alike. Full
or exact instrumentation
is not a must; cross-cues
will carry critical areas
where a specified
instrument may be
lacking. Piano, tuba, and
saxophone parts are
written to accommodate
those players where they
exist. These parts are
not essential to the
instrumentation. Though
Christmas Fugue is well
suited to the interests
of high school orchestra
pursuits, its grade of
difficulty is easily
handled by any junior
high school group of
average ability.
 . Program
note:Christmas Fugue,
like the charming English
folk tune on which it is
based, is full of the
spirit and fun that is
Christmas. After a slow
shimmering introduction
which imparts an
impression of Christmas
morning, the fugue
subject is abruptly
introduced. The fugue
subject: We Wish You a
Merry Christmas. The work
develops through a series
of playful musical
episodes which afford
satisfying opportunities
for the various sections
of the orchestra. The
fugue culminates in a
combination of motifs
which find the brass
heralding the
unmistakable arrival of
Christmas.The
Composer:Dr. Robert
Bennett Brown has devoted
much of his professional
teaching career to
musical compositions and
arrangements for young
orchestral enthusiasts.
Christmas Fugue, like
other of Dr. Drown's
published works, was
written in and for the
actual teaching
situation.At the present
time, Robert Bennett
Brown is District
Supervisor of Music for
the Levittown, N.Y.
Public Schools.
Previously, for some
nineteen years, he taught
in Bronxville, N.Y.
where, as Chairman of
Music, he brought about
an extremely high level
of school orchestral
achievement. he was
educated at New York
University and Teachers
College, Columbia
University. He has served
as a field supervisor of
student teaching for New
York University and as a
general music consultant.
For the past two years he
has been a member of the
New York State Music
Regents Committee.To the
Conductor:You will find
this work to be the
conductor's dream. Parts
are easy but impressive
sounding. The total
effect will give your
orchestra that typical
classical sound so
satisfying to performer
and listener alike. Full
or exact instrumentation
is not a must; cross-cues
will carry critical areas
where a specified
instrument may be
lacking. Piano, tuba, and
saxophone parts are
written to accommodate
those players where they
exist. These parts are
not essential to the
instrumentation. Though
Christmas Fugue is well
suited to the interests
of high school orchestra
pursuits, its grade of
difficulty is easily
handled by any junior
high school group of
average ability. .
Orchestra SKU: CF.PO192F On We Wish You a Merry Christmas. Compose...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
CF.PO192F
On We
Wish You a Merry
Christmas. Composed
by Robert B. Brown. Full
score. Carl Fischer Music
#PO192F. Published by
Carl Fischer Music
(CF.PO192F).
ISBN
9781491157374. UPC:
680160915934.
Progr
am note: Christmas Fugue,
like the charming English
folk tune on which it is
based, is full of the
spirit and fun that is
Christmas. After a slow
shimmering introduction
which imparts an
impression of Christmas
morning, the fugue
subject is abruptly
introduced. The fugue
subject: We Wish You a
Merry Christmas. The work
develops through a series
of playful musical
episodes which afford
satisfying opportunities
for the various sections
of the orchestra. The
fugue culminates in a
combination of motifs
which find the brass
heralding the
unmistakable arrival of
Christmas. The Composer:
Dr. Robert Bennett Brown
has devoted much of his
professional teaching
career to musical
compositions and
arrangements for young
orchestral enthusiasts.
Christmas Fugue, like
other of Dr. Drown's
published works, was
written in and for the
actual teaching
situation. At the present
time, Robert Bennett
Brown is District
Supervisor of Music for
the Levittown, N.Y.
Public Schools.
Previously, for some
nineteen years, he taught
in Bronxville, N.Y.
where, as Chairman of
Music, he brought about
an extremely high level
of school orchestral
achievement. he was
educated at New York
University and Teachers
College, Columbia
University. He has served
as a field supervisor of
student teaching for New
York University and as a
general music consultant.
For the past two years he
has been a member of the
New York State Music
Regents Committee. To the
Conductor: You will find
this work to be the
conductor's dream. Parts
are easy but impressive
sounding. The total
effect will give your
orchestra that typical
classical sound so
satisfying to performer
and listener alike. Full
or exact instrumentation
is not a must; cross-cues
will carry critical areas
where a specified
instrument may be
lacking. Piano, tuba, and
saxophone parts are
written to accommodate
those players where they
exist. These parts are
not essential to the
instrumentation. Though
Christmas Fugue is well
suited to the interests
of high school orchestra
pursuits, its grade of
difficulty is easily
handled by any junior
high school group of
average ability.
 . Program
note:Christmas Fugue,
like the charming English
folk tune on which it is
based, is full of the
spirit and fun that is
Christmas. After a slow
shimmering introduction
which imparts an
impression of Christmas
morning, the fugue
subject is abruptly
introduced. The fugue
subject: We Wish You a
Merry Christmas. The work
develops through a series
of playful musical
episodes which afford
satisfying opportunities
for the various sections
of the orchestra. The
fugue culminates in a
combination of motifs
which find the brass
heralding the
unmistakable arrival of
Christmas.The
Composer:Dr. Robert
Bennett Brown has devoted
much of his professional
teaching career to
musical compositions and
arrangements for young
orchestral enthusiasts.
Christmas Fugue, like
other of Dr. Drown's
published works, was
written in and for the
actual teaching
situation.At the present
time, Robert Bennett
Brown is District
Supervisor of Music for
the Levittown, N.Y.
Public Schools.
Previously, for some
nineteen years, he taught
in Bronxville, N.Y.
where, as Chairman of
Music, he brought about
an extremely high level
of school orchestral
achievement. he was
educated at New York
University and Teachers
College, Columbia
University. He has served
as a field supervisor of
student teaching for New
York University and as a
general music consultant.
