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Chamber Music Piano
SKU: CF.PL1056
Composed by Clara
Wieck-Schumann, Franz
Schubert, and Robert
Schumann. Edited by
Nicholas Hopkins.
Collection. With Standard
notation. 128 pages. Carl
Fischer Music #PL1056.
Published by Carl Fischer
Music (CF.PL1056).
ISBN 9781491153390.
UPC: 680160910892.
Transcribed by Franz
Liszt. Introduction
It is true that Schubert
himself is somewhat to
blame for the very
unsatisfactory manner in
which his admirable piano
pieces are treated. He
was too immoderately
productive, wrote
incessantly, mixing
insignificant with
important things, grand
things with mediocre
work, paid no heed to
criticism, and always
soared on his wings. Like
a bird in the air, he
lived in music and sang
in angelic fashion.
--Franz Liszt, letter to
Dr. S. Lebert (1868) Of
those compositions that
greatly interest me,
there are only Chopin's
and yours. --Franz Liszt,
letter to Robert Schumann
(1838) She [Clara
Schumann] was astounded
at hearing me. Her
compositions are really
very remarkable,
especially for a woman.
There is a hundred times
more creativity and real
feeling in them than in
all the past and present
fantasias by Thalberg.
--Franz Liszt, letter to
Marie d'Agoult (1838)
Chretien Urhan
(1790-1845) was a
Belgian-born violinist,
organist and composer who
flourished in the musical
life of Paris in the
early nineteenth century.
According to various
accounts, he was deeply
religious, harshly
ascetic and wildly
eccentric, though revered
by many important and
influential members of
the Parisian musical
community. Regrettably,
history has forgotten
Urhan's many musical
achievements, the most
important of which was
arguably his pioneering
work in promoting the
music of Franz Schubert.
He devoted much of his
energies to championing
Schubert's music, which
at the time was unknown
outside of Vienna.
Undoubtedly, Urhan was
responsible for
stimulating this
enthusiasm in Franz
Liszt; Liszt regularly
heard Urhan's organ
playing in the
St.-Vincent-de-Paul
church in Paris, and the
two became personal
acquaintances. At
eighteen years of age,
Liszt was on the verge of
establishing himself as
the foremost pianist in
Europe, and this
awakening to Schubert's
music would prove to be a
profound experience.
Liszt's first travels
outside of his native
provincial Hungary were
to Vienna in 1821-1823,
where his father enrolled
him in studies with Carl
Czerny (piano) and
Antonio Salieri (music
theory). Both men had
important involvements
with Schubert; Czerny
(like Urhan) as performer
and advocate of
Schubert's music and
Salieri as his theory and
composition teacher from
1813-1817. Curiously,
Liszt and Schubert never
met personally, despite
their geographical
proximity in Vienna
during these years.
Inevitably, legends later
arose that the two had
been personal
acquaintances, although
Liszt would dismiss these
as fallacious: I never
knew Schubert personally,
he was once quoted as
saying. Liszt's initial
exposure to Schubert's
music was the Lieder,
what Urhan prized most of
all. He accompanied the
tenor Benedict
Randhartinger in numerous
performances of
Schubert's Lieder and
then, perhaps realizing
that he could benefit the
composer more on his own
terms, transcribed a
number of the Lieder for
piano solo. Many of these
transcriptions he would
perform himself on
concert tour during the
so-called Glanzzeit, or
time of splendor from
1839-1847. This publicity
did much to promote
reception of Schubert's
music throughout Europe.
Once Liszt retired from
the concert stage and
settled in Weimar as a
conductor in the 1840s,
he continued to perform
Schubert's orchestral
music, his Symphony No. 9
being a particular
favorite, and is credited
with giving the world
premiere performance of
Schubert's opera Alfonso
und Estrella in 1854. At
this time, he
contemplated writing a
biography of the
composer, which
regrettably remained
uncompleted. Liszt's
devotion to Schubert
would never waver.
Liszt's relationship with
Robert and Clara Schumann
was far different and far
more complicated; by
contrast, they were all
personal acquaintances.
What began as a
relationship of mutual
respect and admiration
soon deteriorated into
one of jealousy and
hostility, particularly
on the Schumann's part.
Liszt's initial contact
with Robert's music
happened long before they
had met personally, when
Liszt published an
analysis of Schumann's
piano music for the
Gazette musicale in 1837,
a gesture that earned
Robert's deep
appreciation. In the
following year Clara met
Liszt during a concert
tour in Vienna and
presented him with more
of Schumann's piano
music. Clara and her
father Friedrich Wieck,
who accompanied Clara on
her concert tours, were
quite taken by Liszt: We
have heard Liszt. He can
be compared to no other
player...he arouses
fright and astonishment.
His appearance at the
piano is indescribable.
He is an original...he is
absorbed by the piano.
Liszt, too, was impressed
with Clara--at first the
energy, intelligence and
accuracy of her piano
playing and later her
compositions--to the
extent that he dedicated
to her the 1838 version
of his Etudes d'execution
transcendante d'apres
Paganini. Liszt had a
closer personal
relationship with Clara
than with Robert until
the two men finally met
in 1840. Schumann was
astounded by Liszt's
piano playing. He wrote
to Clara that Liszt had
played like a god and had
inspired indescribable
furor of applause. His
review of Liszt even
included a heroic
personification with
Napoleon. In Leipzig,
Schumann was deeply
impressed with Liszt's
interpretations of his
Noveletten, Op. 21 and
Fantasy in C Major, Op.
17 (dedicated to Liszt),
enthusiastically
observing that, I feel as
if I had known you twenty
years. Yet a variety of
events followed that
diminished Liszt's glory
in the eyes of the
Schumanns. They became
critical of the cult-like
atmosphere that arose
around his recitals, or
Lisztomania as it came to
be called; conceivably,
this could be attributed
to professional jealousy.
Clara, in particular,
came to loathe Liszt,
noting in a letter to
Joseph Joachim, I despise
Liszt from the depths of
my soul. She recorded a
stunning diary entry a
day after Liszt's death,
in which she noted, He
was an eminent keyboard
virtuoso, but a dangerous
example for the
young...As a composer he
was terrible. By
contrast, Liszt did not
share in these negative
sentiments; no evidence
suggests that he had any
ill-regard for the
Schumanns. In Weimar, he
did much to promote
Schumann's music,
conducting performances
of his Scenes from Faust
and Manfred, during a
time in which few
orchestras expressed
interest, and premiered
his opera Genoveva. He
later arranged a benefit
concert for Clara
following Robert's death,
featuring Clara as
soloist in Robert's Piano
Concerto, an event that
must have been
exhilarating to witness.
Regardless, her opinion
of him would never
change, despite his
repeated gestures of
courtesy and respect.
Liszt's relationship with
Schubert was a spiritual
one, with music being the
one and only link between
the two men. That with
the Schumanns was
personal, with music
influenced by a hero
worship that would
aggravate the
relationship over time.
Nonetheless, Liszt would
remain devoted to and
enthusiastic for the
music and achievements of
these composers. He would
be a vital force in
disseminating their music
to a wider audience, as
he would be with many
other composers
throughout his career.
His primary means for
accomplishing this was
the piano transcription.
Liszt and the
Transcription
Transcription versus
Paraphrase Transcription
and paraphrase were
popular terms in
nineteenth-century music,
although certainly not
unique to this period.
Musicians understood that
there were clear
distinctions between
these two terms, but as
is often the case these
distinctions could be
blurred. Transcription,
literally writing over,
entails reworking or
adapting a piece of music
for a performance medium
different from that of
its original; arrangement
is a possible synonym.
Adapting is a key part of
this process, for the
success of a
transcription relies on
the transcriber's ability
to adapt the piece to the
different medium. As a
result, the pre-existing
material is generally
kept intact, recognizable
and intelligible; it is
strict, literal,
objective. Contextual
meaning is maintained in
the process, as are
elements of style and
form. Paraphrase, by
contrast, implies
restating something in a
different manner, as in a
rewording of a document
for reasons of clarity.
