Composed by Gustav
Mahler. Edited by
Christian Rudolf Riedel.
Voice; stapled.
Orchester-Bibliothek
(Orchestral Library).
Symphony; Late-romantic.
Set of parts. 1116 pages.
Duration 65'. Breitkopf
and Haertel #OB 5641-60.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel
(BR.OB-5641-60).
ISBN
9790004348833. 10.5 x 14
inches.
The Song of
the Earth, composed in
the summer of 1908, is
Mahler's best-known and
most personal work.
Reflecting drastic
changes in his life, its
immense emotional density
is very moving. Until the
very end, Mahler
continued to refine the
extremely differentiated
instrumentation, as is
evident in numerous
retouchings in the
autograph score and
engraver's model. It is
therefore all the more
regrettable that he was
neither able to perform
his Symphony in Songs
himself nor that he was
involved in its printing.
Unfortunately, in the
posthumously published
first edition of 1912 and
the subsequent editions
edited by Erwin Ratz and
Karl Heinz Fussl, many
questions remained
unanswered, while other
were answered in a
dubious way.The edition
is the first
text-critical one of the
work on a scientifically
sound basis. It offers
not only a more reliable
musical text, but also
systematically and
lucidly prepared
information on the
sources, their
transmission and
evaluation. All editorial
decisions have been
documented in a
transparently
comprehensible manner -
in particular those
leading to new audible
results. Work-related
notes on performance
practice, which for the
first time include
Mahler's conducting
indications, offer
valuable, indispensable
interpretive aids. In
addition to the regular
five clarinet parts, the
set of parts includes two
additional parts (3rd
clarinet/Eb clarinet,
bass clarinet/3rd
clarinet in places where
the latter plays Eb
clarinet) to allow
performances with only
four clarinets.The
completely revised piano
reduction reproduces the
orchestral texture true
to the score without
losing sight of
playability. Both
Mahler's piano autograph
and the piano reduction
by Woss, which was
commissioned by the
composer himself, served
as an inspiration for
this.
Orchestra SKU: PR.11641867L Composed by William Kraft. Spiral. Large Scor...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
PR.11641867L
Composed
by William Kraft. Spiral.
Large Score. Duration 16
minutes, 25 seconds.
Theodore Presser Company
#116-41867L. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.11641867L).
UPC:
680160683215.
Conte
xtures: Riots -Decade '60
was commissioned by Zubin
Mehta and the Southern
California Symphony
Association after the
successful premiere of
the Concerto for Four
Percussion Soloists and
Orchestra. It was written
during the spring and
summer months of 1967.
Riots stemming from
resentment against the
racial situation in the
United States and the war
in Vietnam were occurring
throughout the country
and inevitably invaded
the composer's creative
subconscious.
Contextures, as the title
implies, was intended to
exploit various and
varying textures. As the
work progressed the
correspondence between
the fabric of music and
the fabric of society
became apparent and the
allegory grew in
significance. So I found
myself translating social
aspects into musical
techniques. Social
stratification became a
polymetric situation
where disparate groups
function together. The
conflict between the
forces of expansion and
the forces of containment
is expressed through and
opposition of tonal
fluidity vs. rigidity.
This is epitomized in the
fourth movement, where
the brass is divided into
two groups - a muted
group, encircled by the
unmuted one, which does
its utmost to keep the
first group within a
restricted pitch area.
The playful jazzy bits
(one between the first
and second movements and
one at the end of the
piece) are simply saying
that somehow in this age
of turmoil and anxiety
ways of having fun are
found even though that
fun may seem
inappropriate. The piece
is in five movements,
with an interlude between
the first and second
movements. It is scored
for a large orchestra,
supplemented by six
groups of percussion,
including newly created
roto-toms (small tunable
drums) and some original
devices, such as muted
gongs and muted
vibraphone. There is also
an offstage jazz quartet:
bass, drums, soprano
saxophone and trumpet.
The first movement begins
with a solo by the first
clarinetist which is
interrupted by
intermittent heckling
from his colleagues
leading to a
configuration of large
disparate elements. The
interlude of solo violin
and snare-drum follows
without pause. The second
movement, Prestissimo, is
a display piece of
virtuosity for the entire
orchestra. The third
movement marks a period
of repose and reflection
and calls for some
expressive solos,
particularly by the horn
and alto saxophone. The
fourth movement opens
with a rather lengthy
oboe solo, which is
threatened by large
blocks of sound from the
orchestra, against an
underlying current of
agitated energy in the
piano and percussion.
