Boy
Soprano, Soprano, Tenor,
Flugelhorn, Mixed Chorus,
and Chamber Orchestra
Study Score. Composed
by Harald Weiss. This
edition: Paperback/Soft
Cover. Sheet music. Study
Score. Classical.
Softcover. Composed
2008/2009. 188 pages.
Duration 100'. Schott
Music #ED20619. Published
by Schott Music
(HL.49018099).
ISBN
9790001158428. UPC:
884088567347.
8.25x11.75x0.457 inches.
Latin - German.
On
letting go(Concerning the
selection of the texts)
In the selection of the
texts, I have allowed
myself to be motivated
and inspired by the
concept of 'letting go'.
This appears to me to be
one of the essential
aspects of dying, but
also of life itself. We
humans cling far too
strongly to successful
achievements, whether
they have to do with
material or ideal values,
or relationships of all
kinds. We cannot and do
not want to let go,
almost as if our life
depended on it. As we
will have to practise the
art of letting go at the
latest during our hour of
death, perhaps we could
already make a start on
this while we are still
alive. Tagore describes
this farewell with very
simple but strikingly
vivid imagery: 'I will
return the key of my
door'. I have set this
text for tenor solo. Here
I imagine, and have
correspondingly noted in
a certain passage of the
score, that the
protagonist finds himself
as though 'in an ocean'
of voices in which he is
however not drowning, but
immersing himself in
complete relaxation. The
phenomenon of letting go
is described even more
simply and tersely in
Psalm 90, verse 12: 'So
teach us to number our
days, that we may apply
our hearts unto wisdom'.
This cannot be expressed
more plainly.I have begun
the requiem with a solo
boy's voice singing the
beginning of this psalm
on a single note, the
note A. This in effect
says it all. The work
comes full circle at the
culmination with a repeat
of the psalm which
subsequently leads into a
resplendent 'lux
aeterna'. The
intermediate texts of the
Requiem which highlight
the phenomenon of letting
go in the widest spectrum
of colours originate on
the one hand from the
Latin liturgy of the
Messa da Requiem (In
Paradisum, Libera me,
Requiem aeternam, Mors
stupebit) and on the
other hand from poems by
Joseph von Eichendorff,
Hermann Hesse,
Rabindranath Tagore and
Rainer Maria Rilke.All
texts have a distinctive
positive element in
common and view death as
being an organic process
within the great system
of the universe, for
example when Hermann
Hesse writes: 'Entreiss
dich, Seele, nun der
Zeit, entreiss dich
deinen Sorgen und mache
dich zum Flug bereit in
den ersehnten Morgen'
['Tear yourself way , o
soul, from time, tear
yourself away from your
sorrows and prepare
yourself to fly away into
the long-awaited
morning'] and later: 'Und
die Seele unbewacht will
in freien Flugen
schweben, um im
Zauberkreis der Nacht
tief und tausendfach zu
leben' ['And the
unfettered soul strives
to soar in free flight to
live in the magic sphere
of the night, deep and
thousandfold']. Or Joseph
von Eichendorff whose
text evokes a distant
song in his lines: 'Und
meine Seele spannte weit
ihre Flugel aus. Flog
durch die stillen Lande,
als floge sie nach Haus'
['And my soul spread its
wings wide. Flew through
the still country as if
homeward bound.']Here a
strong romantically
tinged occidental
resonance can be detected
which is however also
accompanied by a
universal spirit going
far beyond all cultures
and religions. In the
beginning was the sound
Long before any sort of
word or meaningful phrase
was uttered by vocal
chords, sounds,
vibrations and tones
already existed. This
brings us back to the
music. Both during my
years of study and at
subsequent periods, I had
been an active
participant in the world
of contemporary music,
both as percussionist and
also as conductor and
composer. My early scores
had a somewhat
adventurous appearance,
filled with an abundance
of small black dots: no
rhythm could be too
complicated, no register
too extreme and no
harmony too dissonant. I
devoted myself intensely
to the handling of
different parameters
which in serial music
coexist in total
equality: I also studied
aleatory principles and
so-called minimal music.I
subsequently emigrated
and took up residence in
Spain from where I
embarked on numerous
travels over the years to
India, Africa and South
America. I spent repeated
periods during this time
as a resident in
non-European countries.
This meant that the
currents of contemporary
music swept past me
vaguely and at a great
distance. What I instead
absorbed during this
period were other
completely new cultures
in which I attempted to
immerse myself as
intensively as possible.I
learned foreign languages
and came into contact
with musicians of all
classes and styles who
had a different cultural
heritage than my own: I
was intoxicated with the
diversity of artistic
potential.Nevertheless,
the further I distanced
myself from my own
Western musical heritage,
the more this returned
insistently in my
consciousness.The scene
can be imagined of
sitting somewhere in the
middle of the Brazilian
jungle surrounded by the
wailing of Indians and
out of the blue being
provided with the
opportunity to hear
Beethoven's late string
quartets: this can be a
heart-wrenching
experience, akin to an
identity crisis. This
type of experience can
also be described as
cathartic. Whatever the
circumstances, my
'renewed' occupation with
the 'old' country would
not permit me to return
to the point at which I
as an audacious young
student had maltreated
the musical parameters of
so-called contemporary
music. A completely
different approach would
be necessary: an
extremely careful
approach, inching my way
gradually back into the
Western world: an
approach which would
welcome tradition back
into the fold, attempt to
unfurl the petals and
gently infuse this
tradition with a breath
of contemporary
life.Although I am aware
that I will not unleash a
revolution or scandal
with this approach, I am
nevertheless confident
as, with the musical
vocabulary of this
Requiem, I am travelling
in an orbit in which no
ballast or complex
structures will be
transported or intimated:
on the contrary, I have
attempted to form the
message of the texts in
music with the naivety of
a 'homecomer'. Harald
WeissColonia de San
PedroMarch 2009.