In nineteenth-century
music, paraphrasing
indicated elaborating a
piece for purposes of
expressive virtuosity,
often as a vehicle for
showmanship. Variation is
an important element, for
the source material may
be varied as much as the
paraphraser's imagination
will allow; its purpose
is metamorphosis.
Transcription is adapting
and arranging;
paraphrasing is
transforming and
reworking. Transcription
preserves the style of
the original; paraphrase
absorbs the original into
a different style.
Transcription highlights
the original composer;
paraphrase highlights the
paraphraser.
Approximately half of
Liszt's compositional
output falls under the
category of transcription
and paraphrase; it is
noteworthy that he never
used the term
arrangement. Much of his
early compositional
activities were
transcriptions and
paraphrases of works of
other composers, such as
the symphonies of
Beethoven and Berlioz,
vocal music by Schubert,
and operas by Donizetti
and Bellini. It is
conceivable that he
focused so intently on
work of this nature early
in his career as a means
to perfect his
compositional technique,
although transcription
and paraphrase continued
well after the technique
had been mastered; this
might explain why he
drastically revised and
rewrote many of his
original compositions
from the 1830s (such as
the Transcendental Etudes
and Paganini Etudes) in
the 1850s. Charles Rosen,
a sympathetic interpreter
of Liszt's piano works,
observes, The new
revisions of the
Transcendental Etudes are
not revisions but concert
paraphrases of the old,
and their art lies in the
technique of
transformation. The
Paganini etudes are piano
transcriptions of violin
etudes, and the
Transcendental Etudes are
piano transcriptions of
piano etudes. The
principles are the same.
He concludes by noting,
Paraphrase has shaded off
into
composition...Composition
and paraphrase were not
identical for him, but
they were so closely
interwoven that
separation is impossible.
The significance of
transcription and
paraphrase for Liszt the
composer cannot be
overstated, and the
mutual influence of each
needs to be better
understood. Undoubtedly,
Liszt the composer as we
know him today would be
far different had he not
devoted so much of his
career to transcribing
and paraphrasing the
music of others. He was
perhaps one of the first
composers to contend that
transcription and
paraphrase could be
genuine art forms on
equal par with original
pieces; he even claimed
to be the first to use
these two terms to
describe these classes of
arrangements. Despite the
success that Liszt
achieved with this type
of work, others viewed it
with circumspection and
criticism. Robert
Schumann, although deeply
impressed with Liszt's
keyboard virtuosity, was
harsh in his criticisms
of the transcriptions.
Schumann interpreted them
as indicators that
Liszt's virtuosity had
hindered his
compositional development
and suggested that Liszt
transcribed the music of
others to compensate for
his own compositional
deficiencies.
Nonetheless, Liszt's
piano transcriptions,
what he sometimes called
partitions de piano (or
piano scores), were
instrumental in promoting
composers whose music was
unknown at the time or
inaccessible in areas
outside of major European
capitals, areas that
Liszt willingly toured
during his Glanzzeit. To
this end, the
transcriptions had to be
literal arrangements for
the piano; a Beethoven
symphony could not be
introduced to an
unknowing audience if its
music had been subjected
to imaginative
elaborations and
variations. The same
would be true of the 1833
transcription of
Berlioz's Symphonie
fantastique (composed
only three years
earlier), the
astonishingly novel
content of which would
necessitate a literal and
intelligible rendering.
Opera, usually more
popular and accessible
for the general public,
was a different matter,
and in this realm Liszt
could paraphrase the
original and manipulate
it as his imagination
would allow without
jeopardizing its
reception; hence, the
paraphrases on the operas
of Bellini, Donizetti,
Mozart, Meyerbeer and
Verdi. Reminiscence was
another term coined by
Liszt for the opera
paraphrases, as if the
composer were reminiscing
at the keyboard following
a memorable evening at
the opera. Illustration
(reserved on two
occasions for Meyerbeer)
and fantasy were
additional terms. The
operas of Wagner were
exceptions. His music was
less suited to paraphrase
due to its general lack
of familiarity at the
time. Transcription of
Wagner's music was thus
obligatory, as it was of
Beethoven's and Berlioz's
music; perhaps the
composer himself insisted
on this approach. Liszt's
Lieder Transcriptions
Liszt's initial
encounters with
Schubert's music, as
mentioned previously,
were with the Lieder. His
first transcription of a
Schubert Lied was Die
Rose in 1833, followed by
Lob der Tranen in 1837.
Thirty-nine additional
transcriptions appeared
at a rapid pace over the
following three years,
and in 1846, the Schubert
Lieder transcriptions
would conclude, by which
point he had completed
fifty-eight, the most of
any composer. Critical
response to these
transcriptions was highly
favorable--aside from the
view held by
Schumann--particularly
when Liszt himself played
these pieces in concert.
Some were published
immediately by Anton
Diabelli, famous for the
theme that inspired
Beethoven's variations.
Others were published by
the Viennese publisher
Tobias Haslinger (one of
Beethoven's and
Schubert's publishers in
the 1820s), who sold his
reserves so quickly that
he would repeatedly plead
for more. However,
Liszt's enthusiasm for
work of this nature soon
became exhausted, as he
noted in a letter of 1839
to the publisher
Breitkopf und Hartel:
That good Haslinger
overwhelms me with
Schubert. I have just
sent him twenty-four new
songs (Schwanengesang and
Winterreise), and for the
moment I am rather tired
of this work. Haslinger
was justified in his
demands, for the Schubert
transcriptions were
received with great
enthusiasm. One Gottfried
Wilhelm Fink, then editor
of the Allgemeine
musikalische Zeitung,
observed of these
transcriptions: Nothing
in recent memory has
caused such sensation and
enjoyment in both
pianists and audiences as
these arrangements...The
demand for them has in no
way been satisfied; and
it will not be until
these arrangements are
seen on pianos
everywhere. They have
indeed made quite a
splash. Eduard Hanslick,
never a sympathetic
critic of Liszt's music,
acknowledged thirty years
after the fact that,
Liszt's transcriptions of
Schubert Lieder were
epoch-making. There was
hardly a concert in which
Liszt did not have to
play one or two of
them--even when they were
not listed on the
program. These
transcriptions quickly
became some of his most
sough-after pieces,
despite their extreme
technical demands.
Leading pianists of the
day, such as Clara Wieck
and Sigismond Thalberg,
incorporated them into
their concert programs
immediately upon
publication. Moreover,
the transcriptions would
serve as inspirations for
other composers, such as
Stephen Heller, Cesar
Franck and later Leopold
Godowsky, all of whom
produced their own
transcriptions of
Schubert's Lieder. Liszt
would transcribe the
Lieder of other composers
as well, including those
by Mendelssohn, Chopin,
Anton Rubinstein and even
himself. Robert Schumann,
of course, would not be
ignored. The first
transcription of a
Schumann Lied was the
celebrated Widmung from
Myrten in 1848, the only
Schumann transcription
that Liszt completed
during the composer's
lifetime. (Regrettably,
there is no evidence of
Schumann's regard of this
transcription, or even if
he was aware of it.) From
the years 1848-1881,
Liszt transcribed twelve
of Robert Schumann's
Lieder (including one
orchestral Lied) and
three of Clara (one from
each of her three
published Lieder cycles);
he would transcribe no
other works of these two
composers. The Schumann
Lieder transcriptions,
contrary to those of
Schubert, are literal
arrangements, posing, in
general, far fewer
demands on the pianist's
technique. They are
comparatively less
imaginative in their
treatment of the original
material. Additionally,
they seem to have been
less valued in their day
than the Schubert
transcriptions, and it is
noteworthy that none of
the Schumann
transcriptions bear
dedications, as most of
the Schubert
transcriptions do. The
greatest challenge posed
by Lieder transcriptions,
regardless of the
composer or the nature of
the transcription, was to
combine the vocal and
piano parts of the
original such that the
character of each would
be preserved, a challenge
unique to this form of
transcription. Each part
had to be intact and
aurally recognizable, the
vocal line in particular.
