(Eingerichtet fur Streichtrio). By Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880). For Violin, Viola, Cello. String trio by Birtel Vol. 13. Classical. Score and Parts. 6 pages (part); 3 x 2 pages (score). Published by Verlag Dohr

Orchestra Solo STB, Coro SATB (auch Mannerchor TTTBB), 2 Fl, 2 Ob, 2 Clt, 2 Fg, 2 Cor, 2 Tr, 3 Trb, Timp, 2 Vl, Va, Vc, Cb

SKU: CA.2302007

Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven. Edited by Clemens Harasim. Innovative practice aids, Sacred vocal music, Oratorios. Study score. Op. 85. Duration 54 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 23.020/07. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.2302007).

ISBN M-007-24884-0. German/English. Text: Franz Xaver Huber.

In his Passion oratorio Christus am Olberge [The Mount of Olives], Beethoven succeeded firstly in building on the 18th century tradition, and secondly in putting his own personal stamp on the nascent genre of German-language oratorio - the Vienna performances of Haydn's Die Schopfung and Die Jahreszeiten had only taken place a few years earlier. In composing the work he looked towards contemporary opera, using a text by an opera librettist to depict in music the dramatic situation of the doubting Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane and his arrest. Yet we do not do justice to Beethoven's work if we simply regard it as a successor work to Graun's Der Tod Jesu or even Bach's St Matthew Passion. Beethoven's Christus am Olberge is characterized less by religious devotion and much more by the dramatic realization of a specific situation in the Passion story in deeply-felt musical scenes. With its magnificent, almost operatic music, this is a different Passion oratorio which is definitely worth hearing and experiencing - and in this form it is without doubt unique in the history of vocal-instrumental sacred music. The edition follows the first printed edition in music and text; differences in the text in the libretto originally set by Beethoven are given as a second text, and a singable English translation is underlaid. Score available separately - see item CA.2302000.

Accordion - difficult

SKU: M7.AV-607

Ouvertüre. Composed by Jacques Offenbach. Arranged by Curt Mahr. Sheet music. 9 pages. MDS (Music Distribution Services) #AV 607. Published by MDS (Music Distribution Services) (M7.AV-607).

ISBN 9790203901723.

Cantus, Sextus, Altus, Tenor, Quintus, Bassus, basso continuo ad libitum (Cantus, Sextus, Countertenor, Tenor, Quintus, Bassus, Basso continuo ad libitum) - Level 3

SKU: BA.BA07978

Motet. Composed by Heinrich Schutz. Edited by Werner Breig. This edition: urtext edition. Stapled. No. 18 from Geistliche Chor-Music. Choral score. SWV 386. 15 pages. Baerenreiter Verlag #BA07978_00. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag (BA.BA07978).

ISBN 9790006559435. 27 x 19 cm inches. Language: German.

Published in 1648, Heinrich Schütz’s “Geistliche Chor-Music” is still regarded as one of his seminal works.
A two-volume performance edition based on Werner Breig’s revised new text was published in 2012 and 2013 (BA 5901/BA 5902).

Now selected motets are being issued in separate volumes. They offer a modern notation and layout, retain the original keys and include an integrated figured bass realisation.
In keeping with contemporary performance practice, the ‘choral’ parts can be performed by instruments as well as voices. Instrumental parts with underlaid words may be purchased separately for performances with instruments (see performance material for BA 5901 and BA 5902).

About Barenreiter Urtext

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MUSICOLOGICA LLY SOUND
- A reliable musical text based on all available sources
- A description of the sources
- Information on the genesis and history of the work
- Valuable notes on performance practice
- Includes an introduction with critical commentary explaining source discrepancies and editorial decisions

... AND PRACTICAL
- Page-turns, fold-out pages, and cues where you need them
- A well-presented layout and a user-friendly format
- Excellent print quality
- Superior paper and binding

Critical Edition by Alessandro Borin. Composed by Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741). Edited by Alessandro Borin. Orchestra. Classical. Softcover. 132 pages. Ricordi #PR1431. Published by Ricordi (HL.50600716).

Basso (cello/double bass) (SATB - 0.0.0.0 - 3.0.0.0 - timp - str - bc)

SKU: BR.OB-32120-26

Cantata for Christmas Day - Urtext. Composed by Johann Kuhnau. Edited by David Erler. Choir; stapled. Orchester-Bibliothek (Orchestral Library). Cantata; Baroque. Sheet Music. 12 pages. Duration 25'. Breitkopf and Haertel #OB 32120-26. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.OB-32120-26).

ISBN 9790004350515. 10 x 12.5 inches.

This cantata is a composition by Kuhnau for the first of the Christmas holidays [Christmas Day] and one of his most extensive works. It is underlaid with the free poetry of a hitherto anonymous author, not including any Bible or chorale texts. Though the dating has not yet been clarified, the structure - two recitative-aria pairings, framed by two magnificent tutti movements - indicates a genesis period within the last years of the composer's tenure as St. Thomas cantor in Leipzig. Additional indications are the triple use of the da capo form as well as the four-part vocal setting, partly differentiated in solo and tutti, taking the individual parts to the limits of their ambitus as was later customary with Johann Sebastian Bach.Particularly noteworthy are two details of the instrumentation: Firstly, there are three violin parts in the score, the first of which has to master an exceptionally virtuoso solo part. Secondly, in the third movement, Kuhnau expressly notates an obbligato organ solo part, not to be found in any of his other extant compositions. This virtuosic part also already foreshadows the later and far more famous obbligato organ parts in various Bach cantatas.