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ecial volumes are made
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StiftungThe goal of the
Hanns Eisler Complete
Edition (HEGA) is to
present to the public all
available compositions,
writings and letters in
an appropriately
scholarly form. It takes
a historico-critical
approach and seeks to
document the history of
the works and writings by
shedding light on their
transformations, thus
identifying the various
versions as witnesses of
evolving aesthetic and
historical positions.
Eislers complete oeuvre
(only a limited number of
his works had penetrated
the publics awareness up
until the 1990s) first
became the object of an
editorial undertaking
when the Eisler -
Gesammelte Werke (EGW)
was founded by Nathan
Notowicz. It was later
placed under the
direction of Manfred
Grabs and Eberhardt
Klemm, and began issuing
its publications in 1968
through the intermediary
of the Deutscher Verlag
fur Musik in Leipzig.
However, only four
volumes of music and five
volumes of writings were
published. The Hanns
Eisler Complete Edition
pursues the work begun at
that time, although it
has had to fundamentally
revise its editorial
principles. In this
respect, the Hanns Eisler
Complete Edition can be
considered as a
completely new editorial
undertaking. It became
necessary to reconceive
the organization of the
volumes and series as
well as the editorial
guidelines in order to
adapt the standards of
historico-critical
editing generally
applicable today to the
specific and sometimes
singular circumstances of
Eislers works.The
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pertaining to the main
volumes follow the music
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20th century also
profoundly affected the
life of Hanns Eisler, as
well as his compositions
and writings. The
importance and scope of
Eislers oeuvre are reason
enough to make his works
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in a comprehensive
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Riethmuller, Jurgen
Schebera, Friederike
WissmannThe editorial
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Forschungsgemeinschaft.Sp
ecial volumes are made
possible with the support
of the following
foundations:Klockner-Stif
tung, Lotto-Stiftung,
Hanns und Steffy Eisler
StiftungThe goal of the
Hanns Eisler Complete
Edition (HEGA) is to
present to the public all
available compositions,
writings and letters in
an appropriately
scholarly form. It takes
a historico-critical
approach and seeks to
document the history of
the works and writings by
shedding light on their
transformations, thus
identifying the various
versions as witnesses of
evolving aesthetic and
historical positions.
Eislers complete oeuvre
(only a limited number of
his works had penetrated
the publics awareness up
until the 1990s) first
became the object of an
editorial undertaking
when the Eisler -
Gesammelte Werke (EGW)
was founded by Nathan
Notowicz. It was later
placed under the
direction of Manfred
Grabs and Eberhardt
Klemm, and began issuing
its publications in 1968
through the intermediary
of the Deutscher Verlag
fur Musik in Leipzig.
However, only four
volumes of music and five
volumes of writings were
published. The Hanns
Eisler Complete Edition
pursues the work begun at
that time, although it
has had to fundamentally
revise its editorial
principles. In this
respect, the Hanns Eisler
Complete Edition can be
considered as a
completely new editorial
undertaking. It became
necessary to reconceive
the organization of the
volumes and series as
well as the editorial
guidelines in order to
adapt the standards of
historico-critical
editing generally
applicable today to the
specific and sometimes
singular circumstances of
Eislers works.The
Critical Commentaries
pertaining to the main
volumes follow the music
section or, whenever they
are too extensive, appear
in a special
volume.Series I: Choral
MusicSeries II: Music for
Voice and Instrumental
Ensemble or
OrchestraSeries III:
Music for Voice and
PianoSeries IV:
Instrumental MusicSeries
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awarded the German Music
Edition Prize
2007.
The major
upheavals that
transformed society and
musical aesthetics during
the first half of the
20th century also
profoundly affected the
life of Hanns Eisler, as
well as his compositions
and writings. The
importance and scope of
Eislers oeuvre are reason
enough to make his works
accessible to musical
scholarship and practice
in a comprehensive
fashion. Price reduction
for a subscription.
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Schebera, Friederike
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Forschungsgemeinschaft.Sp
ecial volumes are made
possible with the support
of the following
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tung, Lotto-Stiftung,
Hanns und Steffy Eisler
StiftungThe goal of the
Hanns Eisler Complete
Edition (HEGA) is to
present to the public all
available compositions,
writings and letters in
an appropriately
scholarly form. It takes
a historico-critical
approach and seeks to
document the history of
the works and writings by
shedding light on their
transformations, thus
identifying the various
versions as witnesses of
evolving aesthetic and
historical positions.
Eislers complete oeuvre
(only a limited number of
his works had penetrated
the publics awareness up
until the 1990s) first
became the object of an
editorial undertaking
when the Eisler -
Gesammelte Werke (EGW)
was founded by Nathan
Notowicz. It was later
placed under the
direction of Manfred
Grabs and Eberhardt
Klemm, and began issuing
its publications in 1968
through the intermediary
of the Deutscher Verlag
fur Musik in Leipzig.