Complications could be
manifold in a Lied that
featured dissimilar
parts, such as Schubert's
Auf dem Wasser zu singen,
whose piano accompaniment
depicts the rocking of
the boat on the
shimmering waves while
the vocal line reflects
on the passing of time.
Similar complications
would be encountered in
Gretchen am Spinnrade, in
which the ubiquitous
sixteenth-note pattern in
the piano's right hand
epitomizes the
ever-turning spinning
wheel over which the
soprano voice expresses
feelings of longing and
heartache. The resulting
transcriptions for solo
piano would place
exceptional demands on
the pianist. The
complications would be
far less imposing in
instances in which voice
and piano were less
differentiated, as in
many of Schumann's Lieder
that Liszt transcribed.
The piano parts in these
Lieder are true
accompaniments for the
voice, providing harmonic
foundation and rhythmic
support by doubling the
vocal line throughout.
The transcriptions, thus,
are strict and literal,
with far fewer demands on
both pianist and
transcriber. In all of
Liszt's Lieder
transcriptions,
regardless of the way in
which the two parts are
combined, the melody
(i.e. the vocal line) is
invariably the focal
point; the melody should
sing on the piano, as if
it were the voice. The
piano part, although
integral to contributing
to the character of the
music, is designed to
function as
accompaniment. A singing
melody was a crucial
objective in
nineteenth-century piano
performance, which in
part might explain the
zeal in transcribing and
paraphrasing vocal music
for the piano. Friedrich
Wieck, father and teacher
of Clara Schumann,
stressed this point
repeatedly in his 1853
treatise Clavier und
Gesang (Piano and Song):
When I speak in general
of singing, I refer to
that species of singing
which is a form of
beauty, and which is a
foundation for the most
refined and most perfect
interpretation of music;
and, above all things, I
consider the culture of
beautiful tones the basis
for the finest possible
touch on the piano. In
many respects, the piano
and singing should
explain and supplement
each other. They should
mutually assist in
expressing the sublime
and the noble, in forms
of unclouded beauty. Much
of Liszt's piano music
should be interpreted
with this concept in
mind, the Lieder
transcriptions and opera
paraphrases, in
particular. To this end,
Liszt provided numerous
written instructions to
the performer to
emphasize the vocal line
in performance, with
Italian directives such
as un poco marcato il
canto, accentuato assai
il canto and ben
pronunziato il canto.
Repeated indications of
cantando,singend and
espressivo il canto
stress the significance
of the singing tone. As
an additional means of
achieving this and
providing the performer
with access to the
poetry, Liszt insisted,
at what must have been a
publishing novelty at the
time, on printing the
words of the Lied in the
music itself. Haslinger,
seemingly oblivious to
Liszt's intent, initially
printed the poems of the
early Schubert
transcriptions separately
inside the front covers.
Liszt argued that the
transcriptions must be
reprinted with the words
underlying the notes,
exactly as Schubert had
done, a request that was
honored by printing the
words above the
right-hand staff. Liszt
also incorporated a
visual scheme for
distinguishing voice and
accompaniment, influenced
perhaps by Chopin, by
notating the
accompaniment in cue
size. His transcription
of Robert Schumann's
Fruhlings Ankunft
features the vocal line
in normal size, the piano
accompaniment in reduced
size, an unmistakable
guide in a busy texture
as to which part should
be emphasized: Example 1.
Schumann-Liszt Fruhlings
Ankunft, mm. 1-2. The
same practice may be
found in the
transcription of
Schumann's An die Turen
will ich schleichen. In
this piece, the performer
must read three staves,
in which the baritone
line in the central staff
is to be shared between
the two hands based on
the stem direction of the
notes: Example 2.
Schumann-Liszt An die
Turen will ich
schleichen, mm. 1-5. This
notational practice is
extremely beneficial in
this instance, given the
challenge of reading
three staves and the
manner in which the vocal
line is performed by the
two hands. Curiously,
Liszt did not use this
practice in other
transcriptions.
Approaches in Lieder
Transcription Liszt
adopted a variety of
approaches in his Lieder
transcriptions, based on
the nature of the source
material, the ways in
which the vocal and piano
parts could be combined
and the ways in which the
vocal part could sing.
One approach, common with
strophic Lieder, in which
the vocal line would be
identical in each verse,
was to vary the register
of the vocal part. The
transcription of Lob der
Tranen, for example,
incorporates three of the
four verses of the
original Lied, with the
register of the vocal
line ascending one octave
with each verse (from low
to high), as if three
different voices were
participating. By the
conclusion, the music
encompasses the entire
range of Liszt's keyboard
to produce a stunning
climactic effect, and the
variety of register of
the vocal line provides a
welcome textural variety
in the absence of the
words. The three verses
of the transcription of
Auf dem Wasser zu singen
follow the same approach,
in which the vocal line
ascends from the tenor,
to the alto and to the
soprano registers with
each verse.
Fruhlingsglaube adopts
the opposite approach, in
which the vocal line
descends from soprano in
verse 1 to tenor in verse
2, with the second part
of verse 2 again resuming
the soprano register;
this is also the case in
Das Wandern from
Mullerlieder. Gretchen am
Spinnrade posed a unique
problem. Since the poem's
narrator is female, and
the poem represents an
expression of her longing
for her lover Faust,
variation of the vocal
line's register, strictly
speaking, would have been
impractical. For this
reason, the vocal line
remains in its original
register throughout,
relentlessly colliding
with the sixteenth-note
pattern of the
accompaniment. One
exception may be found in
the fifth and final verse
in mm. 93-112, at which
point the vocal line is
notated in a higher
register and doubled in
octaves. This sudden
textural change, one that
is readily audible, was a
strategic means to
underscore Gretchen's
mounting anxiety (My
bosom urges itself toward
him. Ah, might I grasp
and hold him! And kiss
him as I would wish, at
his kisses I should
die!). The transcription,
thus, becomes a vehicle
for maximizing the
emotional content of the
poem, an exceptional
undertaking with the
general intent of a
transcription. Registral
variation of the vocal
part also plays a crucial
role in the transcription
of Erlkonig. Goethe's
poem depicts the death of
a child who is
apprehended by a
supernatural Erlking, and
Schubert, recognizing the
dramatic nature of the
poem, carefully depicted
the characters (father,
son and Erlking) through
unique vocal writing and
accompaniment patterns:
the Lied is a dramatic
entity. Liszt, in turn,
followed Schubert's
characterization in this
literal transcription,
yet took it an additional
step by placing the
register of the father's
vocal line in the
baritone range, that of
the son in the soprano
range and that of the
Erlking in the highest
register, options that
would not have been
available in the version
for voice and piano.
Additionally, Liszt
labeled each appearance
of each character in the
score, a means for
guiding the performer in
interpreting the dramatic
qualities of the Lied. As
a result, the drama and
energy of the poem are
enhanced in this
transcription; as with
Gretchen am Spinnrade,
the transcriber has
maximized the content of
the original. Elaboration
may be found in certain
Lieder transcriptions
that expand the
performance to a level of
virtuosity not found in
the original; in such
cases, the transcription
approximates the
paraphrase. Schubert's Du
bist die Ruh, a paradigm
of musical simplicity,
features an uncomplicated
piano accompaniment that
is virtually identical in
each verse. In Liszt's
transcription, the
material is subjected to
a highly virtuosic
treatment that far
exceeds the original,
including a demanding
passage for the left hand
alone in the opening
measures and unique
textural writing in each
verse. The piece is a
transcription in
virtuosity; its art, as
Rosen noted, lies in the
technique of
transformation.