For the past two years he
has been a member of the
New York State Music
Regents Committee.To the
Conductor:You will find
this work to be the
conductor's dream. Parts
are easy but impressive
sounding. The total
effect will give your
orchestra that typical
classical sound so
satisfying to performer
and listener alike. Full
or exact instrumentation
is not a must; cross-cues
will carry critical areas
where a specified
instrument may be
lacking. Piano, tuba, and
saxophone parts are
written to accommodate
those players where they
exist. These parts are
not essential to the
instrumentation. Though
Christmas Fugue is well
suited to the interests
of high school orchestra
pursuits, its grade of
difficulty is easily
handled by any junior
high school group of
average ability. .
Orchestra (Score) SKU: HL.49045561 Richard Strauss Werke Complete Edit...(+)
Orchestra (Score)
SKU:
HL.49045561
Richard Strauss Werke
Complete Edition Score
Band 4. Composed by
Richard Strauss. Edited
by Stefan Schenk and
Walter Werbeck. This
edition: Hardback/Hard
Cover. Sheet music.
Edition Schott.
Classical. Hardcover.
Composed 1888-1891. Op.
23. 236 pages. Duration
18'. Schott Music
#RSW304. Published by
Schott Music
(HL.49045561).
ISBN
9783901974045.
Stra
uss's first tone poem
distinguishes itself from
all other subsequent
orchestral compositions
in its existence in three
different versions. Even
among the operas and
other compositions in his
hand there is no other
work with a comparable
history of origin and
publication. What is
more, the final version
of Macbeth is the only
valid form of the work
and the only variant with
further sources (cf.
Critical Report) in
addition to the autograph
score. In contrast, the
second version has only
been preserved in an
autograph score and
autograph piano reduction
(the orchestral parts
which must have existed
have obviously not
survived). This was never
printed and was replaced
by the published third
version. The two
surviving versions should
therefore not be
considered to be of equal
status. Unlike the case
of Ariadne auf Naxos in
which the earlier version
was for a time the sole
valid alternative and was
yet never completely
displaced by the soon
dominating later version
of the opera, only the
final third version of
Macbeth is considered as
valid. Right from the
outset, it was a matter
of course for the editors
of the present volume to
include the second
version as a first
publication (in addition
to the above-mentioned
surviving pages of the
first version), albeit in
different forms. The
surviving pages of the
first version are
reproduced in facsimile
and the second version,
as a subordinate form of
the work, appears
alongside Strauss's piano
reduction in a modified
source edition, i.e.
without intervention on
the part of the editors.
The ultimate third
version is published as a
full edition (please
refer to the Critical
Report for further
details). In order to
facilitate a comparative
study of the second and
third versions, the
relevant page numbers of
the score are placed
opposite one another (the
autograph piano reduction
of the second version is
included at the end of
the music section of the
volume). The editors hope
that this synoptic
representation will
prompt interest in
further studies on
Strauss's art of
orchestration: a field of
research which has still
remained insufficiently
examined. A study of
Macbeth namely
illuminates as clearly as
could be wished how much
significance Strauss
allotted to sound
alongside form. The
subjects were not merely
intended to generate an
individual figure, but
also specific tonal
colours, and the
instrumentation was
simultaneously designed
to provide an optimal
communication of
thematic-motivic texture
to the audience. The 'new
path' threw up
consequences which caused
Strauss a considerable
amount of difficulty. He
was however a fast
learner and had already
swum free with Don Juan
and all the more with Tod
und Verklarung.
Orchestra SKU: FG.55011-734-1 Study score. Composed by Jean Sibeli...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
FG.55011-734-1
Study score.
Composed by Jean
Sibelius. Edited by
Tuomas Hannikainen.
Classical. Score. Fennica
Gehrman #55011-734-1.
Published by Fennica
Gehrman (FG.55011-734-1).
ISBN
9790550117341.
Conc
ert Overture (1900) is a
12-minute work for small
orchestra. Sibelius
conducted the premiere
performance in Turku,
Finland on 7 April, 1900.
The work has not been
performed since the first
years of the 20th
century. Concert Overture
has its origins in stage
work Jungfrun i tornet,
and is in a way hidden
inside of the stage
music. Conductor and
scholar Tuomas
Hannikainen discovered
the existence of the
overture during his
research in 2019. He has
edited and reconstructed
the work.
Orchestra SKU: HL.14011919 Composed by Karsten Fundal. Music Sales Americ...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
HL.14011919
Composed
by Karsten Fundal. Music
Sales America. Score.
Music Sales #KP01477.
Published by Music Sales
(HL.14011919).
ISBN
9788759878644.
English-Danish.
Orc
hestration:
3(pic)(afl).2+ca.1+2bcl.2
+cbn/4.3.3.1/timp.2perc/h
p/pf/strParts are for
hire:
hire@ewh.dkProgramnote
Hush er et studie i morke
og lys, kold og varm lyd.
Jeg har ogsa i dette
stykke forsogt at
introducere staerke
folelsesmaessige udtryk,
ved brug af instrumentale
farver og tonale
virkemidler. Titlen Hush
er forbundet med et slags
indre digt jeg har haft i
tankerne medens jeg
komponerede. Da jeg jo
ikke er digter i ord, er
det ufuldstaendigt og
utilstraekkeligt i sin
form, men derfor
alligevel meget godt
beskrivende for stykkets
vaesen. Det lyder
nogenlunde sadan her i
mit hoved:Hush little
heart- hush.!!was time
running too fast or did
the hours sometimesseem
long?,Were your beats too
many or were they too few
in the end?Hush little
heart- hushdid you see
too little or did you
sometimes see too
much?,was life too small
or was it sometimes
larger than life?was your
thirst quenched or did
you end up drained?hush,
hush, little heart-
hush!!,Don't be afraid,
maybe you knew all the
time:that one day you
would have to be still-or
maybe you didn't?Is that
why you were beating so
fast?hush, hush little
heart-hush,- be
comforted, 'cause even as
you feel so small Your
very existence is strange
and beautiful - so, hush,
hush, be comforted, be
still my beating
heart.
