Piano or Harpsichord SKU: BT.EMBZ20018 France 1. By Szilvia Elek_A...(+)
Piano or Harpsichord
SKU: BT.EMBZ20018
France 1. By
Szilvia Elek_Anikó
Horváth. By Szilvia
Elek. Classical. Book
Only. Composed 2020. 108
pages. Editio Musica
Budapest #EMBZ20018.
Published by Editio
Musica Budapest
(BT.EMBZ20018).
Hungarian-English-Germ
an-French.
This
brand-new series is
intended as a guide to
the keyboard music of the
16th to 19th centuries
for pupils of the piano
and the harpsichord, as
well as of other early
keyboard instruments.
Each volume contains
pieces by well-known and
lesser-known composers
from one country or
region. The main purpose
of the series is to
extend the repertoire and
stylistic knowledge of
both pianists and
harpsichordists while
also presenting fine
pieces and typical genres
based on original
sources. Our edition
retains the performance
indications of the
composers' manuscripts
and contemporary
editions. Each volume
includes:- suggestions
for stylistically
appropriate performance
bothon the piano and on
period instruments-
suggested elaborated
versions of some pieces
and excerpts- a fold-out
list of ornamentation
signs and the composers'
own tables of
ornamentation signs-
biographies of the
composers and the sources
of the pieces-
translations of
foreign-language
performance indications.
The two volumes devoted
to French keyboard music
includes close to 50
showy and relatively easy
works - preludes, dances,
suites, rondeaux, and
character pieces - from
the early 16th until the
late 18th century
(ordered
chronologically).This
publication is printed on
high-quality,
age-resistant paper that
is produced in an
environmentally-friendly,
climate-neutral manner
using renewable raw
materials.
Una nuova collana
ideata per offrire una
guida alla scoperta della
musica per pianoforte e
clavicembalo dal
sedicesimo al
diciannovesimo secolo.
Ogni volume include brani
di compositori di una
specifica nazione o area
geografica. L'intento
è amplicare la
conoscenza e il
repertorio di ogni
musicista. Inoltre in
ogni edizione sono
riportati fedelmente i
suggerimenti per
l'interpretazione e le
indicazioni presenti sui
manoscritti originali. I
due volumi dedicati alla
musica francese includono
circa 50 brani
significativi - preludi,
danze, suites, rondò e
altri - che risalgono
all'inizio del sedicesimo
secolo fino alla fine del
diciottesimo secolo,
rigorosamente inordine
cronologico.
Chamber Music Harpsichord SKU: PR.110418390 Composed by Eric Ewazen. Full...(+)
Chamber Music Harpsichord
SKU: PR.110418390
Composed by Eric Ewazen.
Full score. 11 pages.
Duration 10 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#110-41839. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.110418390).
ISBN
9781491134603. UPC:
680160685158.
Eric
Ewazen’s THREE
INVENTIONS were inspired
by Bach’s Two-part
Inventions, yet they
sound thoroughly like
Ewazen. Composed for
harpsichord (with a piano
adaptation following
later), Ewazen’s
inventions maintain a
pure “one note per
hand†texture until
their final chord, with
strong-but-free imitative
counterpoint between the
two voices. While Ewazen
may be best known for his
wind music, he is a
pianist himself, and
composers’ works
for their own instrument
are a direct insight into
how they write for their
own performances. The
piano adaptation of THREE
INVENTIONS is also
available as a separate
publication. THREE
INVENTIONS was written
for my dear friend Maria
Rojas, who premiered the
work on a faculty recital
at Juilliard. Maria is
both a pianist and a
harpsichordist, and I
first met her when she
gave a demonstration of
the harpsichord for the
students in my theory
classes.I’ve
always been captivated by
Bach’s series of
Two-Part and Three-Part
Inventions. With the
Two-Part Inventions,
I’m amazed how
Bach could create such
wonderful intricacy and
counterpoint with only
two voices. I
consequently modeled my
inventions after the
counterpoint of Bach,
involving the traditional
contrapuntal devices he
used: imitation,
development, harmonic and
modal shifts,
fragmentation, and
sequence, essentially
creating a dialog between
two completely equal
voices conversing with
each other!Bach wrote 15
Two-Part Inventions (as
well as 15 Three-Part
Inventions, not to
mention the 48 preludes
and fugues in The
Well-Tempered Clavier!),
and that’s just
the start of his
voluminous repertoire for
the keyboard! I was happy
just to write
three!!!Each of my
inventions has a
distinctive mood. The
first is in a relaxed,
yet cheerful C Major
tonality (as a nod to
Bach’s Invention
No. 1 in C Major); the
second is heartfelt and
lyrical; and the third
invention (involving a
Gigue rhythm in the
compound meter of 12/8)
is energetic, and full of
life and spontaneity. The
third is primarily in a
minor tonality, resulting
in a feeling of drama,
bringing the THREE
INVENTIONS to an exciting
finale.