This leads to a section
in which large orchestral
forces oppose one
another, ultimately
bringing the work to a
climax, if not to a
denouement. Various
thematic elements are
strewn all over the
orchestra, resulting in
the formation of a
general haze of sound. A
transition leads to the
fifth movement without
pause. The musical haze
is pierced gently by the
offstage jazz group as if
they were attempting to
ignore and even dispel
the gloom, but a legato
bell sound enters and
hovers over both the jazz
group and the orchestra,
the latter making
statements of disquieting
finality. Two films were
conceived to accompany
portions of Contextures.
The first done by Herbert
Kosowar, was a
chemography film
(painting directly into
the film using dyes and
various implements) with
fast clips of riot
photographs. The second
was a film collage made
by photographically
abstracting details from
paintings of Reginald
Pollack. The purpose was
to invoke a non-specific
response - as in music -
but at the same time to
define the subject matter
of the piece. The films
were constructed to
correspond with certain
developments in the piece
and in no way affect the
independence and musical
flow of the piece, having
been made after the piece
was completed.
Contextures: Riots -
Decade '60 is dedicated
to Mehta, the Southern
California Symphony
Association and the Los
Angeles Philharmonic
Orchestra. The news of
the assassination of Dr.
Martin Luther King came
the afternoon of the
premiere, April 4, 1968.
That evening's
performances, and also
the succeeding ones, were
dedicated to him and a
special dedication to Dr.
King has been inserted
into he score. All the
music that follows the
jazz group - beginning
with the legato bell
sound playing the first 2
notes to We shall
overcome constitutes a
new ending to commemorate
Dr. King's death.
Orchestra SKU: PR.11641867S Composed by William Kraft. Full score. Durati...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
PR.11641867S
Composed
by William Kraft. Full
score. Duration 16
minutes, 25 seconds.
Theodore Presser Company
#116-41867S. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.11641867S).
UPC:
680160683208.
Conte
xtures: Riots -Decade '60
was commissioned by Zubin
Mehta and the Southern
California Symphony
Association after the
successful premiere of
the Concerto for Four
Percussion Soloists and
Orchestra. It was written
during the spring and
summer months of 1967.
Riots stemming from
resentment against the
racial situation in the
United States and the war
in Vietnam were occurring
throughout the country
and inevitably invaded
the composer's creative
subconscious.
Contextures, as the title
implies, was intended to
exploit various and
varying textures. As the
work progressed the
correspondence between
the fabric of music and
the fabric of society
became apparent and the
allegory grew in
significance. So I found
myself translating social
aspects into musical
techniques. Social
stratification became a
polymetric situation
where disparate groups
function together. The
conflict between the
forces of expansion and
the forces of containment
is expressed through and
opposition of tonal
fluidity vs. rigidity.
This is epitomized in the
fourth movement, where
the brass is divided into
two groups - a muted
group, encircled by the
unmuted one, which does
its utmost to keep the
first group within a
restricted pitch area.
The playful jazzy bits
(one between the first
and second movements and
one at the end of the
piece) are simply saying
that somehow in this age
of turmoil and anxiety
ways of having fun are
found even though that
fun may seem
inappropriate. The piece
is in five movements,
with an interlude between
the first and second
movements. It is scored
for a large orchestra,
supplemented by six
groups of percussion,
including newly created
roto-toms (small tunable
drums) and some original
devices, such as muted
gongs and muted
vibraphone. There is also
an offstage jazz quartet:
bass, drums, soprano
saxophone and trumpet.
The first movement begins
with a solo by the first
clarinetist which is
interrupted by
intermittent heckling
from his colleagues
leading to a
configuration of large
disparate elements. The
interlude of solo violin
and snare-drum follows
without pause. The second
movement, Prestissimo, is
a display piece of
virtuosity for the entire
orchestra. The third
movement marks a period
of repose and reflection
and calls for some
expressive solos,
particularly by the horn
and alto saxophone. The
fourth movement opens
with a rather lengthy
oboe solo, which is
threatened by large
blocks of sound from the
orchestra, against an
underlying current of
agitated energy in the
piano and percussion.
