Composed by Felix
Bartholdy Mendelssohn.
Edited by R. Larry Todd.
This edition: urtext
edition. Stapled.
Barenreiter Urtext. Set
of wind parts. Opus 64.
12/8/10/8/14/12/12/10/8/8
/6/6/6 pages.
Baerenreiter Verlag
#BA09099_65. Published by
Baerenreiter Verlag
(BA.BA09099-65).
ISBN
9790006565672. 32.5 x
25.5 cm inches. Key: E
minor.
WithElversku
d(The Erl-Kings
Daughter), Gade presented
his secondsecular cantata
for soloists, choir and
orchestra, the first
having been his
successfulComalaOp. 12
(1845/46). The genre was
quite popular among his
contemporaries. This
time, Gade planned to
base the work on the text
of a folk song.
Originally, he had
approached Hans Christian
Andersen for a text but a
collaboration did not
materialize. The text
Gade ultimately chose for
his music was that of a
ballad most likely penned
by Emil Erslev and Gade
himself. A German
translation by Edmund
Lobedanz was added at a
later time.
The
composition, started in
1851 and finished in
March of 1854, soon
became an international
success and one of Gade's
most-performed works. In
1864, the composer made a
number of changes to the
instrumentation. While
the new version was
subsequently used for all
performances conducted by
Gade, the changes were
never incorporated into
the printed edition of
the score. This edition
is the first to present
this 1864
version.
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Composed by Andreas N.
Tarkmann and Johannes
Kohlmann. Paperback.
Book. 240 pages.
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German. Preface:
Tarkmann, Andreas
N.
Mendelssohn's
Violin Concerto op. 64,
is a key work of the 19th
century, adhering to the
classical style of
Beethoven while pointing
the way to the romantic
ethos of Brahms. It has
long been known that
Mendelssohn performed the
work with three soloists
in succession: Ferdinand
David, who worked closely
with the composer during
its composition and
played it at the
premiere; the 'child
prodigy' Joseph Joachim;
and Hubert Leonard, a
young Belgian virtuoso
about whom little is
known.
As proof
sheets for the Violin
Concerto in E minor were
long considered lost, it
could be described as
somewhat of a sensation
when proofs for the solo
violin part resurfaced
together with a letter
from Mendelssohn to
Leonard.
The
letter informs us that
the composer invited
Leonard to his home in
Frankfurt in order to
make his acquaintance. It
was already known that
Mendelssohn had given
proof sheets to David;
now we know that he also
gave some to
Leonard.
The
recently discovered
proofs reveal how Leonard
played the concerto with
Mendelssohn on that
memorable evening in
February 1845. Besides
containing bowing marks
and fingering, they also
show how Leonard executed
shifts of position and
where he employed open
strings. Furthermore
modifications made to
dynamic markings and
additional legato bowing
are shown.
It is
safe to assume that all
of this was done with
Mendelssohn's approval.
That the young violinist
made a positive
impression on the
composer is confirmed in
the latter's
correspondence following
their joint performance.
Mendelssohn is full of
praise for Leonard's
playing and offers to
lend his support in
finding employment in
Germany.
This
revised edition of the
Mendelssohn Violin
Concerto (only the
orchestral parts remain
unchanged) includes a
separate booklet on
performance practice.
The editor, Clive
Brown, is an acknowledged
expert on Romantic
performance
practice.
- New
source situation owing to
recently rediscovered
proofs - Revised
Urtext edition - With
a separate booklet on
performance practice
(Eng/Ger).