Elaboration may entail an
expansion of the musical
form, as in the extensive
introduction to Die
Forelle and a virtuosic
middle section (mm.
63-85), both of which are
not in the original. Also
unique to this
transcription are two
cadenzas that Liszt
composed in response to
the poetic content. The
first, in m. 93 on the
words und eh ich es
gedacht (and before I
could guess it), features
a twisted chromatic
passage that prolongs and
thereby heightens the
listener's suspense as to
the fate of the trout
(which is ultimately
caught). The second, in
m. 108 on the words
Betrogne an (and my blood
boiled as I saw the
betrayed one), features a
rush of
diminished-seventh
arpeggios in both hands,
epitomizing the poet's
rage at the fisherman for
catching the trout. Less
frequent are instances in
which the length of the
original Lied was
shortened in the
transcription, a tendency
that may be found with
certain strophic Lieder
(e.g., Der Leiermann,
Wasserflut and Das
Wandern). Another
transcription that
demonstrates Liszt's
readiness to modify the
original in the interests
of the poetic content is
Standchen, the seventh
transcription from
Schubert's
Schwanengesang. Adapted
from Act II of
Shakespeare's Cymbeline,
the poem represents the
repeated beckoning of a
man to his lover. Liszt
transformed the Lied into
a miniature drama by
transcribing the vocal
line of the first verse
in the soprano register,
that of the second verse
in the baritone register,
in effect, creating a
dialogue between the two
lovers. In mm. 71-102,
the dialogue becomes a
canon, with one voice
trailing the other like
an echo (as labeled in
the score) at the
distance of a beat. As in
other instances, the
transcription resembles
the paraphrase, and it is
perhaps for this reason
that Liszt provided an
ossia version that is
more in the nature of a
literal transcription.
The ossia version, six
measures shorter than
Schubert's original, is
less demanding
technically than the
original transcription,
thus representing an
ossia of transcription
and an ossia of piano
technique. The Schumann
Lieder transcriptions, in
general, display a less
imaginative treatment of
the source material.
Elaborations are less
frequently encountered,
and virtuosity is more
restricted, as if the
passage of time had
somewhat tamed the
composer's approach to
transcriptions;
alternatively, Liszt was
eager to distance himself
from the fierce
virtuosity of his early
years. In most instances,
these transcriptions are
literal arrangements of
the source material, with
the vocal line in its
original form combined
with the accompaniment,
which often doubles the
vocal line in the
original Lied. Widmung,
the first of the Schumann
transcriptions, is one
exception in the way it
recalls the virtuosity of
the Schubert
transcriptions of the
1830s. Particularly
striking is the closing
section (mm. 58-73), in
which material of the
opening verse (right
hand) is combined with
the triplet quarter notes
(left hand) from the
second section of the
Lied (mm. 32-43), as if
the transcriber were
attempting to reconcile
the different material of
these two sections.
Fruhlingsnacht resembles
a paraphrase by
presenting each of the
two verses in differing
registers (alto for verse
1, mm. 3-19, and soprano
for verse 2, mm. 20-31)
and by concluding with a
virtuosic section that
considerably extends the
length of the original
Lied. The original
tonalities of the Lieder
were generally retained
in the transcriptions,
showing that the tonality
was an important part of
the transcription
process. The infrequent
instances of
transposition were done
for specific reasons. In
1861, Liszt transcribed
two of Schumann's Lieder,
one from Op. 36 (An den
Sonnenschein), another
from Op. 27 (Dem roten
Roslein), and merged
these two pieces in the
collection 2 Lieder; they
share only the common
tonality of A major. His
choice for combining
these two Lieder remains
unknown, but he clearly
recognized that some
tonal variety would be
needed, for which reason
Dem roten Roslein was
transposed to C>= major.
The collection features
An den Sonnenschein in A
major (with a transition
to the new tonality),
followed by Dem roten
Roslein in C>= major
(without a change of key
signature), and
concluding with a reprise
of An den Sonnenschein in
A major. A three-part
form was thus established
with tonal variety
provided by keys in third
relations (A-C>=-A); in
effect, two of Schumann's
Lieder were transcribed
into an archetypal song
without words. In other
instances, Liszt treated
tonality and tonal
organization as important
structural ingredients,
particularly in the
transcriptions of
Schubert's Lieder cycles,
i.e. Schwanengesang,
Winterreise a... $32.99 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 1 to 2 weeks | | |
| The Hymn Fake Book - C Edition
Ligne De Mélodie, Paroles et Accords [Fake Book] - Facile Hal Leonard
For voice and C instrument. Format: fakebook (spiral bound). With vocal melody, ...(+)
For voice and C
instrument. Format:
fakebook (spiral bound).
With vocal melody,
lyrics, piano
accompaniment, chord
names and leadsheet
notation. Hymn. Series:
Hal Leonard Fake Books.
494 pages. 9x12 inches.
Published by Hal Leonard.
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| Laudate, Volume 5 Orgue Concordia Publishing House
By Kosnik. For organ. General, sacred. Published by Concordia Publishing House. ...(+)
By Kosnik. For organ.
General, sacred.
Published by Concordia
Publishing House.
Level: Moderately
Easy.
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| A Thousand Voices: Seven Hymn Tune Preludes Orgue - Intermédiaire/avancé Concordia Publishing House
By Blersch. For organ. General, sacred. Level: Moderately Easy-Moderately Diffic...(+)
By Blersch. For organ.
General, sacred. Level:
Moderately
Easy-Moderately
Difficult. Published by
Concordia Publishing
House
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(Book 2). By Rachel Beatty Kahl. Arranged by Rachel Beatty Kahl. For Piano Accom...(+)
(Book 2). By Rachel
Beatty Kahl. Arranged by
Rachel Beatty Kahl. For
Piano Accompaniment.
Music Sales America.
Sacred. 40 pages. Music
Sales #BMC12131.
Published by Music Sales
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By Gilbert M. Martin. Organ. Level: 3-staff. Sacred organ. Published by Sacred M...(+)
By Gilbert M. Martin.
Organ. Level: 3-staff.
Sacred organ. Published
by Sacred Music Press.
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| Achnaton Orchestre d'harmonie [Conducteur] - Intermédiaire Gobelin Music Publications
Concert Band/Harmonie - Grade 4 SKU: BT.GOB-000712-140 Composed by Jan Bo...(+)
Concert Band/Harmonie -
Grade 4 SKU:
BT.GOB-000712-140
Composed by Jan Bosveld.
Score Only. 40 pages.
Gobelin Music
Publications #GOB
000712-140. Published by
Gobelin Music
Publications
(BT.GOB-000712-140).
The Egyptian
pharaoh Amenhotep IV,
better known as Achnaton,
was the second son and
successor of Amenhotep
III. He reigned the
New Kingdom from 1353
until 1336 BC.
Achnatons lack of
interest in the economic
well-being of Egypt
ushered ina revolutionary
period in Egyptian
history. His harsh
reign induced much
suffering under the
population. During
this period when it was
customary for a pharaoh
to have many wives, he
had taken his cousin
Nefertete to reign as
queen at hisside. An
elegant and very
beautiful woman, she used
her influence to ease the
turmoil caused by
Achnaton. Combined
with her grace, her
presence at public
functions led to a
greater popularity among
her subjects than the
pharaoh
enjoyedhimself. Being
mostly preoccupied with
religious questions, he
declared that all the
other gods did not exist.
There was only one god,
the Aten, and it was the
sun itself. It was
now necessary to change
his name: ‘Amenhotep’
meaning ‘the god Amun
is satisfied’, because
he didnt want to be
associated with Amun or
any of the other
deities. He renamed
himself ‘Achnaton’
which means ‘servant of
the Aten’ -- a much
more appropriate
title! In the sixth
year of his reignAchnaton
also moved the capital to
a brand new city called
Achet-Aton (‘the
Horizon of the Aten’)
which was where Tel
el-Amarna stands today.
