Music Drama in 3
Acts. Composed by
Richard Wagner. Choir;
stapled. Chor-Bibliothek
(Choral Library).
Richard Wagner wrote
Tristan and
Isolde in the years
1857 to 1859. The first
edition was published by
Breitkopf & Hartel in
Leipzig in 1860. The
world premiere took place
in the Konigliches Hof-
und National-Theater in
Munich on 10 June 1865 u.
Opera; Music theatre;
Romantic. Choral score. 8
pages. Breitkopf and
Haertel #ChB 138-02.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel
(BR.CHB-138-02).
ISBN
9790004400791. 6 x 8.5
inches.
Translation
s: engl. (H. und F.
Comer), french (A.
Ernst/P. Bruck) Place:
Tristan's ship, King
Mark's castle in
Cornwall, Tristan's
castle Characters:
Tristan (tenor) - King
Mark (bass) - Isolde
(soprano) - Kurwenal
(baritone) - Melot
(tenor) - Brangane
(mezzo-soprano) -
Shephard (tenor) - Mate
(baritone) - Voice of a
young sailor (tenor)In
1856 pressing financial
obligations forced Wagner
to interrupt the
composition of the Ring
to work on Tristan und
Isolde. He initially
planned a work that was
modest in its production
and performance demands.
The project was also
given priority not least
because of the prospect
of the royalties which he
would then receive. He
once again turned to
Breitkopf & Hartel for
the performance material:
'Tristan und Isolde' is
scheduled to be given its
first performance at the
end of this year. I still
hope that it will take
place in Karlsruhe under
my guidance. Due to the
celebrity that I have now
acquired, I assume that a
new and easily
performable work of mine
should be able to spread
very quickly across the
German stages in its
first winter season.
Wagner was wrong.
although the publisher
had spent a great deal of
time and money in
producing preliminary
material, Wagner wrote to
Breitkopf & Hartel from
Munich in November 1864:
The squalor of Germany's
opera singers and the
vile condition of its
opera houses have so far
dissuaded me from
allowing a performance of
'Tristan und Isolde'.
What I needed was an
impassioned young monarch
to restore my courage.
Next spring you will hear
about the work's premiere
in Munich, and you will
then hopefully become
more confident about this
publication.
Richa
rd Wagner wrote Tristan
and Isolde in the years
1857 to 1859. The first
edition was published by
Breitkopf & Hartel in
Leipzig in 1860. The
world premiere took place
in the Konigliches Hof-
und National-Theater in
Munich on 10 June 1865
under the direction of
Hans von Bulow.
Composed by Richard Wagner (1813-1883). Edited by Egon Voss. For Voice, Piano Ac...(+)
Composed by Richard
Wagner (1813-1883).
Edited by Egon Voss. For
Voice, Piano
Accompaniment (Vocal
Score). This edition:
Urtext edition. Schott.
Vocal score. 416 pages.
Schott Music #ED20542.
Published by Schott Music
Piano - Grade 4 SKU: FA.MFCD007PN By Nicolas Horvath. By Claude Debussy a...(+)
Piano - Grade 4
SKU:
FA.MFCD007PN
By
Nicolas Horvath. By
Claude Debussy and Robert
Orledge. Rediscoverd
Debussy. Classical,
Impressionistic. Score.
Musik Fabrik #MFCD007PN.
Published by Musik Fabrik
(FA.MFCD007PN).
8.27 x
11.69
inches.
Debussy's
friendship with the
versatile poet and
playwright Gabriel Mourey
began in 1899, and in
July 1907 Mourey offered
Debussy a libretto based
on Le roman de Tristan -
Joseph Bedier's
adaptation of a
twelfth-century Breton
romance by the
Anglo-Norman poet known
as Thomas - which had
recently been published
in Paris. Debussy
enthusiastically outlined
the four-act plot to
Victor Segalen that
October, and the main
differences from Wagner's
Tristan und Isolde are
that none of the action
takes place in Cornwall
and that Isolde of the
White Hands is found
guilty of cuckolding King
Marc with Tristan, who
has to rescue her from
the leper colony in which
she is abandoned in Act
1. She also betrays him
when he goes mad at the
end.
The idea of a
Tristan that restored its
'legendary character' and
had no connections with
Wagner, appealed to
Debussy, who was
extremely moved by the
circumstances of
Tristan's death. Even if
he thought that Mourey's
poetry was 'not very
lyrical and many passages
do not exactly invite
music', he did work on
the libretto and the
music that summer and
sent his publisher,
Jacques Durand, 'one of
the 363 themes for the
Roman de Tristan' in a
letter sent from
Pourville on 23 August,
1907. The present prelude
grows from this theme,
together with the
poignant Breton folksong
Le Faucon. After a short
atmospheric introduction,
Debussy's dance-like
theme (which is
definitely not a
leitmotif) gradually
gains momentum and after
it reaches its ecstatic
climax, representing the
transient happiness of
the lovers, it dissolves
into an expressive coda
and an elegiac close (all
growing from Debussy's
opening, off-stage
trumpet calls), leaving
us with the ultimate
tragedy of their
ill-fated
affair.
Unfortunat
ely, Mourey's actual
libretto has been lost
and the project
eventually foundered
because Bedier's cousin,
Louis Artus, wanted
Debussy to use the
scenario he had prepared
and copyrighted for the
stage, and would not
allow him to proceed with
Mourey's version.
Debussy, it need hardly
be said, would never have
dreamed of collaborating
with the author of the
vaudeville hit La culotte
(The pants)!
Alto Saxophone SKU: HL.14032526 Composed by Keuris. Tristan. Music Sales ...(+)
Alto Saxophone
SKU:
HL.14032526
Composed
by Keuris. Tristan. Music
Sales America. Post-1900.