Orchestra (FULL SCORE) SKU: HL.263038 For Orchestra. Composed by J...(+)
Orchestra (FULL SCORE)
SKU: HL.263038
For Orchestra.
Composed by John Luther
Adams. Music Sales
America. Classical.
Softcover. Composed 2017.
162 pages. Chester Music
#CH87131. Published by
Chester Music
(HL.263038).
UPC:
888680952907.
12.0x16.5x0.565
inches.
“Over
the years my orchestral
music has become simpler
and more expansive.
Clouds of Forgetting,
Clouds of Unknowing
(1991-95) contains four
different musical
textures. In the White
Silence (1998) has three.
For Lou Harrison (2002)
reduces this to just two.
In Dark Waves (2007), I
finally got to one. When
I first heard that piece
I began to wonder if I
could sustain a similar
sound for a longer span
of time. The result is
Become Ocean, a
meditation on the vast,
deep and mysterious tides
of existence. The title
is borrowed from a
mesostic verse that John
Cage wrote in honor of
Lou Harrison's birthday.
Likening Harrison's music
to a river in delta, Cage
writes: Listening to it
we become ocean. Life on
this earth first emerged
from the sea. And as the
polar ice melts and sea
level rises, we humans
find ourselves facing the
prospect that once again
we may quite literally
become ocean.†John
Luther Adams.
Orchestra (2.2.2.2. - 2.2.3.0. - timp - str) SKU: BR.PB-5207 The Unfin...(+)
Orchestra (2.2.2.2. -
2.2.3.0. - timp - str)
SKU: BR.PB-5207
The Unfinished -
Urtext. Composed by
Franz Schubert. Edited by
Peter Gulke. Orchestra;
Softbound.
Partitur-Bibliothek
(Score Library). This
edition is extremely
thorough and explanatory
notes are clear making
this a good place to
start a study of the
work. (Sheet Music).
Symphony; Romantic. Full
score. 108 pages.
Duration 22'. Breitkopf
and Haertel #PB 5207.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel (BR.PB-5207).
ISBN 9790004209394. 10
x 12.5
inches.
Franz
Schubert wrote the two
movements of the
Unfinished Symphony in
October 1822. The torso
has since been posing
riddles to posterity,
which first learned of
the existence of this
masterpiece in 1865
through the simultaneous
first edition and
world-premiere
performance. There seems
to have been no external
reason for its creation.
Did Schubert really
consider the piece only
as an experiment that did
not warrant any
continuation? It should
be noted, however, that
Schubert sketched the
Scherzo up to the
beginning of the Trio,
and even fully
orchestrated nine
measures of this
movement.
Orchestra (2.2.2.2. - 2.2.3.0. - timp - str) SKU: BR.PB-5247-07 The Un...(+)
Orchestra (2.2.2.2. -
2.2.3.0. - timp - str)
SKU: BR.PB-5247-07
The Unfinished -
Urtext. Composed by
Franz Schubert. Edited by
Peter Gulke. Softbound.
Partitur-Bibliothek
(Score Library).
This
edition is extremely
thorough and explanatory
notes are clear making
this a good place to
start a study of the
work. (Sheet Music)
Symphony; Romantic. Study
Score. 104 pages.
Duration 22'. Breitkopf
and Haertel #PB 5247-07.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel
(BR.PB-5247-07).
ISBN
9790004209622. 6.5 x 9
inches.
Franz
Schubert wrote the two
movements of the
Unfinished Symphony in
October 1822. The torso
has since been posing
riddles to posterity,
which first learned of
the existence of this
masterpiece in 1865
through the simultaneous
first edition and
world-premiere
performance. There seems
to have been no external
reason for its creation.
Did Schubert really
consider the piece only
as an experiment that did
not warrant any
continuation? It should
be noted, however, that
Schubert sketched the
Scherzo up to the
beginning of the Trio,
and even fully
orchestrated nine
measures of this
movement.
Orchestra SKU: PR.416415760 For Really Big Orchestra. Composed by ...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
PR.416415760
For
Really Big Orchestra.
Composed by PDQ Bach.
Edited by Prof. Peter
Schickele. Study Score.
With Standard notation.
Duration 11 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#416-41576. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.416415760).
UPC:
680160636532. 9 x 12
inches.
The 1712
Overture stands out in
P.D.Q. Bach's oeuvre for
two reasons, among
others: it is by far the
most programmatic
instrumental piece among
those by the minimeister
of Wein-am-Rhein so far
unearthed, and 2) its
discovery has led to a
revelation about the
composer's father, Johann
Sebastian Bach, that has
exploded like a bombshell
on the usually serene
musicological landscape.
The overture is based on
an anecdote told to
P.D.Q. Bach by a cousin,
Peter Ulrich. Since P.U.
Bach lived in Dudeldorf,
only a few miles down the
road from Wein-am-Rhein,
he was P.D.Q.'s closest
relative, and he was, in
fact, one of the few
members of the family who
was on speaking terms
with P.D.Q. The story,
related to P.D.Q.
(fortunately for us
posterity types) in a
letter, may be summarized
thus: The town of
Dudeldorf was founded by
two brothers, Rudi and
Dieter Dudel, early in
the 18th century. Rudi
remained mayor of the
newborn burg for the rest
of his long life, but
Dieter had a dream of
starting a musicians'
colony, an entire city
devoted to music, which
dream, he finally
decided, could be
realized only in the New
World. In 1712, he and
several other bagpipers
sailed to Boston, never
to return to Germany.
(Henceforth, Rudi became
known as der deutscher
Dudel and Dieter as the
Yankee Dudel).
Unfortunately, the head
of the Boston Musicians'
Guild had gotten wind of
Dudel's plans, and
Wilhelm Wiesel (pron.