He did this to further
isolate himself from the
‘old’ religion, since
the previous capital
Thebes was thecentre of
worship of Amun. This
new religion created an
up rise among the
population and high
priests. In spite of
Nefertetes influence, the
falling economy and
religious conflict
resulted in the decline
of the Egyptian
empire. Hoping
toforget it ever
happened, people later
tried to eradicate all
traces of Achnaton and
his successors rule by
smashing their statues,
mutilating their mummies,
and ruining their relief
carvings. From that
moment on he was
remembered as
the‘heretic
king’.
This
composition was partially
funded by the ‘Prins
Bernhard
Cultuurfonds’.
D
e Egyptische farao
Achnaton was de zoon en
opvolger van Amenhotep
III en besteeg de troon
als Amenhotep IV. Hij
regeerde van 1353 tot
1336 voor Christus.
Achnaton was nauwelijks
ge?nteresseerd in
politiek en handel
waardoorhet Egyptische
rijk onder zijn bewind in
economisch verval raakte.
Hij regeerde per decreet
waaronder de bevolking
zwaar te leiden had.
In die tijd was het
gebruikelijk dat de
farao’s meerdere
vrouwen hadden waarvan
hij eréén tot zijn
hoofdvrouw koos waarmee
hij zijn rijk regeerde.
Nefertete was de
uitverkorene. Een zeer
mooie, elegante vrouw,
die met haar invloed op
het harde beleid van
Achnaton nog voor enige
verlichting zorgde. Dit
en haar aanwezigheidbij
openbare presentaties
leidde ertoe dat zij bij
de bevolking een veel
grotere populariteit
genoot dan de farao zelf.
Achnaton hield zich
vooral bezig met
religieuze vraagstukken.
Hij brak met het idee dat
er meergoden zouden
bestaan. Volgens hem was
er slechts één god,
namelijk de zon. Deze
zonnegod noemde hij
Aton. Nadat deze
gedachte zich bij hem had
geopenbaard veranderde
hij zijn naam van
Amenhotep in Achnaton,
hetgeen in het
Egyptisch“Aton
welgevallig”
betekent. In zijn
zesde regeringsjaar
stichtte Achnaton de
nieuwe regeringszetel
“Achet-Aton”, ver van
de bewoonde wereld in de
woestijn. Deze stad,
het huidige Tell
el-Amarna in
Midden-Egypte,stond
geheel in het teken van
de zonnegod. Deze nieuwe
godsdienst stuitte op
veel weerstand bij de
bevolking en de
priesters. De
godsdienststrijd die
hierdoor ontstond
gekoppeld aan het
economische verval
zorgde, ondanks de
invloedvan Nefertete,
voor de ineenstorting van
het Egyptische rijk als
grote mogendheid. Na
de dood van Achnaton werd
de regeringszetel
“Achet-Aton” gebruikt
als steengroeve. Zijn
naam werd verwijderd van
de alle bouwwerken en
herinneringszuilen. $38.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
| Achnaton Orchestre d'harmonie [Conducteur et Parties séparées] - Intermédiaire Gobelin Music Publications
Concert Band/Harmonie - Grade 4 SKU: BT.GOB-000712-010 Composed by Jan Bo...(+)
Concert Band/Harmonie -
Grade 4 SKU:
BT.GOB-000712-010
Composed by Jan Bosveld.
Set (Score & Parts). 38
pages. Gobelin Music
Publications #GOB
000712-010. Published by
Gobelin Music
Publications
(BT.GOB-000712-010).
The Egyptian
pharaoh Amenhotep IV,
better known as Achnaton,
was the second son and
successor of Amenhotep
III. He reigned the
New Kingdom from 1353
until 1336 BC.
Achnatons lack of
interest in the economic
well-being of Egypt
ushered ina revolutionary
period in Egyptian
history. His harsh
reign induced much
suffering under the
population. During
this period when it was
customary for a pharaoh
to have many wives, he
had taken his cousin
Nefertete to reign as
queen at hisside. An
elegant and very
beautiful woman, she used
her influence to ease the
turmoil caused by
Achnaton. Combined
with her grace, her
presence at public
functions led to a
greater popularity among
her subjects than the
pharaoh
enjoyedhimself. Being
mostly preoccupied with
religious questions, he
declared that all the
other gods did not exist.
There was only one god,
the Aten, and it was the
sun itself. It was
now necessary to change
his name: ‘Amenhotep’
meaning ‘the god Amun
is satisfied’, because
he didnt want to be
associated with Amun or
any of the other
deities. He renamed
himself ‘Achnaton’
which means ‘servant of
the Aten’ -- a much
more appropriate
title! In the sixth
year of his reignAchnaton
also moved the capital to
a brand new city called
Achet-Aton (‘the
Horizon of the Aten’)
which was where Tel
el-Amarna stands today.
He did this to further
isolate himself from the
‘old’ religion, since
the previous capital
Thebes was thecentre of
worship of Amun. This
new religion created an
up rise among the
population and high
priests. In spite of
Nefertetes influence, the
falling economy and
religious conflict
resulted in the decline
of the Egyptian
empire. Hoping
toforget it ever
happened, people later
tried to eradicate all
traces of Achnaton and
his successors rule by
smashing their statues,
mutilating their mummies,
and ruining their relief
carvings. From that
moment on he was
remembered as
the‘heretic
king’.
This
composition was partially
funded by the ‘Prins
Bernhard
Cultuurfonds’.
D
e Egyptische farao
Achnaton was de zoon en
opvolger van Amenhotep
III en besteeg de troon
als Amenhotep IV. Hij
regeerde van 1353 tot
1336 voor Christus.
Achnaton was nauwelijks
ge?nteresseerd in
politiek en handel
waardoorhet Egyptische
rijk onder zijn bewind in
economisch verval raakte.
Hij regeerde per decreet
waaronder de bevolking
zwaar te leiden had.
In die tijd was het
gebruikelijk dat de
farao’s meerdere
vrouwen hadden waarvan
hij eréén tot zijn
hoofdvrouw koos waarmee
hij zijn rijk regeerde.
Nefertete was de
uitverkorene. Een zeer
mooie, elegante vrouw,
die met haar invloed op
het harde beleid van
Achnaton nog voor enige
verlichting zorgde. Dit
en haar aanwezigheidbij
openbare presentaties
leidde ertoe dat zij bij
de bevolking een veel
grotere populariteit
genoot dan de farao zelf.
Achnaton hield zich
vooral bezig met
religieuze vraagstukken.
Hij brak met het idee dat
er meergoden zouden
bestaan. Volgens hem was
er slechts één god,
namelijk de zon. Deze
zonnegod noemde hij
Aton. Nadat deze
gedachte zich bij hem had
geopenbaard veranderde
hij zijn naam van
Amenhotep in Achnaton,
hetgeen in het
Egyptisch“Aton
welgevallig”
betekent. In zijn
zesde regeringsjaar
stichtte Achnaton de
nieuwe regeringszetel
“Achet-Aton”, ver van
de bewoonde wereld in de
woestijn. Deze stad,
het huidige Tell
el-Amarna in
Midden-Egypte,stond
geheel in het teken van
de zonnegod. Deze nieuwe
godsdienst stuitte op
veel weerstand bij de
bevolking en de
priesters. De
godsdienststrijd die
hierdoor ontstond
gekoppeld aan het
economische verval
zorgde, ondanks de
invloedvan Nefertete,
voor de ineenstorting van
het Egyptische rijk als
grote mogendheid. Na
de dood van Achnaton werd
de regeringszetel
“Achet-Aton” gebruikt
als steengroeve. Zijn
naam werd verwijderd van
de alle bouwwerken en
herinneringszuilen. $205.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 4 to 6 weeks | | |
| The Clown of God-Video GIA Publications
SKU: GI.G-008181 Sacred. GIA Publications #008181. Published by GIA Publi...(+)
SKU: GI.G-008181
Sacred. GIA Publications
#008181. Published by GIA
Publications
(GI.G-008181). UPC:
641151081816. World
Library Publications'
presentation of The Clown
of God is a contemporary
retelling of the French
legend of a juggler who
offers the Christ Child
the only gift he
has—his
talent. The engaging
performance presented
here was filmed on
location at St. William
Church in Cincinnati,
Ohio, as part of the
National Association of
Pastoral Musicians
convention in July 2003.
