Clarinet and piano
SKU: BR.EB-32111
Urtext. Composed
by Camillo Schumann. Solo
instruments; stapled.
Edition Breitkopf.
The
first edition of a
forgotten treasure
Sonata; Late-romantic.
Score. 68 pages.
Breitkopf and Haertel #EB
32111. Published by
Breitkopf and Haertel
(BR.EB-32111).
ISBN
9790004186763. 9 x 12
inches.
There are
many composers of whom it
is said today that they
had gone back in time or
had composed against
contemporary taste.
Today, the question
arises, though, as to
what of value is to be
extracted, rediscovered,
or re-edited. Camillo
Schumann (1872-1946) is
one of these nearly
forgotten composers. His
works are still largely
unknown today. Schumann's
tonal language combines
the Brahmsian sound scape
with the grand late
romantic Liszt school.
His piano pieces range
even to sounds
reminiscent of
Rachmaninoff and are of
tremendous power and
virtuosity. The
pronounced and inventive
melody makes the works
the testimony of a
composer who has not yet
come to the fore. His two
sonatas for clarinet and
piano have hitherto
remained completely
unknown. This is
astonishing, for they are
on the level of the
sonatas of Johannes
Brahms, who probably
contributed the most
essentially to this
genre. Surfacing as a
special treasure from the
estate of the Saxon
musicologist and
collector Harald Schurz
were the autographs of
both clarinet sonatas,
now to be published for
the first time. Remember
falling in love with the
expressive qualities of
the Brahms sonatas? You
can rekindle that feeling
with these works by
Camillo Schumann.
Commentators have
compared Schumann's works
not only to Brahms, but
also to Liszt and
Rachmaninoff. Run to your
shop and order
now.(Gregory Barrett, The
Clarinet)
The
first edition of a
forgotten treasure.