VEE-zle), known none too
affectionately around
town as Wiesel the
Weasel, was not about to
share what few gigs there
were in colonial America
with more foreigners and
outside agitators. He and
his cronies were on hand
to meet Dudel's boat when
it pulled into Boston
Harbor; they intended to
prevent the newcomers'
disembarkation, but Dudel
and his companions
managed to escape to the
other side of the bay in
a dinghy, landing with
just enough time to rent
a carriage and horses
before hearing the sound
of The Weasel and his
men, who had had to come
around the long way. The
Germans headed West, with
the Bostonians in furious
pursuit. soon the city
had been left far behind,
and by midnight so had
the pursuers; Dieter
Dudel decided that it was
safe for him and his men
to stop and sleep until
daybreak. When they
awoke, they found that
they were in a beautiful
landscape of low,
forested mountains and
pleasant fields, warmed
by the brilliant morning
sun and serenaded by an
entrancing variety of
birds. Here, Dudel
thought, her is where I
will build my colony. The
immigrants continued down
the road at a leisurely
pace until they came upon
a little church, all by
itself in the
countryside, from which
there suddenly emanated
the sounds of a pipe
organ. At this point, the
temptation to quote from
P.U. Bach's letter to
P.D.Q. cannot be
resisted: They went
inside and, after
listening to the glorious
music for a while,
introduced themselves to
the organist. And who do
you think it was? Are you
ready for this -- it was
your old man! Hey, no
kidding -- you know, I'm
sure, that your father
was the guy to get when
it came to testing new
organs, and whoever had
that one in Massachusetts
built offered old
Sebastian a tidy sum to
go over there and check
it out. The unexpected
meeting with J.S. Bach
and his sponsors was
interrupted by the sound
of horse hooves, as the
dreaded Wiesel and his
men thundered on to the
scene. They had been
riding all night,
however, and they were no
spring chickens to start
with, and as soon as they
reached the church they
all dropped, exhausted,
to the ground. The elated
Germans rang the church
bells and offered to buy
everyone a beer at the
nearest tavern. There
they were taught, and
joined in singing, what
might be called the
national anthem of the
New World. The melody of
this pre-revolutionary
patriotic song is still
remembered (P.D.Q. Bach
quotes it, in the bass
instruments, near the end
of the overture), but is
words are now all but
forgotten: Freedom, of
thee we sing, Freedom
e'er is our goal; Death
to the English King, Long
live Rock and Ross. The
striking paucity of
biographical references
to Johann Sebastian Bah
during the year 1712 can
now be explained: he was
abroad for a significant
part of that year,
testing organs in the
British Colonies. That
this revelation has not
been accepted as fact by
the musicological
establishment is no
surprise, since it means
that a lot of books would
have to be rewritten. The
members of that
establishment haven't
even accepted the
existence of P.D.Q. Bach,
one of whose major works
the 1712 Overture
certainly is. It is also
a work that shows
Tchaikowsky up as the
shameless plagiarizer
that some of us have
always known he was. The
discovery of this awesome
opus was made possible by
a Boston Pops Centennial
Research Commission; the
first modern performance
took place at the opening
concert of the 100th
anniversary season of
that orchestra, under the
exciting but authentic
direction of John
Williams.
Rites of Tamburo Orchestre [Conducteur et Parties séparées] - Intermédiaire Alfred Publishing
By Robert W. Smith. By Robert W. Smith. For Full Orchestra. Full Orchestra. Belw...(+)
By Robert W. Smith. By
Robert W. Smith. For Full
Orchestra. Full
Orchestra. Belwin
Intermediate Full
Orchestra. Level: Easy to
Medium Easy (grade
II-III). Conductor Score
& Parts. 316 pages.
Published by Alfred
Publishing.
Ballet after a poem by
E. Lindegren.
Composed by Friedhelm
Dohl. Orchestra;
Softcover. Edition Gerig.
World premiere Basel,
February 20/21, 1980.
Ballet; Music theatre;
Music post-1945. Full
score. Composed 1977/78.
36 pages. Duration 12'.
Breitkopf and Haertel #BG
1393. Published by
Breitkopf and Haertel
(BR.BG-1393).
ISBN
9790004122884. 13 x 9.5
inches.
The title
Ikaros refers to the poem
by the Swedish poet Erik
Lindegren, which - in the
German translation by
Nelly Sachs - accompanied
me during the
composition. Not as a
program, but quasi as a
corresponding partner, as
an ambiguous mirror of
composing today, of our
utopian
existence.(Friedhelm
Dohl)CD:Basler
Sinfonieorchester, cond.
Moshe AtzmonCD Dreyer
Gaido 21042
Urtext. Composed
by Antonin Dvorak. Edited
by Klaus Doge. Orchestra;
Softbound.
Partitur-Bibliothek
(Score Library). The
Slavonic Dances Op. 46,
which began to conquer
the world's concert halls
in 1878, made a major
contribution to Dvorak's
international
breakthrough. The Urtext
edition is based on the
main sources, mainly on
the autograph score and
the first edition.
Dances/marches; Romantic.
Full score. 296 pages.
Duration 35'. Breitkopf
and Haertel #PB 5273.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel (BR.PB-5273).
ISBN 9790004210079. 10
x 12.5 inches.
In
his Slavonic Dances Op.
46, Dvorak did not draw
on pre-existent music,
but created something
original and new,
projecting his own
compositional will into
the creative process.
What we hear are Dvoraks
melodies,and that it is
due to his creative will
that he cast them as in
Dance 3, for example in
the form of a melodic
four-tone model which is
common to many folk songs
and childrens songs.
Finally, it is his
rhythmic invention and
shaping of the musical
character of each dance
that breathe life into
the elements of Slavonic
dance music.
The
Slavonic Dances Op. 46,
which began to conquer
the world's concert halls
in 1878, made a major
contribution to Dvorak's
international
breakthrough. The Urtext
edition is based on the
main sources, mainly on
the autograph score and
the first edition.
Orchestra SKU: PR.41641576L For Really Big Orchestra. Composed by ...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
PR.41641576L
For
Really Big Orchestra.
Composed by PDQ Bach.
