SKU: CA.410300

Composed by Franz Schreker. Edited by Iris Pfeiffer, Christopher Hailey. This edition: Paperbound. German title: Das Chorwerk. Sacred, Motets, Psalms, German, Secular Choral Music; Occasions: Mourning, Death. Collection. Carus Verlag #CV 04.103/00. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.410300).

ISBN 9790007076054.

Fran z Schreker had a long and close association with choral music. As founder and director of Vienna's Philharmonic Chorus he led world premieres and first performances of works by contemporary composers. It is surprising, therefore, that Schreker wrote relatively few independent choral works; only three of these works (with various scorings) were published in his lifetime. Now, for the first time this critical edition, prepared by Christopher Hailey, director of the Franz Schreker Foundation, makes available a body of works that sheds new light on Schreker's musical evolution and, in its own right, constitutes a notable addition to twentieth-century choral literature.

By Franz Schreker. Contemporary choral music. Score. 20 pages. Published by Carus Verlag (German import).

Orchestra SSA choir, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, timpani, harp, organ, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass [piano for rehearsal only]

SKU: CA.751005

Composed by Franz Schreker. Edited by Christopher Hailey, Iris Pfeiffer. Sacred vocal music, Psalms, German. Choral Score. Composed 1900. 8 pages. Duration 14 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 07.510/05. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.751005).

ISBN 9790007113407. Language: German.

Franz Schreker was an important representative of the Wiener Moderne and one of the most successful opera composers at the beginning of the 20th century. To conclude his studies at the Vienna Conservatory he set Psalm 116 for women's choir and orchestra (1900) and dedicated to his beloved teacher Robert Fuchs, in reverence. Fuchs, the highly respected composition teacher, was a close friend of Johannes Brahms and a champion of Brahms's romantic classicism. Thus, Schreker's psalm setting closely follows the tonal language of Brahms. In 1901 Psalm 116 was first performed in a concert of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna, and was first published in the same year by the Viennese publisher Adolf Robitschek. The scoring of the psalm is identical with that of Brahms's Deutsches Requiem, which would suggest and facilitate a performance of both these on the same concert program. Score available separately - see item CA.751000.

Soli (kl. Chor), SATB Choir (teilw. geteilt)

SKU: CA.2708905

Composed by Felix Petyrek. Edited by Claus Woschenko. Sacred vocal music, Masses, Latin, Whole church year / Omni tempore. Choral Score. Composed 1949. 32 pages. Duration 25 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 27.089/05. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.2708905).

ISBN 9790007187101. Language: Latin.

Besides Ernst Krenek and the Czech composer, Alois Haba, Felix Petyrek (1892-1951) was one the most important pupils who studied under Franz Schreker in the latter's early composition classes in Vienna. In his Missa phrygica, written in 1949 for four to eight voices (it can be performed by a choir with soloists/small choir), Petyrek employs elements of vocal polyphony from the Renaissance and early Baroque in a very personal, modern contrapuntal fashion. However, the brightness of the splendid sonority in both the Gloria and Credo, obtained essentially through the use of chains of parallel fifths, shows the influence of his teacher, Franz Schreker. Score available separately - see item CA.2708900.

By Franz Schreker (1878-1934). For 7 Wind Instruments, 11 Strings, Harp, Celeste, Harmonium, Piano, Timpani, Percussion. The New Study Score Series. World Premiere: in Musikverein Wien / Austria; by the Professoren der Musikakademie; conducted by Franz Schreker. Study score. Composed 1916

Orchestra TTBB choir, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass

SKU: CA.760603

Composed by Franz Schreker. Edited by Christopher Hailey, Iris Pfeiffer. Secular choral music. Vocal score. 4 pages. Duration 3 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 07.606/03. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.760603).

ISBN 9790007126384. Language: German.

Konig Tejas Begrabnis (1899) shows how Schreker was influenced by his work with the Doblinger Mannergesangverein, of which he was a member. In this work he set a text by Felix Dahn from Dahn's historical novel, Ein Kampf um Rom (1876), which dealt with the collapse of the eastern Goths in the sixth century. The four-verse chorus, Gebt Raum, ihr Volker, unserm Schritt, is a verse taken from the last chapter of the novel. It describes how the last surviving Goths bring their fallen King Teja back to the mythical homeland of Thule. It is true, that the majestic work for four men's voice is accompanied by a large orchestra, however the orchestral means are used sparingly, whether to support the choir, to provide a background (with string tremoli and timpani), or to play fanfares with horns and trombones. Score available separately - see item CA.760600.

String Quartet (Score & Parts)

SKU: HL.48025043

Score and Parts. Composed by Ignace Strasfogal. Boosey & Hawkes Chamber Music. Classical, Modern, Neo Classical. Softcover. 76 pages. Bote & Bock #M202535806. Published by Bote & Bock (HL.48025043).

UPC: 196288021728.

Ignac e Strasfogel (1909 - 1994), a master student of Franz Schreker and Leonid Kreutzer, the youngest student at the Berlin Hochschule and the youngest recipient of the prestigious Mendelssohn Prize of the Weimar Republic, made a career as a conductor at the Metropolitan Opera after his emigration in 1934. His String Quartet No. 1, probably written in 1927 as the final work of his studies with Schreker, is an early work of the highest perfection. In the first of the two movements, grotesque-capricious scenariosare revitalized by contrapuntal artistry. The second, non less polypohnic, is a widely branched scherzo with an elegiac trio section. Just as striking is the harmony: With individually shaping of all four parts, all facets up to polytonality and complete detachment from functional tonality are explored - in a certain affinity with the musical language of Alban Berg, not without tongue-in-cheek references to the neoclassicism of the 1920s. A just as original as important contribution to the quartet repertoireof the early twentieth century.

Orchestra TTBB choir, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass

SKU: CA.760600

Composed by Franz Schreker. Edited by Christopher Hailey, Iris Pfeiffer. This edition: Paperbound. Secular choir music. German title: Konig Tejas Begrabnis. Secular choral music. Full score. Duration 3 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 07.606/00. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.760600).

ISBN 9790007112998. Language: German.

Konig Tejas Begrabnis (1899) shows how Schreker was influenced by his work with the Doblinger Mannergesangverein, of which he was a member. In this work he set a text by Felix Dahn from Dahn's historical novel, Ein Kampf um Rom (1876), which dealt with the collapse of the eastern Goths in the sixth century. The four-verse chorus, Gebt Raum, ihr Volker, unserm Schritt, is a verse taken from the last chapter of the novel. It describes how the last surviving Goths bring their fallen King Teja back to the mythical homeland of Thule. It is true, that the majestic work for four men's voice is accompanied by a large orchestra, however the orchestral means are used sparingly, whether to support the choir, to provide a background (with string tremoli and timpani), or to play fanfares with horns and trombones.

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SKU: TM.05723SC

Composed by Franz Schreker. Score. Lucks Music Library #A8183. Published by Lucks Music Library (TM.05723SC).

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SKU: TM.09381SC

Composed by Franz Schreker. Score. Lucks Music Library #A5882. Published by Lucks Music Library (TM.09381SC).

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