This leads to a section
in which large orchestral
forces oppose one
another, ultimately
bringing the work to a
climax, if not to a
denouement. Various
thematic elements are
strewn all over the
orchestra, resulting in
the formation of a
general haze of sound. A
transition leads to the
fifth movement without
pause. The musical haze
is pierced gently by the
offstage jazz group as if
they were attempting to
ignore and even dispel
the gloom, but a legato
bell sound enters and
hovers over both the jazz
group and the orchestra,
the latter making
statements of disquieting
finality. Two films were
conceived to accompany
portions of Contextures.
The first done by Herbert
Kosowar, was a
chemography film
(painting directly into
the film using dyes and
various implements) with
fast clips of riot
photographs. The second
was a film collage made
by photographically
abstracting details from
paintings of Reginald
Pollack. The purpose was
to invoke a non-specific
response - as in music -
but at the same time to
define the subject matter
of the piece. The films
were constructed to
correspond with certain
developments in the piece
and in no way affect the
independence and musical
flow of the piece, having
been made after the piece
was completed.
Contextures: Riots -
Decade '60 is dedicated
to Mehta, the Southern
California Symphony
Association and the Los
Angeles Philharmonic
Orchestra. The news of
the assassination of Dr.
Martin Luther King came
the afternoon of the
premiere, April 4, 1968.
That evening's
performances, and also
the succeeding ones, were
dedicated to him and a
special dedication to Dr.
King has been inserted
into he score. All the
music that follows the
jazz group - beginning
with the legato bell
sound playing the first 2
notes to We shall
overcome constitutes a
new ending to commemorate
Dr. King's death.
Textcritical
Edition. Composed by
Gustav Mahler. Edited by
Christian Rudolf Riedel.
Orchestra; stapled.
Orchester-Bibliothek
(Orchestral Library).
First edition based on
the copy of the score
revised by Mahler Hamburg
1893
Symphony;
Romantic; Late-romantic.
Set of parts. 192 pages.
Duration 8'. Breitkopf
and Haertel #OB 5642-60.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel
(BR.OB-5642-60).
ISBN
9790004343722. 10.5 x 14
inches.
The Blumine
movement included in the
original five-movement
version of Mahler's
Symphony No. 1 was long
considered lost. Composed
as early as 1884 for a
theater piece, Mahler
inserted it into the
symphony as its second
movement in 1888. After
three performances, he
turned his back on this
Love Episode, calling the
sentimental, gushing
movement a youthful
folly, and removed it.
Mahler's Hamburg
autograph score was only
rediscovered in 1966.
Benjamin Britten gave the
Blumine movement a new
hearing at the 1967
Aldeburgh Festival. The
critical new edition is
based for the first time
on the autograph score,
together with the
meanwhile rediscovered
score copy with Mahler's
last revisions.The
cloth-bound volume PB
5661 contains next to the
final version of the
four-movement Symphony,
the Blumine
movement.
First
edition based on the copy
of the score revised by
Mahler Hamburg 1893.
Textcritical
Edition. Composed by
Gustav Mahler. Edited by
Christian Rudolf Riedel.
Orchestra; stapled.
Partitur-Bibliothek
(Score Library).
First
edition based on the copy
of the score revised by
Mahler Hamburg 1893
Symphony; Romantic;
Late-romantic. Full
score. 28 pages. Duration
8'. Breitkopf and Haertel
#PB 5642. Published by
Breitkopf and Haertel
(BR.PB-5642).
ISBN
9790004215395. 10.5 x 14
inches.
The Blumine
movement included in the
original five-movement
version of Mahler's
Symphony No. 1 was long
considered lost. Composed
as early as 1884 for a
theater piece, Mahler
inserted it into the
symphony as its second
movement in 1888. After
three performances, he
turned his back on this
Love Episode, calling the
sentimental, gushing
movement a youthful
folly, and removed it.
Mahler's Hamburg
autograph score was only
rediscovered in 1966.