Edited by Peter
Schickele. Large Score.
With Standard notation.
Duration 11 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#416-41576L. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.41641576L).
UPC:
680160636549. 11 x 17
inches.
The 1712
Overture stands out in
P.D.Q. Bach's oeuvre for
two reasons, among
others: it is by far the
most programmatic
instrumental piece among
those by the minimeister
of Wein-am-Rhein so far
unearthed, and 2) its
discovery has led to a
revelation about the
composer's father, Johann
Sebastian Bach, that has
exploded like a bombshell
on the usually serene
musicological landscape.
The overture is based on
an anecdote told to
P.D.Q. Bach by a cousin,
Peter Ulrich. Since P.U.
Bach lived in Dudeldorf,
only a few miles down the
road from Wein-am-Rhein,
he was P.D.Q.'s closest
relative, and he was, in
fact, one of the few
members of the family who
was on speaking terms
with P.D.Q. The story,
related to P.D.Q.
(fortunately for us
posterity types) in a
letter, may be summarized
thus: The town of
Dudeldorf was founded by
two brothers, Rudi and
Dieter Dudel, early in
the 18th century. Rudi
remained mayor of the
newborn burg for the rest
of his long life, but
Dieter had a dream of
starting a musicians'
colony, an entire city
devoted to music, which
dream, he finally
decided, could be
realized only in the New
World. In 1712, he and
several other bagpipers
sailed to Boston, never
to return to Germany.
(Henceforth, Rudi became
known as der deutscher
Dudel and Dieter as the
Yankee Dudel).
Unfortunately, the head
of the Boston Musicians'
Guild had gotten wind of
Dudel's plans, and
Wilhelm Wiesel (pron.
VEE-zle), known none too
affectionately around
town as Wiesel the
Weasel, was not about to
share what few gigs there
were in colonial America
with more foreigners and
outside agitators. He and
his cronies were on hand
to meet Dudel's boat when
it pulled into Boston
Harbor; they intended to
prevent the newcomers'
disembarkation, but Dudel
and his companions
managed to escape to the
other side of the bay in
a dinghy, landing with
just enough time to rent
a carriage and horses
before hearing the sound
of The Weasel and his
men, who had had to come
around the long way. The
Germans headed West, with
the Bostonians in furious
pursuit. soon the city
had been left far behind,
and by midnight so had
the pursuers; Dieter
Dudel decided that it was
safe for him and his men
to stop and sleep until
daybreak. When they
awoke, they found that
they were in a beautiful
landscape of low,
forested mountains and
pleasant fields, warmed
by the brilliant morning
sun and serenaded by an
entrancing variety of
birds. Here, Dudel
thought, her is where I
will build my colony. The
immigrants continued down
the road at a leisurely
pace until they came upon
a little church, all by
itself in the
countryside, from which
there suddenly emanated
the sounds of a pipe
organ. At this point, the
temptation to quote from
P.U. Bach's letter to
P.D.Q. cannot be
resisted: They went
inside and, after
listening to the glorious
music for a while,
introduced themselves to
the organist. And who do
you think it was? Are you
ready for this -- it was
your old man! Hey, no
kidding -- you know, I'm
sure, that your father
was the guy to get when
it came to testing new
organs, and whoever had
that one in Massachusetts
built offered old
Sebastian a tidy sum to
go over there and check
it out. The unexpected
meeting with J.S. Bach
and his sponsors was
interrupted by the sound
of horse hooves, as the
dreaded Wiesel and his
men thundered on to the
scene. They had been
riding all night,
however, and they were no
spring chickens to start
with, and as soon as they
reached the church they
all dropped, exhausted,
to the ground. The elated
Germans rang the church
bells and offered to buy
everyone a beer at the
nearest tavern. There
they were taught, and
joined in singing, what
might be called the
national anthem of the
New World. The melody of
this pre-revolutionary
patriotic song is still
remembered (P.D.Q. Bach
quotes it, in the bass
instruments, near the end
of the overture), but is
words are now all but
forgotten: Freedom, of
thee we sing, Freedom
e'er is our goal; Death
to the English King, Long
live Rock and Ross. The
striking paucity of
biographical references
to Johann Sebastian Bah
during the year 1712 can
now be explained: he was
abroad for a significant
part of that year,
testing organs in the
British Colonies. That
this revelation has not
been accepted as fact by
the musicological
establishment is no
surprise, since it means
that a lot of books would
have to be rewritten. The
members of that
establishment haven't
even accepted the
existence of P.D.Q. Bach,
one of whose major works
the 1712 Overture
certainly is. It is also
a work that shows
Tchaikowsky up as the
shameless plagiarizer
that some of us have
always known he was. The
discovery of this awesome
opus was made possible by
a Boston Pops Centennial
Research Commission; the
first modern performance
took place at the opening
concert of the 100th
anniversary season of
that orchestra, under the
exciting but authentic
direction of John
Williams.
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.
Orchestra SKU: FG.55011-588-0 Composed by Einojuhani Rautavaara. Score. F...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
FG.55011-588-0
Composed by Einojuhani
Rautavaara. Score.
Fennica Gehrman
#55011-588-0. Published
by Fennica Gehrman
(FG.55011-588-0).
ISBN
9790550115880.
I
wrote my First Symphony
while studying in the
United States in 1955,
but the work has since
undergone two substantial
changes. The original
four-movement structure
changed into a
two-movement structure in
1988, with an expansive,
Romantic and pathos-laden
principal movement
followed by a grotesque
and ironic scherzo. This
version seems to owe
something to Dmitri
Shostakovich, one of the
idols of 1950s Modernism
in Finland. Later I found
that the structure was
out of balance, and in
2003 I added a lyrical
slow movement (Poetico)
between the two existing
ones. In order to
preserve the 1950s spirit
of the original work, I
based the slow movement
on solo song written
around the same time
(third movement from the
song cycle Die
Liebenden).