However, only four
volumes of music and five
volumes of writings were
published. The Hanns
Eisler Complete Edition
pursues the work begun at
that time, although it
has had to fundamentally
revise its editorial
principles. In this
respect, the Hanns Eisler
Complete Edition can be
considered as a
completely new editorial
undertaking. It became
necessary to reconceive
the organization of the
volumes and series as
well as the editorial
guidelines in order to
adapt the standards of
historico-critical
editing generally
applicable today to the
specific and sometimes
singular circumstances of
Eislers works.The
Critical Commentaries
pertaining to the main
volumes follow the music
section or, whenever they
are too extensive, appear
in a special
volume.Series I: Choral
MusicSeries II: Music for
Voice and Instrumental
Ensemble or
OrchestraSeries III:
Music for Voice and
PianoSeries IV:
Instrumental MusicSeries
V: Incidental MusicSeries
VI: Film MusicSeries VII:
Sketches and
FragmentsSeries VIII:
Arrangements of works by
other composersSeries IX:
Writings, Letters and
InterviewsSON 501 has
been awarded the German
Music Edition Prize
2003.SON 502 has been
awarded the German Music
Edition Prize
2007.
The major
upheavals that
transformed society and
musical aesthetics during
the first half of the
20th century also
profoundly affected the
life of Hanns Eisler, as
well as his compositions
and writings. The
importance and scope of
Eislers oeuvre are reason
enough to make his works
accessible to musical
scholarship and practice
in a comprehensive
fashion. Price reduction
for a subscription.
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Also Die. Composed by
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Johannes C. Gall.
Hardback. Complete Works.
Early modern; Music
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Editorial
BoardThomas Phleps
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Writings: Maren
KosterEditorial
CommitteeMusic: Hartmut
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SchubertWritings:
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Riethmuller, Jurgen
Schebera, Friederike
WissmannThe editorial
works are supported by
the Deutsche
Forschungsgemeinschaft.Sp
ecial volumes are made
possible with the support
of the following
foundations:Klockner-Stif
tung, Lotto-Stiftung,
Hanns und Steffy Eisler
StiftungThe goal of the
Hanns Eisler Complete
Edition (HEGA) is to
present to the public all
available compositions,
writings and letters in
an appropriately
scholarly form. It takes
a historico-critical
approach and seeks to
document the history of
the works and writings by
shedding light on their
transformations, thus
identifying the various
versions as witnesses of
evolving aesthetic and
historical positions.
Eislers complete oeuvre
(only a limited number of
his works had penetrated
the publics awareness up
until the 1990s) first
became the object of an
editorial undertaking
when the Eisler -
Gesammelte Werke (EGW)
was founded by Nathan
Notowicz. It was later
placed under the
direction of Manfred
Grabs and Eberhardt
Klemm, and began issuing
its publications in 1968
through the intermediary
of the Deutscher Verlag
fur Musik in Leipzig.
However, only four
volumes of music and five
volumes of writings were
published. The Hanns
Eisler Complete Edition
pursues the work begun at
that time, although it
has had to fundamentally
revise its editorial
principles. In this
respect, the Hanns Eisler
Complete Edition can be
considered as a
completely new editorial
undertaking. It became
necessary to reconceive
the organization of the
volumes and series as
well as the editorial
guidelines in order to
adapt the standards of
historico-critical
editing generally
applicable today to the
specific and sometimes
singular circumstances of
Eislers works.The
Critical Commentaries
pertaining to the main
volumes follow the music
section or, whenever they
are too extensive, appear
in a special
volume.Series I: Choral
MusicSeries II: Music for
Voice and Instrumental
Ensemble or
OrchestraSeries III:
Music for Voice and
PianoSeries IV:
Instrumental MusicSeries
V: Incidental MusicSeries
VI: Film MusicSeries VII:
Sketches and
FragmentsSeries VIII:
Arrangements of works by
other composersSeries IX:
Writings, Letters and
InterviewsSON 501 has
been awarded the German
Music Edition Prize
2003.SON 502 has been
awarded the German Music
Edition Prize
2007.
The major
upheavals that
transformed society and
musical aesthetics during
the first half of the
20th century also
profoundly affected the
life of Hanns Eisler, as
well as his compositions
and writings. The
importance and scope of
Eislers oeuvre are reason
enough to make his works
accessible to musical
scholarship and practice
in a comprehensive
fashion. Price reduction
for a subscription.
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For
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Composed by PDQ Bach.
Edited by Prof. Peter
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With Standard notation.
Duration 11 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
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inches.
The 1712
Overture stands out in
P.D.Q. Bach's oeuvre for
two reasons, among
others: it is by far the
most programmatic
instrumental piece among
those by the minimeister
of Wein-am-Rhein so far
unearthed, and 2) its
discovery has led to a
revelation about the
composer's father, Johann
Sebastian Bach, that has
exploded like a bombshell
on the usually serene
musicological landscape.
The overture is based on
an anecdote told to
P.D.Q. Bach by a cousin,
Peter Ulrich. Since P.U.
Bach lived in Dudeldorf,
only a few miles down the
road from Wein-am-Rhein,
he was P.D.Q.'s closest
relative, and he was, in
fact, one of the few
members of the family who
was on speaking terms
with P.D.Q. The story,
related to P.D.Q.
(fortunately for us
posterity types) in a
letter, may be summarized
thus: The town of
Dudeldorf was founded by
two brothers, Rudi and
Dieter Dudel, early in
the 18th century. Rudi
remained mayor of the
newborn burg for the rest
of his long life, but
Dieter had a dream of
starting a musicians'
colony, an entire city
devoted to music, which
dream, he finally
decided, could be
realized only in the New
World. In 1712, he and
several other bagpipers
sailed to Boston, never
to return to Germany.