Set to an original score
by Peter Fisher Hesed and
Thomas Kavanaugh, with
narrator text by Tomie
dePaola, The Clown of God
is the story of the
adventures of Giovanni, a
poor boy whose ability to
entertain brings him
renown. Through the use
of mime, simple settings
and costumes, and an
orchestra and chorus, the
people he meets on his
journey through the years
come alive. The message
is that God‚ love
is simple,
straightforward, and more
powerful than we ever
expect. Rarely is a
presentation as deeply
moving as this simple
fable of a clown who
gives the best of
himself. The Clown of God
is ideal viewing for
religious education
classes, youth groups,
music and drama programs,
and parish gatherings.
Or, use this video
presentation and the
companion orchestral or
small ensemble score to
inspire a live
performance in your own
community. Any audience
would want to share this
touching story of a
simple soul who reaches
the heart of God. VHS, 40
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| God Himself Is With Us Cloches Choristers Guild
(God Is Present With Us). By Joachim Neander (1650-1680). Arranged by Sondra K. ...(+)
(God Is Present With Us).
By Joachim Neander
(1650-1680). Arranged by
Sondra K. Tucker. For 3-5
octave handbell choir or
handchimes. Level 1.
Handbell score. 4 pages.
Published by Chorister's
Guild
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| Touched by the Christ - SA/B Part-dominant Rehearsal CDs (reproducible) Lorenz Publishing Company
SKU: LO.99-2446L The followers of Jesus reflect on His final days....(+)
SKU: LO.99-2446L
The followers of Jesus
reflect on His final
days. Composed by
Lloyd Larson. Choral,
cantatas. Eastertide,
Lent, Sacred. SA/B
part-dominant rehearsal
CD (reproducible). Lorenz
Publishing Company
#99/2446L. Published by
Lorenz Publishing Company
(LO.99-2446L). UPC:
000308120943. This
compelling reflection
upon Jesus’ final
days is viewed through
His eyes and the eyes of
those surrounding Him:
Mary, sister of Martha;
an officer to Caiaphas;
Judas; Peter; Jesus
Himself; Pilate; Mary,
the mother of Jesus; Mary
Magdalene; and Thomas. A
sequence of dramatic,
scripture-based
monologues tells the
story, alternating with
Lloyd Larson’s
masterfully inspired
music as the “voice
of the believerâ€
responds. Flexibly
conceived, this work may
be presented as simply or
as elaborately as you
wish, depending upon your
resources and
preferences. Performance
options range from use as
a source of single
anthems for your seasonal
service needs to a short
worship program with
monologues and choruses
or a special, fully
staged production. It is
our hope that this work
will prompt your own
reflections upon the
great wonder and mystery
of the Incarnate God Who,
for the love of His
people, humbled Himself,
dying for our salvation
and triumphing over
death. $49.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 1 to 2 weeks | | |
| Touched by the Christ - Orchestral Score and Parts Orchestre Lorenz Publishing Company
Orchestra SKU: LO.30-2423L The followers of Jesus reflect on His final...(+)
Orchestra SKU:
LO.30-2423L The
followers of Jesus
reflect on His final
days. Composed by
Lloyd Larson. Choral,
cantatas. Eastertide,
Lent, Sacred. Orchestral
score and parts. Lorenz
Publishing Company
#30/2423L. Published by
Lorenz Publishing Company
(LO.30-2423L). UPC:
000308120899. This
compelling reflection
upon Jesus’ final
days is viewed through
His eyes and the eyes of
those surrounding Him:
Mary, sister of Martha;
an officer to Caiaphas;
Judas; Peter; Jesus
Himself; Pilate; Mary,
the mother of Jesus; Mary
Magdalene; and Thomas. A
sequence of dramatic,
scripture-based
monologues tells the
story, alternating with
Lloyd Larson’s
masterfully inspired
music as the “voice
of the believerâ€
responds. Flexibly
conceived, this work may
be presented as simply or
as elaborately as you
wish, depending upon your
resources and
preferences. Performance
options range from use as
a source of single
anthems for your seasonal
service needs to a short
worship program with
monologues and choruses
or a special, fully
staged production. It is
our hope that this work
will prompt your own
reflections upon the
great wonder and mystery
of the Incarnate God Who,
for the love of His
people, humbled Himself,
dying for our salvation
and triumphing over
death. $349.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 1 to 2 weeks | | |
| Touched by the Christ - Bulk SATB Performance CDs (10 pak) Lorenz Publishing Company
SKU: LO.99-2443L The followers of Jesus reflect on His final days....(+)
SKU: LO.99-2443L
The followers of Jesus
reflect on His final
days. Composed by
Lloyd Larson. Choral
cantata. Eastertide,
Lent, Sacred. Bulk SATB
performance CDs (10 pak).
Lorenz Publishing Company
#99/2443L. Published by
Lorenz Publishing Company
(LO.99-2443L). UPC:
000308120912. This
compelling reflection
upon Jesus’ final
days is viewed through
His eyes and the eyes of
those surrounding Him:
Mary, sister of Martha;
an officer to Caiaphas;
Judas; Peter; Jesus
Himself; Pilate; Mary,
the mother of Jesus; Mary
Magdalene; and Thomas. A
sequence of dramatic,
scripture-based
monologues tells the
story, alternating with
Lloyd Larson’s
masterfully inspired
music as the “voice
of the believerâ€
responds. Flexibly
conceived, this work may
be presented as simply or
as elaborately as you
wish, depending upon your
resources and
preferences. Performance
options range from use as
a source of single
anthems for your seasonal
service needs to a short
worship program with
monologues and choruses
or a special, fully
staged production. It is
our hope that this work
will prompt your own
reflections upon the
great wonder and mystery
of the Incarnate God Who,
for the love of His
people, humbled Himself,
dying for our salvation
and triumphing over
death. $69.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 1 to 2 weeks | | |
| Touched by the Christ - SATB Performance CD Lorenz Publishing Company
SKU: LO.99-2442L The followers of Jesus reflect on His final days....(+)
SKU: LO.99-2442L
The followers of Jesus
reflect on His final
days. Composed by
Lloyd Larson. Choral
cantata. Eastertide,
Lent, Sacred. SATB
performance CD. Lorenz
Publishing Company
#99/2442L. Published by
Lorenz Publishing Company
(LO.99-2442L). UPC:
000308120905. This
compelling reflection
upon Jesus’ final
days is viewed through
His eyes and the eyes of
those surrounding Him:
Mary, sister of Martha;
an officer to Caiaphas;
Judas; Peter; Jesus
Himself; Pilate; Mary,
the mother of Jesus; Mary
Magdalene; and Thomas. A
sequence of dramatic,
scripture-based
monologues tells the
story, alternating with
Lloyd Larson’s
masterfully inspired
music as the “voice
of the believerâ€
responds. Flexibly
conceived, this work may
be presented as simply or
as elaborately as you
wish, depending upon your
resources and
preferences. Performance
options range from use as
a source of single
anthems for your seasonal
service needs to a short
worship program with
monologues and choruses
or a special, fully
staged production. It is
our hope that this work
will prompt your own
reflections upon the
great wonder and mystery
of the Incarnate God Who,
for the love of His
people, humbled Himself,
dying for our salvation
and triumphing over
death. $16.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 1 to 2 weeks | | |
| Touched by the Christ - Performance CD/SAB Score Combination Lorenz Publishing Company
SKU: LO.55-1129L The followers of Jesus reflect on His final days....(+)
SKU: LO.55-1129L
The followers of Jesus
reflect on His final
days. Composed by
Lloyd Larson. Choral
cantata. Holy Week,
Eastertide, Lent, Sacred.