(Chamber Orchestra Full Score). By John Adams (1947-). Full Score. Boosey and Ha...(+)
(Chamber Orchestra Full
Score). By John Adams
(1947-). Full Score.
Boosey and Hawkes
Scores/Books. Softcover.
152 pages. Boosey and
Hawkes #M051097005.
Published by Boosey and
Hawkes
Full orchestra (3fl (II+picc, III opt), 3ob (III+ca opt), 2cl, bcl (opt), 2bn, c...(+)
Full orchestra (3fl
(II+picc, III opt), 3ob
(III+ca opt), 2cl, bcl
(opt), 2bn, cbn (opt),
4hn, 2tpt, 3tbn, tba,
timp, 2perc (SD, tri,
cym, BD), str) -
Difficult
SKU:
OU.9780193519671
Composed by Ralph Vaughan
Williams. Orchestral
parts for sale. Full
score. 176 pages.
Duration 34'. Oxford
University Press
#9780193519671. Published
by Oxford University
Press (OU.9780193519671).
ISBN 9780193519671. 12
x 9
inches.
Described
by Walton as the
'greatest symphony since
Beethoven', Vaughan
Williams's fourth
symphony is noted for its
abrasively dissonant
harmonic language. This
new scholarly edition,
edited by David Matthews,
will replace the existing
OUP edition from 1935.
The preliminary text will
include a preface,
sources and editorial
method, and detailed
textual notes.
Orchestra (3(picc)2.2.2 -
4.2.3.1 - timp.(cym ad
lib.) - str)
SKU:
BR.PB-5559-07
Urtext. Composed
by Pjotr Iljitsch
Tschaikowsky. Edited by
Christoph Flamm.
Orchestra; Softbound.
Partitur-Bibliothek
(Score Library).
Tchaikovsky's Hamburg
Symphony in the Urtext
Symphony; Romantic.
Study Score. 208 pages.
Duration 44'. Breitkopf
and Haertel #PB 5559-07.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel
(BR.PB-5559-07).
ISBN
9790004213698. 6.5 x 9
inches.
Like Hamlet
Overture, originating at
about the same time,
Tchaikovsky's 5th
symphony, composed in
1888, focuses on the
human existential
question: To be or not to
be - triumph over fate or
triumph of fate? The per
aspera ad astra
dramaturgy underlying the
symphony culminates in
triumphant certainty. If
Tchaikovsky was initially
euphoric, then severe
self-doubts befell him
after he conducted the
premiere in St.
Petersburg. These doubts
demonstrably led him to
make interpretative
changes for the Hamburg
performance in 1889,
including a cut in the
finale. Only with the
extremely positive
response to this
performance did his
doubts dispel.
Nevertheless, Tchaikovsky
himself never again
conducted the 5th
symphony. It was only
posthumously established
in the repertoire through
Arthur Nikisch's
commitment. The new
edition's textual
criticism takes into
account besides the
autograph and first
edition also the first
edition's orchestral
parts, together with the
piano arrangement
produced from the
autograph by Sergei
Taneyev. In addition to
thoroughly clarifying
dynamics and
articulation, the source
comparison also corrected
many errors and solved
problematical passages,
such as, for instance,
the trombone entry in m.
372 of the finale.
Considered, moreover, for
the first time has been
the composer's doubts
about his work and its
ambiguities, frequently
successfully suppressed
in the history of its
performance and
reception. Tchaikovsky's
conductor's copy is
unfortunately lost, hence
his alterations made for
the Hamburg performance
are not precisely known.
They have survived only
indirectly through
remarks that Willem
Mengelberg left to
posterity, for which he
could draw on
Tchaikovsky's conductor's
score and oral references
by the composer's brother
Modest. So, anyone
wishing to deal seriously
with the work's
certainties will not be
able to do so in the
future without having
also to deal with its
uncertainties.
Orchestra (3(picc)2.2.2 -
4.2.3.1 - timp.(cym ad
lib.) - str)
SKU:
BR.PB-5558
Urtext. Composed
by Pjotr Iljitsch
Tschaikowsky. Edited by
Christoph Flamm.
Orchestra; Softbound.
Partitur-Bibliothek
(Score Library).
Tchaikovsky's Hamburg
Symphony in the Urtext
Symphony; Romantic.
Full score. 212 pages.
Duration 44'. Breitkopf
and Haertel #PB 5558.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel (BR.PB-5558).
ISBN 9790004213681. 10
x 12.5 inches.
Like
Hamlet Overture,
originating at about the
same time, Tchaikovsky's
5th symphony, composed in
1888, focuses on the
human existential
question: To be or not to
be - triumph over fate or
triumph of fate? The per
aspera ad astra
dramaturgy underlying the
symphony culminates in
triumphant certainty. If
Tchaikovsky was initially
euphoric, then severe
self-doubts befell him
after he conducted the
premiere in St.
Petersburg. These doubts
demonstrably led him to
make interpretative
changes for the Hamburg
performance in 1889,
including a cut in the
finale. Only with the
extremely positive
response to this
performance did his
doubts dispel.
Nevertheless, Tchaikovsky
himself never again
conducted the 5th
symphony. It was only
posthumously established
in the repertoire through
Arthur Nikisch's
commitment. The new
edition's textual
criticism takes into
account besides the
autograph and first
edition also the first
edition's orchestral
parts, together with the
piano arrangement
produced from the
autograph by Sergei
Taneyev. In addition to
thoroughly clarifying
dynamics and
articulation, the source
comparison also corrected
many errors and solved
problematical passages,
such as, for instance,
the trombone entry in m.
372 of the finale.
Considered, moreover, for
the first time has been
the composer's doubts
about his work and its
ambiguities, frequently
successfully suppressed
in the history of its
performance and
reception. Tchaikovsky's
conductor's copy is
unfortunately lost, hence
his alterations made for
the Hamburg performance
are not precisely known.