(Henceforth, Rudi became
known as der deutscher
Dudel and Dieter as the
Yankee Dudel).
Unfortunately, the head
of the Boston Musicians'
Guild had gotten wind of
Dudel's plans, and
Wilhelm Wiesel (pron.
VEE-zle), known none too
affectionately around
town as Wiesel the
Weasel, was not about to
share what few gigs there
were in colonial America
with more foreigners and
outside agitators. He and
his cronies were on hand
to meet Dudel's boat when
it pulled into Boston
Harbor; they intended to
prevent the newcomers'
disembarkation, but Dudel
and his companions
managed to escape to the
other side of the bay in
a dinghy, landing with
just enough time to rent
a carriage and horses
before hearing the sound
of The Weasel and his
men, who had had to come
around the long way. The
Germans headed West, with
the Bostonians in furious
pursuit. soon the city
had been left far behind,
and by midnight so had
the pursuers; Dieter
Dudel decided that it was
safe for him and his men
to stop and sleep until
daybreak. When they
awoke, they found that
they were in a beautiful
landscape of low,
forested mountains and
pleasant fields, warmed
by the brilliant morning
sun and serenaded by an
entrancing variety of
birds. Here, Dudel
thought, her is where I
will build my colony. The
immigrants continued down
the road at a leisurely
pace until they came upon
a little church, all by
itself in the
countryside, from which
there suddenly emanated
the sounds of a pipe
organ. At this point, the
temptation to quote from
P.U. Bach's letter to
P.D.Q. cannot be
resisted: They went
inside and, after
listening to the glorious
music for a while,
introduced themselves to
the organist. And who do
you think it was? Are you
ready for this -- it was
your old man! Hey, no
kidding -- you know, I'm
sure, that your father
was the guy to get when
it came to testing new
organs, and whoever had
that one in Massachusetts
built offered old
Sebastian a tidy sum to
go over there and check
it out. The unexpected
meeting with J.S. Bach
and his sponsors was
interrupted by the sound
of horse hooves, as the
dreaded Wiesel and his
men thundered on to the
scene. They had been
riding all night,
however, and they were no
spring chickens to start
with, and as soon as they
reached the church they
all dropped, exhausted,
to the ground. The elated
Germans rang the church
bells and offered to buy
everyone a beer at the
nearest tavern. There
they were taught, and
joined in singing, what
might be called the
national anthem of the
New World. The melody of
this pre-revolutionary
patriotic song is still
remembered (P.D.Q. Bach
quotes it, in the bass
instruments, near the end
of the overture), but is
words are now all but
forgotten: Freedom, of
thee we sing, Freedom
e'er is our goal; Death
to the English King, Long
live Rock and Ross. The
striking paucity of
biographical references
to Johann Sebastian Bah
during the year 1712 can
now be explained: he was
abroad for a significant
part of that year,
testing organs in the
British Colonies. That
this revelation has not
been accepted as fact by
the musicological
establishment is no
surprise, since it means
that a lot of books would
have to be rewritten. The
members of that
establishment haven't
even accepted the
existence of P.D.Q. Bach,
one of whose major works
the 1712 Overture
certainly is. It is also
a work that shows
Tchaikowsky up as the
shameless plagiarizer
that some of us have
always known he was. The
discovery of this awesome
opus was made possible by
a Boston Pops Centennial
Research Commission; the
first modern performance
took place at the opening
concert of the 100th
anniversary season of
that orchestra, under the
exciting but authentic
direction of John
Williams.
Orchestra SKU: PR.41641576L For Really Big Orchestra. Composed by ...(+)
Orchestra
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PR.41641576L
For
Really Big Orchestra.
Composed by PDQ Bach.
Edited by Peter
Schickele. Large Score.
With Standard notation.
Duration 11 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#416-41576L. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.41641576L).
UPC:
680160636549. 11 x 17
inches.
The 1712
Overture stands out in
P.D.Q. Bach's oeuvre for
two reasons, among
others: it is by far the
most programmatic
instrumental piece among
those by the minimeister
of Wein-am-Rhein so far
unearthed, and 2) its
discovery has led to a
revelation about the
composer's father, Johann
Sebastian Bach, that has
exploded like a bombshell
on the usually serene
musicological landscape.
The overture is based on
an anecdote told to
P.D.Q. Bach by a cousin,
Peter Ulrich. Since P.U.
Bach lived in Dudeldorf,
only a few miles down the
road from Wein-am-Rhein,
he was P.D.Q.'s closest
relative, and he was, in
fact, one of the few
members of the family who
was on speaking terms
with P.D.Q. The story,
related to P.D.Q.
(fortunately for us
posterity types) in a
letter, may be summarized
thus: The town of
Dudeldorf was founded by
two brothers, Rudi and
Dieter Dudel, early in
the 18th century. Rudi
remained mayor of the
newborn burg for the rest
of his long life, but
Dieter had a dream of
starting a musicians'
colony, an entire city
devoted to music, which
dream, he finally
decided, could be
realized only in the New
World. In 1712, he and
several other bagpipers
sailed to Boston, never
to return to Germany.
(Henceforth, Rudi became
known as der deutscher
Dudel and Dieter as the
Yankee Dudel).
Unfortunately, the head
of the Boston Musicians'
Guild had gotten wind of
Dudel's plans, and
Wilhelm Wiesel (pron.