Benjamin Britten gave the
Blumine movement a new
hearing at the 1967
Aldeburgh Festival. The
critical new edition is
based for the first time
on the autograph score,
together with the
meanwhile rediscovered
score copy with Mahler's
last revisions.The
cloth-bound volume PB
5661 contains next to the
final version of the
four-movement Symphony,
the Blumine
movement.
First
edition based on the copy
of the score revised by
Mahler Hamburg 1893.
Orchestra SKU: SU.27020085 For Orchestra. Composed by Graham Gordo...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
SU.27020085
For
Orchestra. Composed
by Graham Gordon Ramsay.
Orchestra. Study Score.
Subito Music Corporation
#27020085. Published by
Subito Music Corporation
(SU.27020085).
Jacob vs. Angel
is a piece about crisis
of conscience, ambiguity,
and misinterpretation
expressed through the
depiction of a major
battle, the goal of which
is never made entirely
clear. Based on the
biblical story, the work
is highly programmatic,
with each of the six
movements reflecting a
corresponding stanza from
the titular poem by Alice
Weaver Flaherty. The
piece was originally
composed as a vehicle for
virtuoso organist
Heinrich Christensen, and
later orchestrated. The
first movement introduces
the main musical
material--a five note
motive, the intervals of
which are reorganized to
create melodic and
harmonic development
throughout the piece. The
second, third, and fourth
movements depict the
brutal fight between
Jacob and the angel, and
lead one to the next
without pause. The fifth
movement is about the
post-battle scene, and
the final movement is an
epilogue, reframing the
ideas from the previous
movements. The music
elucidates various
actions from the Flaherty
poem—sand
skittering across the
desert, aggressive acts
of violence and
sensuality between the
protagonists, the beating
of wings, feathers
blowing in the wind, etc.
But beyond the music's
more literal elements,
the work is designed to
express an abstract state
of mind, a sense of
unease, and anticipation
of what is yet to come.
—Graham Gordon
Ramsay2(2) 1,1 2 2; 2221;
7perc, hp, cel; stgs
Duration: 24'Composed:
2023 Published by:
Distributed Composer
Jacob vs Angel was
composed originally as a
solo concert organ work
in 2007; the orchestral
version was completed in
2023. A live performance
of the organ version can
be seen at. Performance
materials available on
rental:.
Final Version 1910 -
Textcritical Edition.
Composed by Gustav
Mahler. Edited by
Christian Rudolf Riedel.
Orchestra; Folder.
Orchester-Bibliothek
(Orchestral Library).
final version 1910
Symphony; Romantic;
Late-romantic. Set of
parts. 1674 pages.
Duration 54'. Breitkopf
and Haertel #OB 5631-60.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel
(BR.OB-5631-60).
ISBN
9790004343661. 10.5 x 14
inches.
The
Symphony No. 1
(originally in five
movements) was first
performed in Budapest in
1889, but the premiere as
well as two further
performances in Hamburg
and Weimar turned out to
be a fiasco. After 1894
Mahler removed the
Blumine-movement. Until
the last performance
under his direction in
New York in 1909, Mahler
made revisions again and
again. This edition
strives to present a, for
the performance practice,
reliable music text of
the final extant version
that in 1910 Mahler
corrected and deemed
accurate for the new
print. The Editorial
Report gives detailed
information on the
provenance and evaluation
of the sources as well as
authentic annotations on
performance practice.
Individual comments
document editorial
interventions and
deviations from current
editions.The cloth-bound
volume PB 5661 contains
next to the final version
of the four-movement
Symphony, the Blumine
movement.Le format permet
une lisibilite parfaite;
le materiel a ete realise
en tenant compte des
conseils des
bibliothecaires de grands
orchestres.
Particulierement precieux
pour les non-germanistes,
on trouve en fin de
volume un glossaire
traduisant les
indications de Mahler de
l'allemand vers l'anglais
(ou l'italien). (Alain
Paris, La Lettre du
Musicien).
Final
Version 1910 -
Textcritical Edition.
Composed by Gustav
Mahler. Edited by
Christian Rudolf Riedel.
Orchestra; Softbound.
Partitur-Bibliothek
(Score Library).
final
version 1910
Symphony; Romantic;
Late-romantic. Full
score. 200 pages.