Performance CD/sab score
combination. Lorenz
Publishing Company
#55/1129L. Published by
Lorenz Publishing Company
(LO.55-1129L). UPC:
000308121506. This
compelling reflection
upon Jesus’ final
days is viewed through
His eyes and the eyes of
those surrounding Him:
Mary, sister of Martha;
an officer to Caiaphas;
Judas; Peter; Jesus
Himself; Pilate; Mary,
the mother of Jesus; Mary
Magdalene; and Thomas. A
sequence of dramatic,
scripture-based
monologues tells the
story, alternating with
Lloyd Larson’s
masterfully inspired
music as the “voice
of the believerâ€
responds. Flexibly
conceived, this work may
be presented as simply or
as elaborately as you
wish, depending upon your
resources and
preferences. Performance
options range from use as
a source of single
anthems for your seasonal
service needs to a short
worship program with
monologues and choruses
or a special, fully
staged production. It is
our hope that this work
will prompt your own
reflections upon the
great wonder and mystery
of the Incarnate God Who,
for the love of His
people, humbled Himself,
dying for our salvation
and triumphing over
death. $17.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 1 to 2 weeks | | |
| Without Form and Void Chorale SATB SATB, Piano Theodore Presser Co.
Choral SATB choir, piano SKU: PR.362034230 A Prologue to THE CREATION ...(+)
Choral SATB choir, piano
SKU: PR.362034230
A Prologue to THE
CREATION by Franz Joseph
Haydn. Composed by
Dan Welcher. Sws.
Premiered at the
Northwest Hills United
Methodist Church, Austin,
TX. Choral. Performance
Score. With Standard
notation. Composed July 5
2014. 16 pages. Duration
5:15. Theodore Presser
Company #362-03423.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.362034230). ISBN
9781598069556. UPC:
680160624225. Letter
inches.
English. When the
Texas Choral Consort
asked Welcher to write a
short prologue to Haydn's
The Creation, his first
reaction was that Haydn
already presents Chaos in
his introductory
movement. As he thought
about it, Welcher began
envisioning a truer void
to precede Haydn's
depiction of Chaos within
the scope of 18th-century
classical style - quoting
some of Haydn's themes
and showing human voices
and inhuman sounds in a
kind of pre-creation
melange of color, mood,
and atmosphere. Welcher
accepted this challenge
with the proviso that his
prologue would lead
directly into Haydn's
masterpiece without
stopping, and certainly
without applause in
between. Scored for mixed
chorus and Haydn's
instrumentation, Without
Form and Void is a
dramatically fresh yet
pragmatic enhancement to
deepen any performance of
Haydn's The Creation.
Orchestral score and
parts are available on
rental. When Brent
Baldwin asked me to
consider writing a short
prologue to THE CREATION,
my first response was
“Why?â€Â
THE CREATION already
contains a prologue;
it’s called
“Representation of
Chaosâ€, and
it’s
Haydn’s way of
showing the formless
universe. How could a
new piece do anything but
get in the way? But
the more I thought about
it, the more it made
sense. The Age of
Enlightenment’s
idea of
“Chaos†was
just extended
chromaticism, no more
than Bach used (in fact,
Bach went
further).Perhaps there
might be a way to use the
full resources of the
modern orchestra (or at
least, a Haydn-sized
orchestra) and the modern
chorus to really present
a cosmic soup of unborn
musical atoms, just
waiting for
Haydn’s sure touch
to animate them.Â
Perhaps it could even
quote some of
Haydn’s themes
before he knew them
himself, and also show
human voices and inhuman
sounds in a kind of
pre-creation mélange
of color, mood, and
atmosphere. So I
accepted the challenge,
with the proviso that my
new piece not be treated
as some kind of
“overtureâ€,
but would instead be
allowed to lead directly
into Haydn’s
masterpiece without
stopping, and certainly
without applause. I
crafted this five minute
piece to begin with a
kind of “music of
the spheresâ€
universe-hum, created by
tuned wine glasses and
violin harmonics. The
chorus enters very soon
after, with the opening
words of Genesis
whispered simultaneously
in as many languages as
can be found in a
chorus. The first two
minutes of my work are
all about unborn human
voices and unfocused
planetary sounds,
gradually becoming more
and more
“coherentâ€
until we finally hear
actual pitches, melodies,
and words. Three of
Haydn’s melodies
will be heard, to be
specific, but not in the
way he will present them
an hour from now.Â
It’s almost as if
we are listening inside
the womb of the universe,
looking for a faint
heartbeat of worlds,
animals, and people to
come. At the end of
the piece, the chorus
finally finds its voice
with a single word:
“God!â€,Â
and the orchestra finally
finds its own pulse as
well. The unstoppable
desire for birth must now
be answered, and it
is----by Haydn’s
marvelous oratorio. I
am not a religious man in
any traditional
sense. Neither was
Haydn, nor Mozart, nor
Beethoven. But all of
them, as well as I, share
in what is now called a
humanistic view of how
things came to be, how
life in its many forms
developed on this planet,
and how Man became the
recorder of history.Â
The gospel according to
John begins with a parody
of Genesis: “In
the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was
with God, and the Word
was God.â€Â  I
love that phrase, and
it’s in that
spirit that I offer my
humble
“opener†to
the finest work of one of
the greatest composers
Western music has ever
known. My piece is
not supposed to sound
like Haydn.Â
It’s supposed to
sound like a giant
palette, on which a
composer in 1798 might
find more outrageous
colors than his era would
permit…but which, I
hope, he would have been
delighted to hear. $3.50 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 1 to 2 weeks | | |
| No Greater Sacrifice - Perf CD/SATB Score Combination Chorale SATB SATB, Piano [Vocal Score + CD] Lorenz Publishing Company
(Remembering Christ's final days and ultimate gift of love). By Larry Shackley. ...(+)
(Remembering Christ's
final days and ultimate
gift of love). By Larry
Shackley. For CD Kit.
Holy Week, Eastertide,
Lent, Sacred. Cantata
$16.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 1 to 2 weeks | | |
| No Greater Sacrifice - SA/B Part-dominant Rehearsal CDs (reproducible) Lorenz Publishing Company
SKU: LO.99-2654L Remembering Christ's final days and ultimate gift of ...(+)
SKU: LO.99-2654L
Remembering Christ's
final days and ultimate
gift of love.
Composed by Larry
Shackley. Choral,
cantatas. Holy Week,
Eastertide, Lent, Sacred.
SA/B part-dominant
rehearsal CD
(reproducible). Lorenz
Publishing Company
#99/2654L. Published by
Lorenz Publishing Company
(LO.99-2654L). UPC:
000308124330. No
Greater Sacrifice is a
thoughtful review of the
last days of Jesus'
earthly life as He
prepared Himself and His
followers for that which
was to come. It is a
poignant look at the
Master as He fulfilled
the call of God and
became the sacrificial
Lamb. The inspirational
blending of music,
lyrics, and narration
provides the framework
for a most meaningful
worship experience. This
work may be presented in
a single 20–25
minute performance, or
the five individual
anthems and their
correlating narratives
may be used to present
the final days of Jesus'
life during a series of
Lenten or Holy Week
services. Beginning with
the Palm Sunday entrance
into Jerusalem and
concluding with the
resounding refrain Worthy
Is the Lamb!, this
flexible and practical
worship resource is
designed specifically for
creative church musicians
to use during the busy
Lenten season. $59.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 1 to 2 weeks | | |
| No Greater Sacrifice - Accompaniment CD Lorenz Publishing Company
SKU: LO.99-2652L Remembering Christ's final days and ultimate gift of ...(+)
SKU: LO.99-2652L
Remembering Christ's
final days and ultimate
gift of love.