VEE-zle), known none too
affectionately around
town as Wiesel the
Weasel, was not about to
share what few gigs there
were in colonial America
with more foreigners and
outside agitators. He and
his cronies were on hand
to meet Dudel's boat when
it pulled into Boston
Harbor; they intended to
prevent the newcomers'
disembarkation, but Dudel
and his companions
managed to escape to the
other side of the bay in
a dinghy, landing with
just enough time to rent
a carriage and horses
before hearing the sound
of The Weasel and his
men, who had had to come
around the long way. The
Germans headed West, with
the Bostonians in furious
pursuit. soon the city
had been left far behind,
and by midnight so had
the pursuers; Dieter
Dudel decided that it was
safe for him and his men
to stop and sleep until
daybreak. When they
awoke, they found that
they were in a beautiful
landscape of low,
forested mountains and
pleasant fields, warmed
by the brilliant morning
sun and serenaded by an
entrancing variety of
birds. Here, Dudel
thought, her is where I
will build my colony. The
immigrants continued down
the road at a leisurely
pace until they came upon
a little church, all by
itself in the
countryside, from which
there suddenly emanated
the sounds of a pipe
organ. At this point, the
temptation to quote from
P.U. Bach's letter to
P.D.Q. cannot be
resisted: They went
inside and, after
listening to the glorious
music for a while,
introduced themselves to
the organist. And who do
you think it was? Are you
ready for this -- it was
your old man! Hey, no
kidding -- you know, I'm
sure, that your father
was the guy to get when
it came to testing new
organs, and whoever had
that one in Massachusetts
built offered old
Sebastian a tidy sum to
go over there and check
it out. The unexpected
meeting with J.S. Bach
and his sponsors was
interrupted by the sound
of horse hooves, as the
dreaded Wiesel and his
men thundered on to the
scene. They had been
riding all night,
however, and they were no
spring chickens to start
with, and as soon as they
reached the church they
all dropped, exhausted,
to the ground. The elated
Germans rang the church
bells and offered to buy
everyone a beer at the
nearest tavern. There
they were taught, and
joined in singing, what
might be called the
national anthem of the
New World. The melody of
this pre-revolutionary
patriotic song is still
remembered (P.D.Q. Bach
quotes it, in the bass
instruments, near the end
of the overture), but is
words are now all but
forgotten: Freedom, of
thee we sing, Freedom
e'er is our goal; Death
to the English King, Long
live Rock and Ross. The
striking paucity of
biographical references
to Johann Sebastian Bah
during the year 1712 can
now be explained: he was
abroad for a significant
part of that year,
testing organs in the
British Colonies. That
this revelation has not
been accepted as fact by
the musicological
establishment is no
surprise, since it means
that a lot of books would
have to be rewritten. The
members of that
establishment haven't
even accepted the
existence of P.D.Q. Bach,
one of whose major works
the 1712 Overture
certainly is. It is also
a work that shows
Tchaikowsky up as the
shameless plagiarizer
that some of us have
always known he was. The
discovery of this awesome
opus was made possible by
a Boston Pops Centennial
Research Commission; the
first modern performance
took place at the opening
concert of the 100th
anniversary season of
that orchestra, under the
exciting but authentic
direction of John
Williams.
Orchestra (picc.2.2.cor
ang.2.B-clar.2.dble bsn -
4.3.3.1. - timp.perc(3) -
hp - cel - str)
SKU:
BR.PB-5105-07
Study score.
Composed by Jurg Baur.
Softbound.
Partitur-Bibliothek
(Score Library).
World
premiere: Bremen,
February 1, 1982
Symphony; Music
post-1945. Study Score.
Composed 1981. 68 pages.
Duration 17'. Breitkopf
and Haertel #PB 5105-07.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel
(BR.PB-5105-07).
ISBN
9790004208557. 9 x 12
inches.
Gesualdo,
Don Carlo, Furst von
Venosa (1560-1613) gehort
zu den eigenwilligsten
italienischen
Madrigal-Komponisten der
Spatrenaissance. Seine
ungewohnlich kuhne,
selbst fur heutige Ohren
modern klingende
Harmonik, seine
chromatischen
Stimmfortschreitungen,
seine ubersteigerte
expressive Tonsprache
regten mich schon vor
Jahren zu einer grosseren
Orgelkomposition an und
inspirierten mich 1981 zu
den >>Sinfonischen
Metamorphosen<<. Dieses
Werk ist eine
vielgestaltige
weitausgesponnene
Fantasie. Sieben
choralartige typische
Klangbeispiele aus
Gesualdos spaten
funfstimmigen Madrigalen
(4., 5. u. 6. Band)
werden teils streng,
teils frei zitiert und
von Holz- oder
Blechblasern intoniert.
Diese Zitate gliedern,
als formale und
inhaltliche Schwer- und
Ruhepunkte, den Verlauf
des gesamten Werks. Jedes
Zitat steht zu Beginn
eines neuen
Satzabschnitts; die
darauffolgenden
>>Metamorphosen<<
entwickeln sich als
rhapsodische
kontrastreiche
Charakterstucke. Im
>>Preludio<< werden aus
den vertonbaren
Buchstaben vom Namen
>>Gesualdo<< (G - E - Es
- A - D) schwebende
Klangflachen,
rezitativische Gedanken
und ein pragnantes
rhythmisches Paukenthema
gebildet. Diese
,,Grundelemente
(Grundstrukturen) tauchen
im Verlauf des Stucks
immer wieder
leitmotivisch auf. Im
zweiten Abschnitt stehen
sich lineare
Streicher-Episoden und
dichte
Blaser-Klangballungen
kontrastierend gegenuber.