Duration 54'. Breitkopf
and Haertel #PB 5631.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel (BR.PB-5631).
ISBN 9790004215289.
10.5 x 14
inches.
The
Symphony No. 1
(originally in five
movements) was first
performed in Budapest in
1889, but the premiere as
well as two further
performances in Hamburg
and Weimar turned out to
be a fiasco. After 1894
Mahler removed the
Blumine-movement. Until
the last performance
under his direction in
New York in 1909, Mahler
made revisions again and
again. This edition
strives to present a, for
the performance practice,
reliable music text of
the final extant version
that in 1910 Mahler
corrected and deemed
accurate for the new
print. The Editorial
Report gives detailed
information on the
provenance and evaluation
of the sources as well as
authentic annotations on
performance practice.
Individual comments
document editorial
interventions and
deviations from current
editions.The cloth-bound
volume PB 5661 contains
next to the final version
of the four-movement
Symphony, the Blumine
movement.Le format permet
une lisibilite parfaite;
le materiel a ete realise
en tenant compte des
conseils des
bibliothecaires de grands
orchestres.
Particulierement precieux
pour les non-germanistes,
on trouve en fin de
volume un glossaire
traduisant les
indications de Mahler de
l'allemand vers l'anglais
(ou l'italien). (Alain
Paris, La Lettre du
Musicien).
Final
Version 1910 -
Textcritical Edition.
Composed by Gustav
Mahler. Edited by
Christian Rudolf Riedel.
Orchestra; Linen.
Partitur-Bibliothek
(Score Library).
final
version 1910
Symphony; Romantic;
Late-romantic. Full
score. 212 pages.
Duration 54'. Breitkopf
and Haertel #PB 5661.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel (BR.PB-5661).
ISBN 9790004215982.
10.5 x 14
inches.
The
Symphony No. 1
(originally in five
movements) was first
performed in Budapest in
1889, but the premiere as
well as two further
performances in Hamburg
and Weimar turned out to
be a fiasco. After 1894
Mahler removed the
Blumine-movement. Until
the last performance
under his direction in
New York in 1909, Mahler
made revisions again and
again. This edition
strives to present a, for
the performance practice,
reliable music text of
the final extant version
that in 1910 Mahler
corrected and deemed
accurate for the new
print. The Editorial
Report gives detailed
information on the
provenance and evaluation
of the sources as well as
authentic annotations on
performance practice.
Individual comments
document editorial
interventions and
deviations from current
editions.The cloth-bound
volume PB 5661 contains
next to the final version
of the four-movement
Symphony, the Blumine
movement.Le format permet
une lisibilite parfaite;
le materiel a ete realise
en tenant compte des
conseils des
bibliothecaires de grands
orchestres.
Particulierement precieux
pour les non-germanistes,
on trouve en fin de
volume un glossaire
traduisant les
indications de Mahler de
l'allemand vers l'anglais
(ou l'italien). (Alain
Paris, La Lettre du
Musicien).
Concert
Band, Grade 4, 13:30
Score. Composed by
Gauthier Dupertuis. FC
Music Publishing. Concert
Band. Softcover. Duration
810 seconds. Hal Leonard
#FCMP002-SC. Published by
Hal Leonard (HL.4008703).
UPC:
196288190837.
Strat
oscape, by Swiss composer
Gauthier Dupertuis, is a
colorful and contrasting
work for wind orchestra,
depicting the view of our
earth as seen from the
stratosphere. This voyage
into the sky is pictural,
but also metaphorical, as
it is also about
distancing from our
world. The work is
divided into five
sections: I Ignition!, II
Broadness & The Big
Blue, III Stars Shining
from Down to Above, IV
Destructive Forces, V One
and Only Home Five
contrasting movements,
starting with Ignition in
which Gauthier Dupertuis
tries to musically convey
the majesty of our planet
seeing if from the
atmosphere, ending with
One and Only Hope, as the
title say, a message of
hope. In between three
movements that depict the
broadness of the
landscapes of our planet
(second movement), the
fragility of our earth at
night with only the stars
shining (third movement).
But also sheer reality in
the fourth movement when
the composer translates
into music the damage
caused toour planet by us
human beings.
Stratoscape: a fantastic
view of Planet Earth!