Book [Softcover]. 6
pages. Music Sales
#NOV952677. Published by
Music Sales
(HL.14032526).
8.25x11.75x0.055
inches.
Tristan
Keuris was an
award-winning Dutch
composer of the 20th
century. His Canzone was
originally composed for
the Tromp Benelux Music
Competition in 1990, so
is replete with technical
challenge. It was
originally written for
clarinet and has here
been scored for Alto
Saxophone by Raaf
Hekkema.Hekkema is an
internationally
celebrated Saxophonist
who is best known,
perhaps, for scoring and
recording Paganini's
Caprices for Saxophone
solo.
Trombone Octet - advanced SKU: CY.CC2742 Composed by Richard Wagner. Arra...(+)
Trombone Octet - advanced
SKU: CY.CC2742
Composed by Richard
Wagner. Arranged by
Randall Malmstrom. German
Romantic. Score and
parts. Published by
Cherry Classics
(CY.CC2742).
Liebestod
(German for Love Death)
is the title of the
final, dramatic music
from the 1859 opera
Tristan and Isolde by
Richard Wagner. The music
is actually an aria that
Isolde sings over
Tristan's dead body
before she herself is
consumed in death.
The music is
lush, with rich harmonies
and undulating rhythms as
the agony of death is
also meshed with the
passion of
love.
Randall
Malmstrom has scored this
7-minute work for
Trombone octet of
advanced performers.
Solo and Piano Reduction. Composed by Jaromir Weinberger (1886-1967). Arra...(+)
Solo and Piano Reduction.
Composed by Jaromir
Weinberger (1886-1967).
Arranged by Tristan
Willems.
Southern Music.
Classical,
Concert. Softcover. 24
pages. Southern Music
Company #SU821. Published
by
Southern Music Company
Utopies dans le decor Piano, Voix, Guitare tablature [Conducteur] Bookmakers International
Voice, guitar tablature or piano SKU: LM.PB759 By Pep's. By Pep's. Album....(+)
Voice, guitar tablature
or piano
SKU:
LM.PB759
By Pep's. By
Pep's. Album. Pop, jazz.
Score. Bookmakers
International #PB759.
Published by Bookmakers
International (LM.PB759).
ISBN
9790231307597.
Melo
die - Poterie des Dieux -
Liberta - Dans ma tete -
J'te serre - Une utopie
dans le decor - Fakir -
Non identifie - Ca va...
- De l'air - A
l'insouciance - Me
contenter de rien - ...Ca
vient - Tristan -
M'asseoir - Boum boum -
La P'tite recolte du
jardinier.
(Opera: Tristan und Isolde). By Richard Wagner (1813-1883). For Mezzo-Soprano so...(+)
(Opera: Tristan und
Isolde). By Richard
Wagner (1813-1883). For
Mezzo-Soprano solo voice
(Mezzo-Soprano
dramatico). Role:
Brangane. Opera,
Classical. CD. Text
language: German.
Published by Pocket Coach
Publications
Piano, English Horn - Difficulty: medium to medium-difficult SKU: HL.50333080...(+)
Piano, English Horn -
Difficulty: medium to
medium-difficult
SKU:
HL.50333080
English Horn and
Piano. Composed by
Various. Edited by P.
Thomas. Woodwind.
Classical. Book only.
With solo part, standard
notation and piano
accompaniment. 64 pages.
G. Schirmer #ED2988.
Published by G. Schirmer
(HL.50333080).
ISBN
9780793508723. UPC:
073999330809. 9x12
inches.
Stacy/Thomas.
Piano SKU: BT.EMBZ8526 Einleitung. By Zoltan Kocsis. By Richard Wa...(+)
Piano
SKU:
BT.EMBZ8526
Einleitung. By
Zoltan Kocsis. By Richard
Wagner. Book Only.
Composed 1978. 8 pages.
Editio Musica Budapest
#EMBZ8526. Published by
Editio Musica Budapest
(BT.EMBZ8526).
German.
Zoltá
n Kocsis (1952-2016) left
a lasting mark not only
as a phenomenal pianist,
but as a musical
polymath: his genius
combined the composer,
conductor, editor,
instrumentalist, and
orchestrator. With his
transcriptions he
enriched the symphonic,
chamber, song, and piano
repertoires with a
hundred and fifty
works.This publication
contains a transcription
by Kocsis of the prelude
to Wagner's Tristan und
Isolde. In 1982 the work
was recorded played by
Kocsis, and today we
regularly find it in
pianists' programmes.
This publication is
printed on high quality,
durable paper made from
renewable raw materials
in an environmentally
friendly way.
Cello SKU: HL.14032529 Composed by Tristan Keuris. Music Sales America. C...(+)
Cello
SKU:
HL.14032529
Composed
by Tristan Keuris. Music
Sales America. Classical.
Book [Softcover]. Music
Sales #NOV950545.
Published by Music Sales
(HL.14032529).
The Double
Concerto was commissioned
by the BBC for the BBC
Philharmonic Orchestra to
perform at the
International Cello
Festival in Manchester on
30 April 1992, with
soloists Ralph Kirshbaum
and Gregor Horsch, and
conductor Raymond
Leppard.
Saxophone SKU: HL.14032531 Composed by Tristan Keuris. Music Sales Americ...(+)
Saxophone
SKU:
HL.14032531
Composed
by Tristan Keuris. Music
Sales America. Classical.
Book [Softcover]. Music
Sales #NOV360113.
Published by Music Sales
(HL.14032531).
8.5x11.75x0.287
inches.
This work
is scored for Saxophone
Quartet. It was
commissioned by the
Rascher Saxophone Quartet
and premiered at St.
John's Smith Square in
1987. Score available:
NOV360112.