Der dritte Teil lauft als
Passacaglia (Thema ist
der Bass eines
Gesualdo-Zitats) in
mehreren Variationen ab.
Im vierten Abschnitt
dominiert lebhafte
Streicherbewegung,
kontrapunktiert von
tiefen Blaser-Signalen.
Der funfte Teil steigert
sich- nach kantablem
Beginn- zum ekstatischen
Trauermarsch. Abschnitt
sechs stellt sich als
>>Rondello<< dar, mit um
sich selbst kreisenden
Klangfiguren (in
verschiedenen Tongruppen
(zwei, drei, funf). Im
siebten und letzten Teil
wird die
verhalten-resignierende
Stimmung des Anfangs
beschworen, ehe eine
knappe Stretta in den
hymnischen Schluss
mundet. In den Textender
ausgewahlten Zitatstellen
geht es meist um
Todessehnsucht,
Liebesqual und
Verzweiflung. z. B. 1.
und 2. Zitat: Moro lasso,
al mio duolo (Ich sterbe,
matt, an meiner Qual) (6.
Buch) 3. Zitat: Gia
piansi nel dolore; o
dolorosa Sorte (Schon
weinte ich in Schmerzen,
oh schmerzliches
Geschick) (6. Buch) 4.
Zitat: Ahi gia mi
discolero (Ach schon
entfarbte ich mich)
(Wehe, der Tod kommt) (4.
Buch) 5. Zitat:
Dolcissima mia vita (Mein
allerliebstes Leben)
(Dich zu lieben oder zu
sterben) (5. Buch) 6.
Zitat: lo moro (Ich
sterbe) (5. Buch) Dem
Werk liegen zwar eine
Reihe von
dodekaphonischen
Strukturen zugrunde (die
teilweise von Gesualdos
Klangzitaten abgeleitet
wurden), doch sind die
einzelnen Abschnitte
auf,,tonale Pfeiler (G -
E - A - D) gegrundet; das
Stuck beginnt in G und
endet aufD, ist also
ubergeordnet tonal
konzipiert, - der Versuch
einer Synthese moderner
Ausdrucksmittel von
Vergangenheit und
Gegenwart. Die
>>Metamorphosen<< sind
ein Stuck Bekenntnismusik
- Bekenntnis zum Leben
und Schaffen Gesualdos,
eines Mannes, der vom
Schicksal gezeichnet war,
denn der Chronik Neapels
bekannt war durch die
Ermordung seiner ersten
Frau und ihres
Liebhabers. Dieser
eminente Musiker war
zugleich ein Mensch von
ubertriebener
Sensibilitat und wilder
ekstatischer Heftigkeit:
,,Er wurde von einer
Horde von Damonen
heimgesucht, die ihm
keine Ruhe gaben, heisst
es in einem
zeitgenossischen Bericht.
Seine Kunst und sein
Leben stand unter dem
Gesetz der inneren
Zerrissenheit, zwischen
Auflehnung und
Resignation (Verzweiflung
und Hoffnung), zwischen
Zartheit und
Leidenschaft. Davon will
meine Musik etwas
aussagen. (Jurg
Baur)CD:Sinfonieorchester
des Westdeutschen
Rundfunks, cond. Rudolf
BarschaiCD Thorofon CTH
2270Bibliography:Abels,
Robert: Studien zur
Gesualdo-Rezeption durch
Komponisten des 20.
Jahrhunderts (= Studien
zur Musik 20), Leiden u.
a.: Wilhelm Fink 2017,
pp. 277-345,
485-489.Wallerang, Lars:
Die Orchesterwerke Jurg
Baurs als Dialog zwischen
Tradition und Moderne,
Koln: Dohr 2003.
Orchestra SKU: SU.28120010 For Orchestra. Composed by Alla Pavlova...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
SU.28120010
For
Orchestra. Composed
by Alla Pavlova.
Orchestra. Study Score.
Subito Music Corporation
#28120010. Published by
Subito Music Corporation
(SU.28120010).
Ballet Suite in
5 movements (revised
version)3222; 4331; timp,
perc, hp, pno; stgs
Duration: 24' Composed:
2008 Published by: Alla
Pavlova Music Although it
maintains the charm of
the original Hans
Christian Andersen tale,
Alla Pavlova's Thumbelina
is a considerable
musical, visual and
narrative expansion of
the story to make it
suitable as a full-length
ballet and
family-programming
alternative to The
Nutcracker. Musically, it
is scored for full
symphony orchestra
([3,2,2,2]-[4,3,3,1]-[tim
p.,perc.]-[Hp]-[Strings],
Percussion: Bass dr.,
Snare dr., Wooden Block,
Tambourine, Triangle,
Glock., Vibraphone,
Celesta) and contains not
only many beautiful,
lyrical and moving
waltzes and other
classical themes, but
also rhythms such as
tango, boogie-woogie and
ragtime. Narratively, the
story has been adapted to
include a varied and
colorful cast of
characters. The
Thumbelina Suite (which
has been recorded by the
Tchaikovsky Symphony
Orchestra for Naxos) can
be heard at
http://www.allapavlova.co
m/listen.html or by
clicking on the image
below. She has created a
synopsis of the ballet,
which is of course based
on the Andersen fairy
tale. We’ll gladly
send this synopsis on
request. Recording: 21st
Century Classics –
Naxos 8.579003
Performance materials
available on rental
only:.