They have survived only
indirectly through
remarks that Willem
Mengelberg left to
posterity, for which he
could draw on
Tchaikovsky's conductor's
score and oral references
by the composer's brother
Modest. So, anyone
wishing to deal seriously
with the work's
certainties will not be
able to do so in the
future without having
also to deal with its
uncertainties.
Orchestra SKU: HL.14019145 Composed by Magnus Lindberg. Music Sales Ameri...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
HL.14019145
Composed
by Magnus Lindberg. Music
Sales America. Classical.
Book [Softcover]. 48
pages. Music Sales
#KP00119. Published by
Music Sales
(HL.14019145).
ISBN
9788759860625.
12.0x16.5x0.436 inches.
English.
This work
was written with a mix
between computer
technology and the more
traditional orchestra,
the piece was composed in
such a way that it would
support its own
acoustics. Lindberg
worked with amplification
of instruments and
electronically
transformed sounds thus
producing greater
possibilities to abandon
acoustic limits. In order
for the piece to be
supported by it's own
acoustics, the piece had
to be written in terms of
foreground and background
harmony, every foreground
chord would always have
it's background, a shadow
existing without it's
main chord. Another theme
to the piece is that of
textural motion as rapid
gestures and motions are
a big part of the
composer's interest.
Static repitions seemed
to limit the piece
however so they were
compensated for on
another level, so with a
repetitive rhythmic
pattern, the harmonic
material changes rapidly
or when a chain of chords
is static the rhythmic
and timbral qualities
vary frequently. Work for
orchestra commissioned by
the Finnish Broadcasting
Company.
Composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958). Study score. 176 pages. Duration...(+)
Composed by Ralph Vaughan
Williams (1872-1958).
Study score. 176 pages.
Duration 34'. Oxford
University Press
#9780193404748. Published
by Oxford University
Press (OU.9780193404748).
Arrangement for
chamber orchestra (arr.
J. Linckelmann).
Composed by Felix
Bartholdy Mendelssohn.
Arranged by Joachim
Linckelmann. Carus
digital: Extra digital
products. Full Score. MWV
A 14. Duration 145
minutes. Carus Verlag
#4012950. Published by
Carus Verlag
(CA.4012950).
ISBN
9790007254650.
German/English.
Men
delssohn's St. Paul with
just seven instead of the
usual 18 wind
instruments? Thanks to
this arrangement for
chamber orchestra, a
performance with smaller
forces is now possible,
and presents an
attractive alternative
for performing
Mendelssohn's first
oratorio - not only in
times of Corona. For it
is often considerations
of space, a limited
budget, or the size of
the chorus which call for
flexibility in
scoring. The
arrangement is based on
the Carus Urtext edition.
By reducing the symphonic
wind and brass in
particular, the volume of
sound is more restrained,
but nevertheless the
symphonic character and a
wide dynamic range are
retained. All the vocal
parts (soloists and
chorus) are identical
with the original
version, so that the
vocal scores, choral
scores, and practice aids
of the existing Carus
edition can still be
used.
Major
oratorio can also be
performed by smaller
choirs Wind and brass
parts of the original
version reduced to just
seven single instruments
vocal scores and
choral scores from the
original version can be
used carus plus: the
work (original version)
is available in carus
music, the Choir Coach,
and in the Carus Choir
Coach (Audio only)
series. . Score
available separately -
see item CA.4012900.
Orchestra (Study Score) SKU: HL.48024129 For Chamber Orchestra. Co...(+)
Orchestra (Study Score)
SKU: HL.48024129
For Chamber
Orchestra. Composed
by Franz Schubert and
Robert Schumann. Arranged
by Benjamin Britten.
Boosey & Hawkes
Scores/Books. Classical.
Softcover. 32 pages.
Boosey & Hawkes
#M060132568. Published by
Boosey & Hawkes
(HL.48024129).
ISBN
9781784542344. UPC:
888680708894. 7.25x10.25
inches.
Britten's
arrangements of
Schubert's The Trout (op
32/D550) for small
orchestra, and Schumann's
Spring Night (op 39 no
12) for chamber
orchestra, dating from
1942, are settings of
anonymous English
translations. The new
edition includes the
original German words
(Schubart, Eichendorff),
as many performers and
audiences will prefer the
songs in the original
language. In his preface,
Nicholas Clark, Librarian
at the Britten-Pears
Foundation, speculates on
why the songs were set in
English and on the
possibility that the
translator was Peter
Pears, commenting that
“the English
language settings allowed
[Britten] to edge away
from existing versions of
the songs, to assist him
in imprinting his own
unique mark on both
works.” The Trout
is scored for 2 clarinets
& strings; Spring Night
for flute, oboe, 2
clarinets, bassoon, 2
horns, 2 trumpets,
trombone, triangle, harp
(or piano) and
strings.
Composed by Poul Ruders.
Music Sales America.
Classical. Set. 86 pages.
Edition Wilhelm Hansen
#WH29830. Published by
Edition Wilhelm Hansen
(HL.14027994).
ISBN
9788759864593.
New
York is the city which
fascinates and inspires
Ruders. Time and again he
goes back there to work.
'Manhattan Abstraction'
(1982) subtitles - a
symphonic skyline for
large orchestra - was
conceived there. Ruders'
Brittish colleague Oliver
Knussen defines the piece
as: - a performance of an
extraordinary
Morden-Times-like
construction. It is a
sort of symphonic
sculpture, which in the
composer's own words
words propels forth from
one particular
inspiration: the New York
profile, as seen from
Liberty Island, one icy
cold January day with
it's open, clear sky and
dazzling sun light.
'Manhatten Abstraction'
appears as an amalgam of
some of the
compositorical habits
found in present pieces.
For instance, are present
here compositorical ideas
and melodic loans from
'Capriccio Pian'e Forte',
2nd String Quartet(1979),
'Four Compositions'
(1980), and 2nd Piano
Sonata(1982). The
question at hand is
mainly concerned with the
enhanced elaboration of
Ruders' use of the
classic English
change-ringing system: a
permuting method
pre-determining the order
of tone-appearances and
/or tone groups; a serial
technique in other words.