Cantus, Quintus, Altus, Tenor, Bassus, basso continuo ad libitum (Cantus, Quintus, Countertenor, Tenor, Bassus, Basso continuo ad libitum) - Level 3

SKU: BA.BA07969

Motet. Composed by Heinrich Schutz. Edited by Werner Breig. This edition: urtext edition. Stapled. No. 9 from Geistliche Chor-Music. Choral score. SWV 377. 12 pages. Baerenreiter Verlag #BA07969_00. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag (BA.BA07969).

ISBN 9790006559398. 27 x 19 cm inches. Language: German.

Published in 1648, Heinrich Schütz’s “Geistliche Chor-Music” is still regarded as one of his seminal works.
A two-volume performance edition based on Werner Breig’s revised new text was published in 2012 and 2013 (BA 5901/BA 5902).

Now selected motets are being issued in separate volumes. They offer a modern notation and layout, retain the original keys and include an integrated figured bass realisation.
In keeping with contemporary performance practice, the ‘choral’ parts can be performed by instruments as well as voices. Instrumental parts with underlaid words may be purchased separately for performances with instruments (see performance material for BA 5901 and BA 5902).

About Barenreiter Urtext

What can I expect from a Barenreiter Urtext edition?< /p>

MUSICOLOGICA LLY SOUND
- A reliable musical text based on all available sources
- A description of the sources
- Information on the genesis and history of the work
- Valuable notes on performance practice
- Includes an introduction with critical commentary explaining source discrepancies and editorial decisions

... AND PRACTICAL
- Page-turns, fold-out pages, and cues where you need them
- A well-presented layout and a user-friendly format
- Excellent print quality
- Superior paper and binding

Composed by Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn (1809-1847). Edited by John Michael Cooper. This edition: Urtext edition. Score. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag (BA.BA9079).

Coro SATB, 2 Fl, 2 Ob, 2 Clt, 2 Fg, 2 Cor, 2 Vl, Va, Vc, Cb - Level 2

SKU: CA.2800900

Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven. Edited by Sabine Bock. Arranged by Gottlob Benedict Bierey. Sacred vocal music, Mass sections. Full score. Op. 27,2 (1. Satz). 20 pages. Duration 4 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 28.009/00. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.2800900).

ISBN 9790007240035. Language: Latin.

A sacrilege or a stroke of genius? The composer and music director Gottlob Benedict Bierey (1772-1840) orchestrated the first movement of the famous Moonlight Sonata' by Beethoven (transposed to C minor) and added a four-part choral movement to it, which he underlaid with the text of the Kyrie from the Latin mass. The result is as astounding as it is harmonious! Versions for choir and organ, and choir and piano (both like the original version in C sharp minor) are also available (Carus 28.009/45 and in 4.025/00).

Mixed choir (SSATTB), basso continuo ad libitum - Level 3

SKU: BA.BA07973

Motet. Composed by Heinrich Schutz. Edited by Werner Breig. Arranged by Antje Wissemann. This edition: urtext edition. Stapled. No. 13 from Geistliche Chor-Music. Choral score. SWV 381. 11 pages. Baerenreiter Verlag #BA07973_00. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag (BA.BA07973).

ISBN 9790006561056. 26.5 x 25.5 cm inches. Language: German.

Published in 1648, Heinrich Schütz’s “Geistliche Chor-Music” is still regarded as one of his seminal works.
A two-volume performance edition based on Werner Breig’s revised new text was published in 2012 and 2013 (BA 5901/BA 5902).

Now selected motets are being issued in separate volumes. They offer a modern notation and layout, retain the original keys and include an integrated figured bass realisation.
In keeping with contemporary performance practice, the ‘choral’ parts can be performed by instruments as well as voices. Instrumental parts with underlaid words may be purchased separately for performances with instruments (see performance material for BA 5901 and BA 5902).

About Barenreiter Urtext

What can I expect from a Barenreiter Urtext edition?< /p>

MUSICOLOGICA LLY SOUND
- A reliable musical text based on all available sources
- A description of the sources
- Information on the genesis and history of the work
- Valuable notes on performance practice
- Includes an introduction with critical commentary explaining source discrepancies and editorial decisions

... AND PRACTICAL
- Page-turns, fold-out pages, and cues where you need them
- A well-presented layout and a user-friendly format
- Excellent print quality
- Superior paper and binding

Tenor Voice Solo (Chorsoli), SATB Choir, Piano (Org)

SKU: CA.2110200

Composed by Juliette Marie Olga (Lili) Boulanger. Edited by Michael Alber. Sacred vocal music; use during church year: Christmas; occasions: Psalms. Sacred vocal music, Christmas, Psalms. Full score. LB 36. 20 pages. Duration 4 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 21.102/00. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.2110200).

ISBN 9790007187774. Language: French/English.

Fir st critical edition. Together with Debussy, Ravel, and Dukas, Lili Boulanger was one of the most important representatives of impressionism. Despite her short life of just 24 years, she developed a distinctive personal style, and composed a wide variety of works including songs, piano music, operatic scenes, and choral music, all with huge inventiveness. In 1916, in the middle of the First World War, the composer learnt that she was ill and had only a short time to live. Her deep religiosity gave rise to works including a setting of Psaume XXIV (Psalm 24). In the version published here for mixed choir, tenor solo, and piano/ organ, this is a particularly powerful setting of the psalm and an impressive work for inclusion in an Advent church service. The edition contains both the original French text, with a singable English translation underlaid.