Composed by Henry John Gauntlett (1805-1876). Arranged by Jerry Brubaker. Full O...(+)
Composed by Henry John
Gauntlett (1805-1876).
Arranged by Jerry
Brubaker. Full Orchestra;
Part(s); Score. Belwin
Concert Full Orchestra.
Christmas; Sacred;
Winter. 106 pages.
Published by Belwin Music
(AP.43800).
Let The Word Go Forth Orchestre [Conducteur et Parties séparées] - Avancé Jazz Lines Publications
Movement 1 from The Kennedy Dream. Composed by Oliver Nelson. Edited by D...(+)
Movement 1 from The
Kennedy Dream.
Composed by Oliver
Nelson. Edited by Dylan
Canterbury, Rob DuBoff
and Jeffrey Sultanof.
Jazz, Ballad. Score and
parts. Published by Jazz
Lines Publications
(JL.JLP-7089).
Orchestra SKU: SU.28120090 For Orchestra. Composed by Alla Pavolva...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
SU.28120090
For
Orchestra. Composed
by Alla Pavolva.
Orchestra. Study Score.
Subito Music Corporation
#28120090. Published by
Subito Music Corporation
(SU.28120090).
Orchestra
Duration: 46' Composed:
2004 Published by: Alla
Pavlova Music Alla
Pavlova has written music
for the ballet Sulamith,
based on the 1923 story
by Russian writer
Alexandre Kuprin about
the love of King Solomon
for Sulamith, a servant
from his vineyard.
Instrumentation is for
full symphony (winds:
3.2.3.2.; brass: 4.;
4.3.1.; Timp.; Perc.
(Bells; Bass-dr.;
Snare-dr; Susp.cymb.;
Triangle; Tambour.;
Tom-tom; Tam-tam;
Vibroph.; Glock.); Hp;
Pn; Organ (or Harmon.);
Strings). The Sulamith
Suite (which has been
recorded by the Moscow
Philharmonic for Naxos)
can be heard at
http://www.allapavlova.co
m/listen.html.
Performance materials
available on rental
only:.
Orchester-Ballade.
Composed by Leos Janacek.
Edited by Jarmil
Burghauser and Radomil
Eliska. This edition:
complete edition, urtext
edition. Linen. Complete
Critical Edition of the
Works of Leos Janacek
D/6. Complete edition,
Score. Composed
1912-1914. Duration 12
minutes. Baerenreiter
Verlag #BA06848_00.
Published by Baerenreiter
Verlag (BA.BA06848).
ISBN 9790006483303.
34.4 x 27 cm inches.
Text: Svatopluk
Cech.
Over the
years Janácek’s
uvre has increasingly
received the recognition
it so richly merits and
performances of his works
are becoming more and
more frequent. This
development is, however,
offset by a manuscript
tradition so disorderly
that some of
Janácek’s works
continue, as before, to
be played in versions
which are heavily
adapted, corrupt or
otherwise contrary to the
composer’s
intentions. Thus, a
critical edition of
Janácek’s music
is indispensable for
scholars and performers
alike.
This editon
presents an authentic
printed text based on all
available sources for
each work. In addition to
the musical text, each
volume also contains a
critical report (Czech /
German), a rendition of
deleted or rejected
versions, and a
comprehensive appendix of
facsimiles.
About
Barenreiter
Urtext
What can I
expect from a Barenreiter
Urtext
edition?<
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MUSICOLOGICA
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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 -
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pages, and cues where you
need them - A
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a user-friendly
format - Excellent
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Superior paper and
binding
Serie IX (Schriften) Vol. 4.3: Briefe 1952-1956. Composed by Hanns Eisler ...(+)
Serie IX (Schriften) Vol.
4.3: Briefe 1952-1956.
Composed by Hanns Eisler
(1898-1962). Edited by
Maren
Koster. Restless Times.
Breitkopf and Haertel #BV
350. Published by
Breitkopf
and Haertel
Orchestra SKU: SU.91580100 For Orchestra. Composed by Steven Mercu...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
SU.91580100
For
Orchestra. Composed
by Steven Mercurio.
Vocal/Choral, Opera. CD
(Audio). Subito Music
Corporation #91580100.
Published by Subito Music
Corporation
(SU.91580100).
A Grateful Tail
- Movement by Movement
Siriusly, Dog Star
Sirius, the brightest
star in the night sky,
has been used by
travelers and navigators
for thousands of years as
a guiding star and so it
is here as the opening
movement for the
symphony. Sirius, the
cornerstone to the
constellation Canis
Maggiore or Big Dog sits
at the foot of Orion, the
hunter, leading the way.
Highly cinematic, the
movement evokes both a
musical and visual sense
of the mythological and
mysterious elements of
Sirius and its Dog
Godstar secrets. From the
clarion call of the
opening, Sirius theme,
the sound is buoyant and
frisky emulating the
nature of doggy playtime.
Puppy pleasures abound as
a doggy four-step, my
turn on the traditional
American two-step dance,
is introduced. The
movement transforms into
an actual orchestrated
frolic of small, large
and medium dog barks
beginning with the winds
(smaller dogs) and
ultimately, the big dog,
brass. The movement
climaxes with the coda
or, Dog Park, where the
winds and the brass bark
and play together over
the, doggy ostinato
four-step rhythm,
culminating with the
final call of the Sirius
theme. Let Sleeping Dogs
Lie, Peacefully It's all
in a dog's day and life.