In spite of the rigidly
fixed material, Ruders
somehow manages to chisel
out a personal expression
by way of emphasising
contrasting elements
already existing within
the material itself. The
spiky, repetitive
sections form a
counterpart to a more
human violin-solo. This
dialectical tension is -
as hinted by the title -
a symphonic abstraction
of a fascinating
metropolis; the most
beautiful and the
ugliest. The subtitle: a
symphonic skyline
reflects the musical
erection of the Manhattan
profile, which under the
clear sky, materializes
into the most powerful
and compelling man-made
sculpture on earth. Thus
'Manhattan Abstraction'
is a homage to, as well
as a vision of, this
giant contraption of
concrete, glass, and
chrome.
Soli, Choir and Orchestra SKU: HL.49013489 Oper in einem Akt. Comp...(+)
Soli, Choir and Orchestra
SKU: HL.49013489
Oper in einem Akt.
Composed by Krzysztof
Penderecki. This edition:
Saddle stitching. Book.
Edition Schott.
Classical. Text
book/libretto. Composed
1984-1986. 52 pages.
Duration 100'. Schott
Music #BN 3651-10.
Published by Schott Music
(HL.49013489).
ISBN
9783795736514.
German.
Wortlich
ubersetzt ist das
Libretto ein 'kleines
Buch', ein 'Buchlein'.
Doch nicht irgendein
Buchlein. Seit es Opern
gibt, gibt es die
Textbucher dazu. Oft
erzahlen die
Universalsprache Musik
und der Ausdruck der
Darsteller die
Geschichte, auch wenn man
die Worte nicht versteht.
Trotzdem ist ein Libretto
sehr hilfreich fur das
Verstandnis der Details.
Gerade dann, und das fast
immer, wenn die Oper in
der Originalsprache
aufgefuhrt wird. In den
Libretti ist in der Regel
das Original der
Ubersetzung
gegenubergestellt. Sie
konnen so problemlos
parallel Handlung und
Inhalt folgen. In den
meisten Fallen existiert
das Textbuch Oper bevor
die Musik dazu komponiert
wird. Spannende und
dramatische Geschichten
bilden die Grundlage fur
faszinierende
Opernkompositionen. 3 (3. auch Picc.) * 2 *
Engl. Hr. * 3 * Bassklar.
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Soprano voice, Bass
voice, Actors, Choir,
Boys' Choir and Orchestra
SKU: HL.49013481
Ein Osterspiel.
Composed by Carl Orff.
This edition: Saddle
stitching. Book. Edition
Schott. Classical. Text
book/libretto. Composed
1955. 23 pages. Duration
40'. Schott Music #BN
3635-80. Published by
Schott Music
(HL.49013481).
ISBN
9783795736354.
German.
Wortlich
ubersetzt ist das
Libretto ein 'kleines
Buch', ein 'Buchlein'.
Doch nicht irgendein
Buchlein. Seit es Opern
gibt, gibt es die
Textbucher dazu. Oft
erzahlen die
Universalsprache Musik
und der Ausdruck der
Darsteller die
Geschichte, auch wenn man
die Worte nicht versteht.
Trotzdem ist ein Libretto
sehr hilfreich fur das
Verstandnis der Details.
Gerade dann, und das fast
immer, wenn die Oper in
der Originalsprache
aufgefuhrt wird. In den
Libretti ist in der Regel
das Original der
Ubersetzung
gegenubergestellt. Sie
konnen so problemlos
parallel Handlung und
Inhalt folgen. In den
meisten Fallen existiert
das Textbuch Oper bevor
die Musik dazu komponiert
wird. Spannende und
dramatische Geschichten
bilden die Grundlage fur
faszinierende
Opernkompositionen.
Orchestra SKU: BR.SON-443 Complete Works. Composed by Felix Bartho...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
BR.SON-443
Complete Works.
Composed by Felix
Bartholdy Mendelssohn.
Edited by Thomas Schmidt.
Linen. Complete Works.
Romantic period. Complete
Works. 252 pages.
Breitkopf and Haertel
#SON 443. Published by
Breitkopf and Haertel
(BR.SON-443).
ISBN
9790004803516. 10 x 12.5
inches.
Mendelssohn
's ConfessionThe
Reformation Symphony,
misleadingly numbered
posthumously as 5 by its
publishers, was
Mendelssohn's first
confrontation with the
large symphonic form in
Beethoven's wake. Linking
it conceptually with the
300th anniversary of the
Augsburg Confession in
1830 seems to have first
occurred late in the
progress of its
composition, yet the
premiere did not take
place until 1832 and
ultimately even enabled
the composer to distance
himself completely from
his work and its concept.
Thanks to access to a new
source [or, ... new
access to sources... or
...new access to a
source...?], this edition
can now finally refute
the legend that a
separate original or
early version of the
symphony once
existed.
Orchestra SKU: AP.1-ADV40010 For Soprano or Tenor Saxophone, String Or...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
AP.1-ADV40010
For
Soprano or Tenor
Saxophone, String
Orchestra, Harp, and
Percussion. Composed
by Bill Dobbins.
Performance Music
Ensemble; Single Titles;
String Orchestra. Advance
Music. Jazz. Score and
Part(s). Advance Music
#01-ADV40010. Published
by Advance Music
(AP.1-ADV40010).
UPC:
805095400106.
English.
The
Stranger is titled after
the novel of the same
name by the French
existentialist
philosopher and writer
Albert Camus. The piece
seems to capture some of
the general mood of the
story, with its
underlying feeling of
melancholy and sense of
inevitability. Since the
music is written in an
even eighth-note style,
with either a
contemporary classical or
a Latin rhythmic feeling,
the string section is not
required to phrase in a
jazz or swing style. The
use of light percussion
rather than a drumset
makes the arrangement
ideal for acoustic
performance without
amplification.