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
(Arrangement for Piano Solo). By Franz Liszt (1811-1886) and Richard Wagner (181...(+)
(Arrangement for Piano
Solo). By Franz Liszt
(1811-1886) and Richard
Wagner (1813-1883).
Edited by Dominik Rahmer.
For Piano,
Piano/Keyboard. Henle
Music Folios. Softcover.
16 pages. G. Henle
#HN558. Published by G.
Henle
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.
Composed by Richard Wagner (1813-1883). Arranged by Ralph Sauer. German Romantic...(+)
Composed by Richard
Wagner (1813-1883).
Arranged by Ralph Sauer.
German Romantic Opera.
Booklet. 4 pages. Cherry
Classics #2929. Published
by Cherry Classics
(CY.CC2929).
(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.
Composed by Richard Wagner (1813-1883). Edited by Egon Voss, Isolde Vetter, John...(+)
Composed by Richard
Wagner (1813-1883).
Edited by Egon Voss,
Isolde Vetter, John
Deathridge, Klaus Doege,
and Reinhard Strohm. For
Orchestra (Study Score).
Eulenberg Audio plus
Score. Softcover with CD.
112 pages. Eulenburg
Edition #EAS180.
Published by Eulenburg
Edition
Piano Accompaniment; Violin (Violin/Piano) SKU: HL.49047324 Prelude an...(+)
Piano Accompaniment;
Violin (Violin/Piano)
SKU: HL.49047324
Prelude and Isoldens
Liebestod Violin and
Piano. Composed by
Richard Wagner. Edited by
Fazil Say. String Solo.
Classical. Softcover.
Duration 840 seconds.
Schott Music #ED23644.
Published by Schott Music
(HL.49047324).
(Over 850 Classical Themes and Melodies in the Original Keys) For C instrument. ...(+)
(Over 850 Classical
Themes and Melodies in
the Original Keys) For C
instrument. Format:
fakebook (spiral bound).
With vocal melody
(excerpts) and chord
names. Lassical. Series:
Hal Leonard Fake Books.
646 pages. 9x12 inches.
Published by Hal Leonard.
Composed by Derek
Bourgeois. Arranged by
Mikkelson. Score only.
Duration 15:00. Published
by G & M Brand Music
Publishers (CN.S11307).
Sea Dreams was
written in memory of the
composer's wife, Jean.
After an introduction,
which is not heard again
until the end of the
piece, the music becomes
a rondo allegro, and
gradually builds to a big
climax. At the very end
there is an oblique
reference to the
Liebestod of Wagner's
Tristan and
Isolde.
Sea Dreams
was originally a
commission, in 2007, from
an American University
who wanted me to write a
piece in memory of my
first wife, Jean, who
died in 2006. I set about
writing the music and
quickly completed the
score early in 2008, but,
unfortunately, because of
the sudden collapse in
the worldwide financial
markets the commission
itself fell through. The
music draws on three of
the pieces that I had
written for Jean in the
early days before we were
married, namely two
violin sonatas (she was a
violinist) and the
'Serenade' Opus 22 one of
my most popular pieces.
However the bulk of the
music is new, and the
quotes from these early
pieces are subtle and
merely passing
references, not at all
like the originals. After
an introduction, which is
not heard again until the
end of the piece, the
music becomes a rondo
allegro, and gradually
builds to a big climax.
At the very end there is
an oblique reference to
the Liebestod of Wagner's
Tristan and Isolde. Sea
Dreams was premiered by
Birmingham Symphonic
Winds, conducted by Keith
Allen, on Saturday March
20th 2010 at the CBSO
Centre, Birmingham,
England.
2 Pianos SKU: M7.DOHR-98550 Composed by Richard Wagner. Edited by Juergen...(+)
2 Pianos
SKU:
M7.DOHR-98550
Composed by Richard
Wagner. Edited by Juergen
Schaarwaechter. Arranged
by Max Reger. Sheet
music. Score. 22 pages.
MDS (Music Distribution
Services) #DOHR 98550.
Published by MDS (Music
Distribution Services)
(M7.DOHR-98550).
ISBN
9790202005507.
Max
Regers Auseinandersetzung
mit der Musik Richard
Wagners geht bis in seine
frühe Jugend
zurück. 1888 erlebte
er in Bayreuth
Aufführungen von Die
Meistersinger von
Nürnberg unter Hans
Richter und Parsifal
unter Felix Mottl. Bis an
sein Lebensende blieb
Wagner für Reger einer
der größten
Komponisten, häufig
dirigierte er dessen
Vorspiele in Konzerten.
1909 trat Regers Verleger
mit Blick auf das
kommende Wagnerjahr 1913
erstmals an den
Komponisten heran und bat
ihn, Orchesterstücke
Wagners für Klavier
einzurichten. Wegen
verschiedener
Verpflichtungen und
gesundheitlicher Probleme
konnte Reger die
Bearbeitungen erst 1913
bzw. 1914 fertigstellen.
Die Bearbeitungen wurden,
bedingt durch die
Besetzung mit zwei
Klavieren, eher für
den Konzertgebrauch
konzipiert.
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)!
Composed by Derek
Bourgeois. Arranged by
Mikkelson. Score and
parts. Duration 15:00.
Published by G & M Brand
Music Publishers
(CN.R10307).
Sea Dreams was
written in memory of the
composer's wife, Jean.
After an introduction,
which is not heard again
until the end of the
piece, the music becomes
a rondo allegro, and
gradually builds to a big
climax. At the very end
there is an oblique
reference to the
Liebestod of Wagner's
Tristan and Isolde.
Sea Dreams was
originally a commission,
in 2007, from an American
University who wanted me
to write a piece in
memory of my first wife,
Jean, who died in 2006. I
set about writing the
music and quickly
completed the score early
in 2008, but,
unfortunately, because of
the sudden collapse in
the worldwide financial
markets the commission
itself fell through. The
music draws on three of
the pieces that I had
written for Jean in the
early days before we were
married, namely two
violin sonatas (she was a
violinist) and the
'Serenade' Opus 22 one of
my most popular pieces.
However the bulk of the
music is new, and the
quotes from these early
pieces are subtle and
merely passing
references, not at all
like the originals. After
an introduction, which is
not heard again until the
end of the piece, the
music becomes a rondo
allegro, and gradually
builds to a big climax.
At the very end there is
an oblique reference to
the Liebestod of Wagner's
Tristan and Isolde. Sea
Dreams was premiered by
Birmingham Symphonic
Winds, conducted by Keith
Allen, on Saturday March
20th 2010 at the CBSO
Centre, Birmingham,
England.