Tranquility presides over
this supremely gentle,
intermezzo-like movement.
After a day of play,
every dog needs rest. Let
Sleeping Dogs Lie, is a
lyrical andante inspired
by the profound serenity
and beauty of a dog at
rest. The Last Will and
Testament of Silverdene
Emblem O'Neill Based on a
powerful piece of prose
written by the American
playwright, Eugene
O'Neill this text was
intended as a consolation
piece for Carlotta, his
wife, who had become
grief-stricken over the
loss of their beloved
dog, the Dalmatian known
as Blemie.Written for a
singing actor who
personifies the role of
Blemie, a dog at the end
of his life, the movement
plays like a one act,
musical drama as we
follow Blemie through a
wonderfully
three-dimensional,
emotional and
psychological journey
writing his Last Will and
Testament, for those who
have loved him. Wagging
the Tail: Ossia Fido's
Lament A life-affirming
rumba/samba using
Blemie's final words from
O'Neill's text, this
final movement employs
the most unique American
musical invention, the
gospel choir. In order to
make the dances come
alive, this movement also
calls upon the colors of
a rhythm section.
Creating the spirit of an
Irish Funeral, the
movement is a joyful and
revival-like celebration
of a dog's life as its
spirit lives on forever
in the hearts and minds
of dog lovers everywhere.
Remember Me, remember me!
My spirit is wagging a
grateful tail. Published
by: Subito Music
Publishing Release Date:
July 9, 2013.
Composed by Oliver Knussen (1952-). Full Orchestra (Full Score); Masterworks; Pe...(+)
Composed by Oliver
Knussen (1952-). Full
Orchestra (Full Score);
Masterworks; Performance
Music Ensemble; Single
Titles. Faber Edition.
20th Century; Masterwork.
Score. Faber Music
#12-057151443X. Published
by Faber Music
Orchestra - Grade 3 SKU: AP.43800S Composed by Henry John Gauntlett. Arra...(+)
Orchestra - Grade 3
SKU: AP.43800S
Composed by Henry John
Gauntlett. Arranged by
Jerry Brubaker. Full
Orchestra; Performance
Music Ensemble; Single
Titles. Belwin Concert
Full Orchestra.
Christmas; Sacred;
Winter. Score. 8 pages.
Duration 3:00. Belwin
Music #00-43800S.
Published by Belwin Music
(AP.43800S).
UPC:
038081496795.
English.
This lush
and beautiful setting is
sure to become a classic.
A special holiday treat
for your audience!
(3:00).
Symphonies. Composed by Jean- Philippe Rameau (1683-1764). Edited by Thomas Sou...(+)
Symphonies. Composed by
Jean-
Philippe Rameau
(1683-1764).
Edited by Thomas Soury.
This
edition: urtext edition.
Paperback. Score,
anthology.
Baerenreiter Verlag
#BA08895_00. Published by
Baerenreiter Verlag
Beethoven Complete Edition, Series XI, Vol. 3 Paperbound Score. Composed by ...(+)
Beethoven Complete
Edition,
Series XI, Vol. 3
Paperbound
Score. Composed by Ludwig
van Beethoven
(1770-1827).
Edited by Susanne Cox.
Henle
Complete Edition.
Softcover.
136 pages. G. Henle
#HN4421.
Published by G. Henle
Orchestra SKU: AP.12-0571572138 Composed by Carl Vine. Full Orchestra (Fu...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
AP.12-0571572138
Composed by Carl Vine.
Full Orchestra (Full
Score); Masterworks;
Performance Music
Ensemble; Single Titles.
Faber Edition. Form:
Concerto. 20th Century;
Masterwork. Score. Faber
Music #12-0571572138.
Published by Faber Music
(AP.12-0571572138).
ISBN 9780571572137.
English.
Composed
for Steven Isserlis in
2004, Carl Vine's
Concerto for Cello is an
exhilarating 20-minute
work that traverses a
vast emotional palette.
The concerto begins
arrestingly, with soloist
pitted against orchestra,
though as it develops the
two factions move towards
union. A slow chorale led
by the cellist frames the
central section, whilst
relentless motor rhythms
drive the work to its
close.
(As performed by Trans-Siberian Orchestra). Arranged by Bob Phillips. Orchestra....(+)
(As performed by
Trans-Siberian
Orchestra). Arranged by
Bob Phillips. Orchestra.
Full Orchestra; Part(s);
Score. Pop Concert Full
Orchestra. Light Concert;
Rock. Grade 3.5. 224
pages. Published by
Alfred Music
Orchestra - Grade 2.5 SKU: AP.40416S By Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky. By Pete...(+)
Orchestra - Grade 2.5
SKU: AP.40416S
By
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
By Peter Ilyich
Tchaikovsky. Arranged by
Jack Bullock. MakeMusic
Cloud; Performance Music
Ensemble; Single Titles;
String Orchestra. Belwin
Beginning String
Orchestra. Form:
Transcription. Masterwork
Arrangement; Romantic.
Score. 8 pages. Belwin
Music #00-40416S.
Published by Belwin Music
(AP.40416S).
UPC:
038081456225.
English.
The theme
from this famous ballet
has become one of the
most beloved melodies
that Tchaikovsky
composed, with its
running melody and
unusual harmonic
structure. While lovely
when played by strings
alone, the piano will add
fullness to the
arrangement. This title
is available in MakeMusic
Cloud.