Composed by Larry
Shackley. Choral,
cantatas. Holy Week,
Eastertide, Lent, Sacred.
Accompaniment CD. Lorenz
Publishing Company
#99/2652L. Published by
Lorenz Publishing Company
(LO.99-2652L). UPC:
000308124316. No
Greater Sacrifice is a
thoughtful review of the
last days of Jesus'
earthly life as He
prepared Himself and His
followers for that which
was to come. It is a
poignant look at the
Master as He fulfilled
the call of God and
became the sacrificial
Lamb. The inspirational
blending of music,
lyrics, and narration
provides the framework
for a most meaningful
worship experience. This
work may be presented in
a single 20–25
minute performance, or
the five individual
anthems and their
correlating narratives
may be used to present
the final days of Jesus'
life during a series of
Lenten or Holy Week
services. Beginning with
the Palm Sunday entrance
into Jerusalem and
concluding with the
resounding refrain Worthy
Is the Lamb!, this
flexible and practical
worship resource is
designed specifically for
creative church musicians
to use during the busy
Lenten season. $79.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 1 to 2 weeks | | |
| No Greater Sacrifice - Performance CD Lorenz Publishing Company
SKU: LO.99-2650L Remembering Christ's final days and ultimate gift of ...(+)
SKU: LO.99-2650L
Remembering Christ's
final days and ultimate
gift of love.
Composed by Larry
Shackley. Choral,
cantatas. Holy Week,
Eastertide, Lent, Sacred.
Performance CD. Lorenz
Publishing Company
#99/2650L. Published by
Lorenz Publishing Company
(LO.99-2650L). UPC:
000308124293. No
Greater Sacrifice is a
thoughtful review of the
last days of Jesus'
earthly life as He
prepared Himself and His
followers for that which
was to come. It is a
poignant look at the
Master as He fulfilled
the call of God and
became the sacrificial
Lamb. The inspirational
blending of music,
lyrics, and narration
provides the framework
for a most meaningful
worship experience. This
work may be presented in
a single 20–25
minute performance, or
the five individual
anthems and their
correlating narratives
may be used to present
the final days of Jesus'
life during a series of
Lenten or Holy Week
services. Beginning with
the Palm Sunday entrance
into Jerusalem and
concluding with the
resounding refrain Worthy
Is the Lamb!, this
flexible and practical
worship resource is
designed specifically for
creative church musicians
to use during the busy
Lenten season. Includes
SATB and SAB
versions. $16.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 1 to 2 weeks | | |
| Symphony No. 5 in E major Op. 177 Orchestre [Conducteur] Breitkopf & Härtel
Orchestra (Picc.2.2.2.2 - 4.2.3.0 - timp.trg.side dr - str) SKU: BR.PB-5698(+)
Orchestra (Picc.2.2.2.2 -
4.2.3.0 - timp.trg.side
dr - str) SKU:
BR.PB-5698 Lenore
- Urtext. Composed by
Joachim Raff. Edited by
Iris Eggenschwiler.
Orchestra; Softbound.
Partitur-Bibliothek
(Score Library). Romantic
period. Full score. 232
pages. Duration 40'.
Breitkopf and Haertel #PB
5698. Published by
Breitkopf and Haertel
(BR.PB-5698). ISBN
9790004216354. 10 x 12.5
inches. Joachim
Raff's Fifth Symphony
Lenore op. 177, composed
in 1872, reveals the
composer as a
representative of the
middle ground between
Neo-German aesthetics and
the symphonic tradition.
It owes its name to G. A.
Burger's ballade, which
is the programmatic basis
of the final movement.
Using this literary
model, Raff oriented
himself to the Berlioz
program symphonies and
the Liszt symphonic-poem
concept, on the one hand,
but on the other, he let
the three preceding
movements follow
traditional symphonic
form. Raff conducted the
Lenore symphony's
premiere in December 1872
in a concert by the
Furstliche Hofkapelle in
Sondershausen. The
concert went to his
satisfaction, although
the audience evidently
did not know what to make
of the work: [...] and
the symphony [...] was
played before this
faintly musical party.
Essentially for the
greater glory of God and
my edification, less for
that of the said public,
which seems to have been
rather horrified by it.
His friend Hans von Bulow
had, however, a great
pleasure in hearing the
symphony the following
year in Berlin. In her
preface, the editor Iris
Eggenschwiler provides
detailed information
about the work's genesis,
documents Raff's ideas
and intentions, and
facilitates a
comprehensive orientation
within the historical
context. Breitkopf &
Hartel is now presenting
for the first time with
this symphony an
orchestral work by Raff
in a modern Urtext
edition, thus also
continuing its
collaboration with the
Joachim-Raff-Gesellschaft
.In collaboration with
the Joachim-Raff-Archiv
Lachen (CH). $118.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 24 hours - In Stock | | |
| Good! (the Lord Is Good) Chorale SATB Hinshaw Music Inc.
(SATB) SKU: HL.1436098 Composed by Gale Jones Murphy. Hinshaw Music. Octa...(+)
(SATB) SKU:
HL.1436098 Composed
by Gale Jones Murphy.
Hinshaw Music. Octavo. 12
pages. Hinshaw Music
#HMC2710. Published by
Hinshaw Music
(HL.1436098). UPC:
196288203964.
6.75x10.5x0.029
inches. A new piece
in the Brandon A. Boyd
Choral Series, renowned
pianist and exceptional
composer, Gale Jones
Murphy, presents her
extraordinary original
composition, 'GOOD,'
guaranteed to enthral
audiences and leave them
on their feet. Infused
with the unmistakable
influence of Richard
Smallwood, this piece is
a heartfelt dedication to
the maestro himself. From
the composer herself,
Gale Jones Murphy shares,
'How honored I am that
you're bringing my
God-inspired music to
life. I encourage you to
sing this anthem from a
place of deep gratitude
for the goodness in your
life. Take a moment to
reflect not only on the
tangible blessings but
also the intangible ones,
such as mercy and
grace.'. $3.25 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 24 hours - In Stock | | |
| What Kind of Throne - Choral Book Word Music
Intermediate SKU: WD.080689582172 Composed by Tony Wood. Choral, cantatas...(+)
Intermediate SKU:
WD.080689582172
Composed by Tony Wood.
Choral, cantatas.
Christmas. Book. Word
Music #080689582172.
Published by Word Music
(WD.080689582172).
UPC:
080689582172. It
was a moment like none
other in heaven. One
night in history, one
instant in time, God the
Son, Who existed alw. ys
and forever in perfect
communion with God the
Father, was preparing to
step from Heaven onto the
earth
below...
The
Integrity Music
Choral Series, in
association with Word
Music & Church
Resources, presents
WHAT KIND OF
THRONE, a new
Christmas Musical of
Wonder and Worship,
created by Michael
Farren, Tony Wood
and Cliff
Duren.
E
pic soundscapes, complex
textures,
Biblically-sound and
poetic lyrics,
thoughtprovoking
narrative and more, all
combine to inform and
inspire this freshly
constructed Christmas
service for Worship
Choir, Worship Team,
Soloists, Narrators, Band
and Orchestra. Deeply
moving songs create a
beautiful atmosphere of
worship as we celebrate
the advent of the newborn
King, our Lord and
Savior,
Jesus.
Our
Savior, from before the
beginning of time, loved
us and planned to redeem
us. The highest King
chose to come to the
lowest place. This
holiday season, may we
stand in wonder of the
One Who came, pursuing
us. May we worship Him
with great joy and
celebration...the Holy
One who humbled
Himself...to come to
us.
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